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The Hubble is our window into the universe. We can’t afford to close it.

The Hubble is our window into the universe. We can’t afford to close it.

The telescope has given all of us a front-row seat to cosmic history. We should give it another lease on life.

yesterday 10

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Susan Rigetti

The Legislature should stop blocking 16-year-old voters

The Legislature should stop blocking 16-year-old voters

The evidence shows that 16-year-olds are capable of making informed voting decisions — and that voting young can create lifelong voters.

yesterday 8

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Kiran Bhatia

¿Por qué no congelé mis óvulos?

¿Por qué no congelé mis óvulos?

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previous day 2

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Marcela García

¿Por qué no congelé mis óvulos?

¿Por qué no congelé mis óvulos?

AOC dice que congelar sus óvulos le da más control sobre su vida. Mi experiencia con la infertilidad me enseñó hasta dónde llega — y dónde...

previous day 2

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Marcela García

Trump promises Supreme ballroom battle

Trump promises Supreme ballroom battle

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previous day 2

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Trump promises Supreme ballroom battle

Trump promises Supreme ballroom battle

There is a ballroom battle brewing, and I don’t mean my favorite kind that involves a dance floor and fabulous fashion.

previous day 3

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr

AOC is freezing her eggs. I didn’t — and I don’t regret it.

AOC is freezing her eggs. I didn’t — and I don’t regret it.

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previous day 1

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Marcela García

AOC is freezing her eggs. I didn’t — and I don’t regret it.

AOC is freezing her eggs. I didn’t — and I don’t regret it.

Freezing eggs can expand a woman’s options. But it can’t give her control over the one thing she wants most: her reproductive future.

previous day 1

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Marcela García

The gentleman in the orange vest

The gentleman in the orange vest

He collects our shopping carts in every kind of weather. In a noisy world, he offers a quiet lesson in civility.

previous day 10

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Elissa Ely

Boxing’s queer history

Boxing’s queer history

A new book explores the complicated history of gay men in a hypermasculine sport.

previous day 10

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Alex Beam

Why Trump (so far) has been uncharacteristically quiet on Biden’s dire cancer update

Why Trump (so far) has been uncharacteristically quiet on Biden’s dire cancer update

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thursday 3

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Renée Graham

Why Trump (so far) has been uncharacteristically quiet on Biden’s dire cancer update

Why Trump (so far) has been uncharacteristically quiet on Biden’s dire cancer update

Perhaps Trump has recognized that any comments about Biden’s health will only lead to more pressing questions about his own.

thursday 3

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Renée Graham

Gerrymandering won. It’s time to change the rules.

Gerrymandering won. It’s time to change the rules.

The Supreme Court has closed off nearly every legal avenue for challenging partisan gerrymandering. The answer isn’t better maps. It’s...

thursday 5

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Ruth Greenwood

Age, class, and the Democratic Party

Age, class, and the Democratic Party

The real divide in the party is not left vs center, but old vs young.

thursday 4

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Musa Al-Gharbi

Forget the tradwives. These are the women shaping the right.

Forget the tradwives. These are the women shaping the right.

The women really shaping the conservative movement aren’t baking sourdough or milking cows. They’re fighting over abortion, trans rights,...

12.08.2026 2

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Katie Gaddini

Trump bullying of Lisa Cook doesn’t just show his lawlessness. It shows his weakness.

Trump bullying of Lisa Cook doesn’t just show his lawlessness. It shows his weakness.

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12.08.2026 5

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Trump bullying of Lisa Cook doesn’t just show his lawlessness. It shows his weakness.

Trump bullying of Lisa Cook doesn’t just show his lawlessness. It shows his weakness.

The Supreme Court brushed back his attempt to fire the Fed governor once. But the president is hoping a loophole may give him another shot at...

12.08.2026 4

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Boston has reinvented its waterfront before. It can do it again.

Boston has reinvented its waterfront before. It can do it again.

The Army Corps’ $10 billion proposal provides a framework for turning scattered resilience efforts into a citywide strategy.

12.08.2026 10

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Vikki Spruill And Kate Dineen

Do we need ‘shame stickers’ like New York’s?

Do we need ‘shame stickers’ like New York’s?

There’s a category of annoying parking misbehavior — double parking, blocking bike lanes, taking up two parking spaces — that cry out for a...

11.08.2026 3

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Alan Wirzbicki

What’s in a name? For Republicans, it’s a weapon against Muslim Democrats

What’s in a name? For Republicans, it’s a weapon against Muslim Democrats

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11.08.2026 3

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Renée Graham

What’s in a name? For Republicans, it’s a weapon against Muslim Democrats

What’s in a name? For Republicans, it’s a weapon against Muslim Democrats

As the midterms near, the GOP is playing the racist name game again, this time with Abdul El-Sayed.

11.08.2026 4

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Renée Graham

The truth about the ICE law Healey just signed

The truth about the ICE law Healey just signed

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11.08.2026 4

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Marcela García

The truth about the ICE law Healey just signed

The truth about the ICE law Healey just signed

What the PROTECT Act actually does — and doesn’t do.

11.08.2026 5

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Marcela García

The Smithsonian showed me the world. Trump wants to cut it.

The Smithsonian showed me the world. Trump wants to cut it.

Cutting funding in the name of controlling the story risks doing the opposite of what museums are supposed to do.

11.08.2026 10

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Eugene Scott

Wu took on two senators over property taxes. New data say they were right.

Wu took on two senators over property taxes. New data say they were right.

New data show Boston homeowners are already among the least-taxed in the country, while businesses carry a disproportionate share of the city’s...

10.08.2026 8

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Chris Lehman

AI commodifies human creativity. Is it theft?

AI commodifies human creativity. Is it theft?

The unique power of creativity is at the core of human identity. We must defend it.

10.08.2026 10

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Alexandra Marshall

What happens to a rural community after its hospital closes?

What happens to a rural community after its hospital closes?

Nashoba Valley residents face longer drives to appointments and emergency services.

10.08.2026 10

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Shira Schoenberg

Social media’s hottest topic: The Lindsay Clancy trial

Social media’s hottest topic: The Lindsay Clancy trial

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09.08.2026 20

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Renée Graham

Who gets to decide what belongs in school libraries?

Who gets to decide what belongs in school libraries?

Protecting librarians from harassment is one thing. Giving them the final say over challenged books is another.

09.08.2026 9

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Kara Bettis Carvalho

Social media’s hottest topic: The Lindsay Clancy trial

Social media’s hottest topic: The Lindsay Clancy trial

A family tragedy has become a late-summer courtroom sensation.

09.08.2026 20

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Renée Graham

A bag of stories

A bag of stories

My father lost his words to Alzheimer’s. Then, just before he died, I found them again.

08.08.2026 10

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Johanna Gohmann And Jessie Kanelos Weiner

El Paso y la historia ignorada en Estados Unidos

El Paso y la historia ignorada en Estados Unidos

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07.08.2026 4

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Marcela García

The next Supreme Court term is already taking shape

The next Supreme Court term is already taking shape

Due to the technical or legal reasons, readability mode is not available for this article. Thank you for your kind understanding.

07.08.2026 10

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr

A vote for Todd Blanche is a vote to protect the friends of Jeffrey Epstein

A vote for Todd Blanche is a vote to protect the friends of Jeffrey Epstein

Due to the technical or legal reasons, readability mode is not available for this article. Thank you for your kind understanding.

07.08.2026 7

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Renée Graham

Why we still argue about Fauci

Why we still argue about Fauci

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07.08.2026 4

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Joan Vennochi

El Paso is the country’s overlooked immigration anchor

El Paso is the country’s overlooked immigration anchor

Jazmine Ulloa, a former Boston Globe reporter, discusses her new book about how El Paso, not Ellis Island, is the country's true immigration gateway.

07.08.2026 4

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Marcela García

El Paso y la historia ignorada en Estados Unidos

El Paso y la historia ignorada en Estados Unidos

En su libro, la periodista Jazmine Ulloa explica por qué la historia migratoria de Estados Unidos no comienza en Ellis Island, sino en la frontera...

07.08.2026 4

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Marcela García

The next Supreme Court term is already taking shape

The next Supreme Court term is already taking shape

The court will take up consequential issues including prolonged immigrant detention, digital privacy, and greenhouse gas emissions.

07.08.2026 6

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr

For one night, politics worked

For one night, politics worked

Democratic candidates for the Sixth District offered a glimpse of what politics can be: civil, substantive, and focused on the problems voters...

07.08.2026 20

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Renée Loth

Concert ticket prices are out of control. But is capping resale prices a solution?

Concert ticket prices are out of control. But is capping resale prices a solution?

As long as demand outstrips supply, fans are always going to be left standing outside.

07.08.2026 10

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Jason Margolis

A vote for Todd Blanche is a vote to protect the friends of Jeffrey Epstein

A vote for Todd Blanche is a vote to protect the friends of Jeffrey Epstein

But every senator who votes to confirm Blanche will also be confirming that they are voting to protect those whose names frequently appear in the...

06.08.2026 9

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Renée Graham

Massachusetts’ new abortion bill removes a critical guardrail

Massachusetts’ new abortion bill removes a critical guardrail

The bill would eliminate the specific legal criteria that now govern abortions after 24 weeks, replacing them with a physician’s professional...

06.08.2026 6

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Kara Bettis Carvalho

Moulton’s Epstein attack on Markey raises more questions than answers

Moulton’s Epstein attack on Markey raises more questions than answers

The evidence is far murkier than the debate exchange suggested.

05.08.2026 10

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Joan Vennochi

Todd Blanche is unfit to head the Justice Department

Todd Blanche is unfit to head the Justice Department

His record shows a willingness to bend the agency to Trump’s political agenda and inch the nation closer to autocracy.

05.08.2026 7

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Beacon Hill’s accountability evasion

Beacon Hill’s accountability evasion

The Legislature is steadily removing the constraints meant to keep lawmakers answerable to voters.

05.08.2026 10

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Jim Stergios

Albania protected Jews from Nazis. Can America protect its migrants?

Albania protected Jews from Nazis. Can America protect its migrants?

What Albania’s ancient code of honor can teach us about humanity.

05.08.2026 20

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Linda Matchan

Another health crisis is being mismanaged on Trump’s watch

Another health crisis is being mismanaged on Trump’s watch

On the day that the first two cyclospora deaths were announced, the president was preoccupied with his Reflecting Pool fiasco.

04.08.2026 7

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Renée Graham

How commuting by tour bus made Boston fun again

How commuting by tour bus made Boston fun again

There’s got to be a better way to get around Boston.

04.08.2026 10

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Matthew Ognibene

When a member of your friend group passes away

When a member of your friend group passes away

At our last reunion, we didn’t know it was the last time we would be together. What now?

04.08.2026 20

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Heather Hopp-Bruce

The border lesson Trump misses in Ceuta, Spain

The border lesson Trump misses in Ceuta, Spain

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03.08.2026 9

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Marcela García