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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Mayor Wu says she texts and talks to developers all the time. Is that enough to spur growth? -- "This is Boston, right? I'm with everyone," she said.

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Healey has made progress on housing. But the state still lags its goals. -- Truly solving the state's housing imbalance almost inevitably means butting heads again with cities and towns, which tend to balk at new housing.

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William M. Hill -- Investing in nature: Why outdoor spaces in Mass. deserve your vote -- A ballot initiative would dedicate funds from existing state sales taxes to protect green spaces.

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Elissa Ely -- On the same side, until we weren't -- We can rally around big ideals. It's the small, human moments that trip us up.

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I've taught at several progressive colleges — Hampshire is the latest to fall -- In my peripatetic teaching career, I watched hundreds of students blossom and transform. To see these schools die, one by one, is beyond sad.

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Why Gish Jen talks to the dead -- The writer's new novel "Bad Bad Girl" blends truth and fiction to dissect the cultural divide between mother and daughter.

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