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Renée Loth

Renée Loth

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History is being erased in Lowell

Videos about exploited 19th-century mill workers have been removed from Lowell National Historical Park following President Trump’s executive order.

06.03.2026 30

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The joy of slow writing

Composing by hand, without Google or a blinking cursor, reveals the seams of writing — and the surprising benefits of slowing down.

19.02.2026 10

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Dirty power, dark money: an Ohio cautionary tale for the country

The FirstEnergy utility corruption scandal has broad national implications.

05.02.2026 6

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Is inclusionary zoning illegal?

A Cambridge lawsuit takes aim at a crucial tool promoting affordable housing.

23.01.2026 10

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And now, the good news

Bad ideas spewed from Washington at a dizzying rate last year, but even locally, sighs of relief could be heard as reason crept back in and...

05.01.2026 10

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Why cemeteries are becoming places for the living

A slow, attentive walk through a wooded cemetery, anywhere, is a contemporary way to both honor the past and be grateful for the present.

24.12.2025 10

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A powerful protest tool comes to light

A documentary follows a handful of guerilla artists as they shine provocative messages onto public and private spaces.

15.12.2025 10

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Can a Japanese-style 7-Eleven make it in the United States?

In the stores I visited in Japan, you could buy umbrellas and underwear, stationery or sake. You could pay an electric bill, top up a metro card, make...

30.10.2025 10

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What if liberals banned books?

In honor of Banned Books Week, I cheekily offer a list of woke-right titles that patriotic Americans should rip from the shelves.

03.10.2025 10

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What’s with the surge in ballot questions in Massachusetts?

People have written off the Legislature as a place to enact meaningful policy.

19.09.2025 8

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Three opinion writers react to the 2026 governor’s race

How vulnerable is Maura Healey?

17.09.2025 6

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The shifting sands of Crane Beach — and of life

Learning to live with constant change in both the natural and human landscape — to be in harmony with our own seasons — takes practice.

03.09.2025 10

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Thank you, Massachusetts millionaires!

The Fair Share surtax is a lifeline for the state amid Trump’s cuts.

21.08.2025 7

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Boston neighborhoods face gentrification. Wu has a plan to fight back.

Her anti-displacement plan protects the city’s most vulnerable neighborhoods.

08.08.2025 20

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Trump ‘just wants to make Harvard bleed,’ and these alumni are standing up to him

Harvard alumni step up to protect the university’s independence.

11.07.2025 10

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The trouble with tourism

The burden of mass tourism threatens to devastate the very assets that lure visitors. It’s enough to make you wonder whether “sustainable...

27.06.2025 10

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Will it be Auchincloss vs. Markey in 2028?

We asked three opinion writers to weigh in on a potential Auchincloss-Markey face-off in the Democratic primary.

11.06.2025 5

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Is ‘pronatalism’ really pro-children?

The pro-natalist movement is just another way for Trump’s acolytes to own the libs.

29.05.2025 10

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For Greater Boston, a different kind of freedom trail

The book “A People’s Guide to Greater Boston” is being refigured into a series of maps so everyday explorers might tread a history that’s...

15.05.2025 9

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Will ‘God’s architect’ become the next saint?

Antoni Gaudí was at the vanguard of Barcelona’s Modernisme movement. But his magnificent obsession is the still-unfinished Sagrada Familia church,...

02.05.2025 10

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Reimagining Paul Revere’s ride to address Trump-era threats

A new play brings into high relief the uncanny parallels between both the Revolutionary and Civil War periods and the perilous present, all through...

17.04.2025 10

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A proposed housing development and the Arboretum’s magnolia trees

There is a lot to like about the plan: It’s attractive, it’s energy-efficient, and it makes a dent in the city’s affordable housing shortage....

02.04.2025 6

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Candy tax is a sweetener for Massachusetts

Over-consumption of candy and other sugary foods contributes to chronic health conditions that cost all of us millions, whether we indulge in Snickers...

24.03.2025 10

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Trump targets brutalism: A wrecking ball for architecture

His contempt for brutalism isn’t surprising, given that it is mostly associated with 1960s-era government and university buildings, hotbeds of...

07.03.2025 9

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How Massachusetts got rich on gambling

New podcast documents the rise of the ‘the other Massachusetts miracle’ — the state lottery.

20.02.2025 5

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Democrats have a new tool to fight Trump: federalism

For decades, "states’ rights” was the scourge of liberals. But when Washington itself is hostile to civil rights and liberties, a check on...

24.01.2025 10

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Celebrating small wins: Positive news from Greater Boston

There are many reasons to love Greater Boston: the intellectual vibrancy, the natural and built beauty, the respect for facts and history, the...

26.12.2024 9

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