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Boston Globe - Opinion

JEFF JACOBY -- Trump's first 100 days: So much losing -- The president has shed support and goodwill, even on issues that won him the election.

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Renée Graham -- Democrats finally seem to understand the assignment: Stop Trump -- Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois challenged his party's "simpering timidity" against the authoritarian president.

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Rebecca Spiess -- Student journalism in an era of fear -- The threat of deportation is forcing college newspaper editors to grapple with hard ethical questions.

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John J. Miller -- Hillsdale College refuses federal funding. It makes me a better teacher. -- The college doesn't accept a penny from the government, nor does it ask students to report their race or ethnicity on application forms or anywhere else. This principled position has created opportunity.

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Ashish K. Jha -- For immediate health benefits, New England should accelerate the clean energy transition locally

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Harvard's not Hillsdale. That's a good thing. -- The small Michigan college, which refuses federal funds, has been cited as a model Harvard could emulate. But they aren't comparable.

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"They need to solve this problem:" South Coast rail stumbles out of the gate -- The South Coast commuter line is an important new service. All the more reason for the MBTA to fix its early stumbles swiftly.

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Assessing the damage 100 days into Trump's second term -- The rapidity and pervasiveness of the attacks on all the distinguishing characteristics of America have recharacterized this nation as the land of the fearful and the home of the betrayed.

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Did we bring RFK Jr. on ourselves? -- "Who exactly are these 'liberals,' " writes one skeptical reader, who are being condemned "for their alleged failure to 'recognize Americans' fears about their health and the systems that maintain it?' "?

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Universities being pressed to weigh academic freedom vs. funding -- A recent opinion piece likening the choice the Trump administration is imposing on universities to a "Sophie's Choice" stirred reaction from readers.

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EDITORIAL -- This is not a drill -- A repressive, arbitrary regime is taking shape before our eyes.

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IDEAS | TED WIDMER -- The legacy of the Revolution is still up for grabs -- The War of Independence brought the United States together. Today we're divided over what it all meant.

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Trump doesn't care about domestic terrorism — unless Teslas are the victims -- A teenager allegedly wanted to assassinate Trump and overthrow the government to "save the white race."

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IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR -- The young conservative women who want to make America haute again -- They're in vogue — but not in Vogue. The Conservateur is here to make young conservative women its brand.

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PODCAST | SAY MORE -- Mayor Wu on the joy and challenges of being a working mom -- Meet the hardest working moms in Massachusetts: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Attorney General Andrea Campbell.

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David D'Alessandro -- Why US colleges should cut back on international students -- The greatest trade deficit in the United States is not in sneakers, smartphones, and automobiles; it's in undergraduate and graduate students.

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- Midnight ride 2025

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BETH WOLFENSBERGER SINGER -- A forward march in April

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- Not a king, just a drama queen

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SAGE STOSSEL -- Bringing hell, but to whom exactly?

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PATRICK CHAPPATTE -- The One Pope

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- Void where prohibited

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China is already silencing dissent in Taiwan

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Why a trailblazer of disability care eventually disavowed his own theories

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The Trump administration's new target: Those who stand up to ICE

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Detained activist Mohsen Mahdawi: 'A prisoner of this White House'

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Mercy Medical Center facing exodus of emergency doctors

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

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The 60-year-old book that can help cities reduce gun violence

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Wu administration is steering Boston's school buses in the right direction

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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.

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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.

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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.

7 months ago

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

1 year 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.

1 year ago

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

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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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Blue sky Boston: Where inspiration meets aspiration for the city's future -- Sustainable living. Gondolas. A science expo. Evaluation of student humanity. Here's what a Boston of the future could be.

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ERNESTO BARBIERI WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY JESS RULIFFSON -- Tenderness and brutality: True stories from an ICU nurse -- An illustrated opinion piece that examines the porous border between healing and suffering in one hospital's intensive care unit.

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