IDEAS | JEREMIAS ENGELMANN -- Why the Celtics actually won the Jaylen Brown trade -- The numbers tell us what our eyes won't.

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- For Karen Read, Michael Proctor is the gift that keeps on giving -- John O'Keefe, not Karen Read, should be the victim in the story of his death.

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Jason Margolis -- Inside the fields wars: What student athletes think of artificial turf vs. grass -- Youth athletes offer the most revealing — and divided — verdict in a long-running fields fight.

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EDITORIAL -- If candidates won't debate, voters should wonder why not -- Preserving formal political debates only for the presidency is a blow to democracy.

21 hours ago

Ideas | Alex Green -- Mass. lawmakers are poised to repeat past mistakes -- Forcing people into treatment for mental illness didn't work in 1911. It won't work now, either.

1 day ago

Jill Abramson -- The New York Times is taking heat over Graham Platner. It doesn't deserve it. -- Conservatives say the Times softened its reporting to protect a Democratic Senate candidate. Having worked at the Times for 17 years, I see a different story.

8 hours ago

EDITORIAL -- Can NATO be saved from presidential petulance? -- Can NATO's mission be saved from presidential petulance?

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EDITORIAL -- Fireflies score a win in Rockport -- A victory for fireflies in Rockport points to the need for legislation to protect the night sky from light pollution.

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THE EDITORIAL BOARD -- The Declaration of Independence -- In Congress, July 4, 1776: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America.

5 days ago

RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTER -- A hard lesson for Democrats in Maine. Plus, we have some news about Ed Markey. -- In this week's newsletter: Three writers reflect on Graham Platner's scandal-plagued candidacy. Ed Markey shares some news with the Boston Globe Editorial Board. And we take a look back at America's 250th.

14 hours ago

RENÉE GRAHAM -- How Trump's ugly World Cup power play marred the beautiful game -- The peculiar tyranny of a president who ruins everything.

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- A GOP representative, who took a lengthy paid sick leave, has voted against offering the same to his constituents. -- More than once, Representative Tom Kean Jr. has voted against paid leave.

6 days ago

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Breaking down that birthright citizenship ruling -- Digging deeper into the 194 pages of the opinion and its concurrences and dissents reveals much more about the court, the rule of law, and the state of our nation.

6 days ago

Jim Stergios -- Massachusetts is close to an economic cliff. Here are two ways to save it. -- Residents, businesses, investors, and the young know what Beacon Hill is in denial about: the Bay State's unaffordability.

22 hours ago

Dylan Fernandes -- Massachusetts' local aid formula is failing communities -- An outdated state funding system forces cities and towns into overrides and service cuts while rewarding decades-old inequities.

22 hours ago

Charles F. Bass and Richard N. Swett -- The populist tide is rising. Can we control it? -- For years, political analysts have treated populism as primarily a Republican phenomenon. That is a mistake.

1 day ago

Dave McGlinchey -- Why is one sewage spill an emergency and another routine? -- Massachusetts mobilized to stop the Haverhill leak. It should bring that same urgency to combined sewer overflows.

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Letters to the editor

2 months ago

Trump's heavy hand at the World Cup is all for nil -- The narrative before Sunday had been of a nation learning to love the beautiful game and becoming better at it. Now there is an asterisk.

23 hours ago

Double standards, human standards at issue in Platner scandal -- One reader raises Trump's cases surrounding sexual abuse. Another says Graham Platner must drop out so that Senator Susan Collins can be defeated.

23 hours ago

The 1776 Globe: a sepia-toned refresher course in human events -- Readers relished the Globe's section imagining how today's paper might have covered the news of 250 years ago.

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Young adult homelessness is often overlooked -- The fact that no unsheltered youth were identified on the night of the city's homeless count does not mean that young people are safely housed.

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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.

6 months ago

A Boston veteran's 57-year journey to find peace -- Kevin Cullen shares the story of one Boston veteran who spent decades finding peace after a devastating experience in Vietnam.

7 months ago

Rage over a lost penny -- The president wanted to look bold by eliminating the penny. But shouldn't the administration have planned ahead for the consequences?

7 months ago

The right's immune system is finally fighting back against antisemitism. Maybe. -- A backlash from conservatives against right-wing influencers is a rare sign of hope.

7 months ago

Trump's Task Force 250 is a project of collective amnesia

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Important issues linger heading into last month of legislative session

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The Founding Father you've probably never heard of

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The science of the Declaration of Independence

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An ode to the humble sticky note

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When it comes to bathrooms, Boston is not exactly number one

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America's next revolution is already underway

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- America hits 250!

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MIA ROSE KOHN -- The founders' humanity

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PATRICK CHAPPATTE -- The Founding Fathers of Autocracy

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America at 250: An unexpected history -- On the 250th anniversary of the United States, seven Globe Ideas writers explore stories behind the Declaration of Independence, our Founding Fathers, and Boston's role in all of it.

7 days ago

Lost and/or found: Ten weird but totally true Boston stories -- Have you heard of the Boston Garden Monkey? How about the alligator in the Charles River? See what else we've uncovered.

3 months ago

Everything I needed to know about work and life ... I learned selling sneakers -- This isn't a story about sneakerheads. This is about what working in 1980s Toronto retail taught me about empathy, resilience, and paying attention.

5 months ago

The Wild Issue -- This special edition of Globe Ideas goes to mountaintops, rivers, urban parks, and open fields to unearth surprising stories about what nature means today.

7 months ago

The Revolution lives on -- 250 years later, the fight for American independence is still full of surprising stories and unresolved questions. Explore them in this special issue of Globe Ideas.

7 months ago

The Wisdom Issue: How to grow old — without getting old -- Writers of a certain age on the challenges, delights, surprises, preoccupations, and freedoms of growing older.

1 year ago

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston -- It's time to reimagine the identity of the city's core — and we've got ideas.

7 months ago

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse -- An interactive comic that explores how medical mistakes can happen in the chaotic environment of an ICU.

2 years ago

Not so fast, fashion -- How to be fashionable and equitable while saving the planet from climate change.

2 years ago