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Joan Vennochi

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Locked shampoo and woke politics: Will Auchincloss take on Markey?

Markey shows no signs of running from the progressive label.

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One person not caving to Trump? E. Jean Carroll.

The writer has sued Trump twice and won.

01.07.2025 10

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Henderson school faces accountability. Where is Wu?

Parents say a pattern of fights and bullying at the Henderson is being ignored by school and city officials.

19.06.2025 10

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MAGA loyalists can be mean, but so can progressive Democrats

Leftist activists are silencing debate within the party.

17.06.2025 8

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Terry Moran is the latest casualty in Trump’s war on the media

Moran’s termination sends a chilling message about the instinct of corporate media to side with power.

12.06.2025 10

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Will Wu’s lofty skyscraper plan deliver a downtown for everyone?

A new plan would allow 700-foot towers in parts of downtown Boston. Will there really be housing that the not-so-rich can afford?

10.06.2025 7

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Judge Shelley Joseph deserves chance to tell her side of the story

In case involving alleged ICE evasion, the judge could face serious consequences, including potential removal from the bench.

05.06.2025 30

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Is Josh Kraft pushing the envelope of campaign finance law to challenge Mayor Wu?

Whether two companies helping Kraft have ‘a firewall’ between them is a legal question that deserves to be asked.

02.06.2025 5

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Will the public get tired of Harvard’s drama? Trump is counting on it.

As happy as the non-Harvard world is that Harvard appears, for now, to be standing up to Trump, there is something about the constant, world-is-ending...

28.05.2025 10

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Out of Boston City Hall love spat come serious questions for Wu

Questions arising from this messy incident are not easily swept away.

21.05.2025 20

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Biden’s mental decline: A media blind spot until now

Between his interview with former special counsel Robert Hur and the revelations in a new book, it’s now open season on Biden.

20.05.2025 5

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Boston needs answers about school bus death

Every parent who puts their child on a Boston school bus deserves an explanation, along with assurances that the city is taking steps to safeguard...

14.05.2025 2

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Is Boston the safest city in America? Not for everyone, says Josh Kraft.

While it’s “awesome” that the homicide rate is down, Kraft said, “a lot of people feel a lot of fear.”

13.05.2025 3

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Can an American pope do a better job addressing the clergy sex abuse crisis?

The US Catholic Church has a zero-tolerance policy around child sexual abuse. How much that will influence the first American pope is unknown.

09.05.2025 30

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Mike Pence said the Constitution is ‘common ground.’ Is he right?

To Trump, that sacred charter is a quaint concept that impedes his ability to break us down to the divided states of woke and MAGA.

08.05.2025 4

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Will the next pope do more than Pope Francis to fight clergy sexual abuse?

Activists are fighting a church that wants to put the scandal behind it and a public that may be tiring of it.

05.05.2025 4

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Robert Kraft has Josh Kraft talking about Robert Kraft and Trump

The candidate says that talking about his father and Trump is “a complete distraction from the issues facing the city of Boston.”

01.05.2025 4

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Under Trump, it’s ‘normal’ to arrest and handcuff a judge

Trump escalated his war on the courts from name-calling and threats to seeking impeachments of judges who rule against him.

28.04.2025 4

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As goes AOC, so goes the Democratic Party?

Three opinion writers ponder the possibility of Ocasio-Cortez emerging as one of the party’s national leaders and what that might mean for the party.

24.04.2025 2

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Karen Read’s media spotlight is a double-edged sword in retrial

Her own words to the media may be used against her in the courtroom.

23.04.2025 2

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By taking up the migrant cause, Francis took on Trump and Vance

The pope wanted to be judged as a voice of moral clarity, speaking out for the marginalized. He made that clear in his fight with Trump and Vance over...

21.04.2025 3

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Belichick’s new playbook with girlfriend: giving up control

Jordon Hudson, 24, has a mind for business, specifically Belichick’s business. That’s what gives the gossip a serious side.

16.04.2025 3

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Mayor Wu’s snub of research bureau gives Kraft an opportunity

Her move revived an ongoing criticism: that if you disagree with Wu, she freezes you out.

15.04.2025 8

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Coney Barrett offers a glimmer of hope in fight against Trump polices

In deportation case, she looked like an independent jurist who believes in the rule of law instead of a rubber stamp for Trump.

09.04.2025 3

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Can a Baker Republican still win? Three writers on the Mass. governor’s race.

Mike Kennealy is a favorite of the moderate Baker camp, but he faces two stiff challenges.

09.04.2025 3

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Remembering Phil Johnston and his legacy of hope and service

He was a fierce proponent of the principle that government is a force for good and should always act that way.

07.04.2025 3

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Presumed guilty: How Trump’s deportations bypass due process

The presumption of innocence is fading away under Trump.

03.04.2025 20

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Press is folding to Trump, not fighting him

In an all-out assault on the free press, comedian Amber Ruffin and the White House Correspondents’ Association are the latest targets.

31.03.2025 2

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Can Josh Kraft separate from his father’s Trump connections in his bid for Boston mayor?

He has a story to tell about the community work he has done and how that informs his thinking about the city. But so far, he's best known as a...

27.03.2025 30

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The light — and vulnerability — of Kitty Dukakis

The presidential campaign trail highlighted the tension between an outspoken woman and her personal struggles and the demands that are put on a...

24.03.2025 2

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If FBI really wants to solve the Gardner art heist, it should include the public

It’s time to more actively engage the community in solving one of Boston’s biggest and most heartbreaking crimes.

20.03.2025 4

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‘Have you no decency?’: Rep. Bill Keating defends trans colleague

In a country desensitized to personal insult and incivility under President Trump, it’s refreshing to see someone stand up for decency.

18.03.2025 4

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The chill on speech during COVID-19 hurt the country

But squelching debate is a bipartisan exercise and not limited to talk about a pandemic. With COVID-19, the chill on speech came from the left.

12.03.2025 2

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Ed Flynn is holding Boston’s mayor accountable, just like Michelle Wu did when she was a city councilor

When it comes to identifying Boston problems, Flynn has been ahead of the curve — irritatingly so, if you are Mayor Wu.

10.03.2025 6

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‘Shame on him for lying about my city’: Wu defends Boston before Congress

Republican scare tactics didn’t work at Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's immigration hearing before Congress.

06.03.2025 7

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JD Vance flexes MAGA muscle in bid to be Trump heir

His rebuke of Zelensky won the vice president the spotlight he craves, and the heat that goes with it.

03.03.2025 3

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White House border czar Tom Homan is living in Trump’s alternative universe

His insult aimed at the Boston Police commissioner was also an insult to every police officer who does their job by following applicable law in their...

26.02.2025 3

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Maine Gov. Mills joins women who confront Trump to defend the rule of law

Whenever there is a challenge to his authority, Trump never fails to showcase his signature lack of grace, respect, and civility. That was the case in...

25.02.2025 4

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AG Campbell all in on fighting Trump but silent on White Stadium

Both sides on the White Stadium plan have a legal argument to make, one that the AG could weigh in on if she chose. Instead, she has chosen not to.

19.02.2025 3

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Markey isn’t focused on age; he’s focused on fighting Trump

Is it enough for voters to reelect him next year as he turns 80?

18.02.2025 8

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What is Maura Healey’s biggest weakness?

From enthusiasm to migrant shelters, three opinion writers weigh in on Maura Healey's vulnerabilities as the governor seeks a second term in...

13.02.2025 6

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Michelle Wu mixes motherhood and mayor-hood

It’s a new era: Wu juggles baby and Boston.

12.02.2025 5

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Charlie Baker and the NCAA side with Trump over trans athletes

Along with adopting the policy, NCAA embraces Trump’s cruelty.

11.02.2025 9

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Josh Kraft understands the case against Mayor Wu. Can he make it?

He will need to separate himself from his identity as Robert Kraft’s offspring to establish a political brand strong enough to defeat Wu.

05.02.2025 3

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The chaos Trump is creating? People want it.

People voted for this, and until they change their minds about what they want, he’s going to give it to them. Trump resisters still don’t get that.

04.02.2025 10

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Will Caroline Kennedy’s denunciation of RFK Jr. matter?

Given that voters overlooked Trump’s moral and ethical deficiencies, why should senators care about the moral and ethical deficiencies of Trump’s...

30.01.2025 10

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Why did JD Vance flip-flop on Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons?

Vance, with an Ivy League pedigree, wallows in the intellectual weakness of the right when it ditches all respect for the rule of law and those who...

27.01.2025 8

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Josh Kraft wants to be mayor. Where does he stand on the issues facing Boston?

Right now, I know more about Mike Vrabel’s take on the Patriots than I do about Kraft’s take on Boston.

22.01.2025 4

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For Pete Hegseth, redemption without accountability

Senate Democrats did nothing to change any minds, hearts, or votes about the defense secretary nominee. Too often, their questioning came across as...

15.01.2025 5

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The aftershocks of clergy sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church continue

Victims are still bravely speaking out.

14.01.2025 10

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