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Boston Globe - Opinion

EDITORIAL -- What happened to Boston's golden goose? -- City's olive branch to developers can't ease the pain of those inflated tax bills.

3 days ago

Roland Merullo -- The heroes we live with and the assumptions we make -- A month on the road reveals a nation far more humane than its politics.

3 days ago

JOAN VENNOCHI -- The Walshe murder verdict was a win for justice. The bill is another story. -- Walshe, a man with a relish for the high life, qualified for two seasoned, well-regarded defense lawyers. It may be justified. But it would be nice to know exactly how.

6 days ago

EDITORIAL -- Galvin pushes back on Trump's fishing expedition -- The Justice Department has demanded the state's voting rolls, including private information. But it appears to have no legitimate reason to ask, and the state is right to resist.

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IDEAS | STEPHEN O'CONNOR -- The miracles you can find at Christmas -- Even for a nearly lapsed Catholic like me, the holiday is suffused with the possibility of transcendence.

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Globe Opinion -- Words of the year -- Members of Globe Opinion weigh in with their favorites for 2025.

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Fewer meetings, more housing -- Getting zoning and building rules right at a state and city level would limit delays.

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State aid to municipalities should be distributed rationally -- There's currently no formula for allocating general government aid.

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Why couldn't DCF save A'zella Ortiz's life? -- In a new report, the state child advocate says that the agency needs to improve services to children remaining with their families.

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- We need more Rob and Michele Singer Reiners -- We should not only look back at the Reiners' gifts and mourn their loss, but we should emulate this famous couple's commitment to making a more inclusive, just, and equitable world.

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Will the Supreme Court add gun cases to its already high-capacity docket? -- New rulings could add fuel to the debate over gun rights, gun control, and mass violence in America.

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Noah Rothman -- What we really learned from Suzie Wiles -- People are missing the real revelations in White House Chief of Staff Suzie Wiles's dishy comments to a Vanity Fair reporter.

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Katherine Clark -- Mike Johnson's war on women -- The House speaker isn't just a sexist boss. As a party leader and as a policy maker, he has systematically made life harder and more expensive for all women.

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Maya Rossin-Slater, Molly Schnell, and Hannes Schwandt -- When school shooting headlines fade, the trauma doesn't -- The scars of school shootings often endure for years, shaping mental health, educational trajectories, and economic futures.

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Jill Abramson -- Rob Reiner and the fading clout of Hollywood liberalism -- There was no greater promoter of progressive candidates and causes than Reiner.

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Construction worker's lung condition sounds a public health warning -- This case is a tragic example of an old hazard — silica — appearing in new places.

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Opposing Trump is not a 'left-leaning' stance — it's a patriotic act -- These Americans cannot be understood as "progressive" vs. "conservative" or "left" vs. "right."

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Inequality: a notion, a statistic, a bane of our existence -- A narrow definition such as income inequality does not capture the vast disparities in power that define our society.

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Another vile step in Trump game plan: accusing Boston of racial bias -- It is a calculated attempt by conservatives to whitewash history.

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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.

10 days 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.

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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?

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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.

13 days ago

Don't take advice from AI. Use it to brainstorm instead.

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The affordability 'hoax' meets the heating bill

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Why do we keep asking whether killers are one of us?

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How do we stop the scourge of mass gun violence in America? Follow the money.

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Trump is endangering a bulwark of world peace

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Fear, hope, and a Boston Kreme donut

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I'm a scholar of gun violence. Not even I can process what happened at Brown.

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How the Trump administration is stealing Christmas

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MIRIAM JAYARATNA, KATHRYN BAECHT, AND ANNELISE CAPOSSELA -- More TikTok tests for your partner

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Beth Wolfensberger Singer -- How to resurrect your own East Wing

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- Santa's new list

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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.

13 days 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.

13 days ago

Calluses: True stories from an ICU -- An ICU nurse explores the similarities between bedside manner and the hard calluses developed when learning to play guitar in this interactive comic.

11 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

True stories from an ICU: Was it right to keep their sister alive? -- An illustrated opinion piece that explores the emotional impact of hospice care on ICU nurses and hospital employees.

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.

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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.

1 year ago

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

1 year ago

Teens Speak -- We asked. They delivered. Teens from across the country offer a candid look at how they're navigating life, school, friendships, social media, expectations, and so much more.

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