IDEAS | JAMES TRAUB -- Schools aren't politicized the way you think they are. The problem runs deeper than that. -- What I learned from a year in America's history and social studies classes.

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Jane Swift -- What my husband's death taught me about assisted suicide -- The problem isn't that dying patients lack options. It's that our health care system too often abandons them when they need support most.

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IDEAS | JOHN MAC GHLIONN -- The cult of Elon Musk goes public -- The massive SpaceX IPO is a bet on shaky promises.

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EDITORIAL -- Three years for a college degree? Merrimack and Suffolk proposals are worth trying. -- Some students just want to get their degrees without taking on loads of debt. To meet that demand, the two schools want to offer "applied" bachelor's degrees in a handful of majors.

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EDITORIAL -- Can't find a primary care doctor? Join the club. -- Massachusetts should do more to fill the gap in care. A bill in the state Senate is a good start.

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IDEAS | HILARY BURNS -- Trump's attack on grad school loans may do some good in the long run -- The government is shaking up a lending system that may have benefited universities more than students.

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Amy Cuddy -- The secret behind Cape Verde's World Cup moment -- Collective confidence turned a mismatch into a triumph.

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Compassion for dying prisoners is also a bargain -- Expediting medical parole simply the right thing to do.

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Massachusetts should lead on shifting how and when energy is used -- The Commonwealth has the opportunity to build a national model for how to lower rates for customers who shift energy consumption to off-peak hours.

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Is Andrea Campbell avoiding local political battles? -- The AG takes a tough stance at the federal level but dodges local disagreements.

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- We are all looksmaxxers -- Rosie O'Donnell is talking about her recent facelift. Who doesn't want to look their best?

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- The lonely giddiness of a New York Knicks fan in Boston -- Misery loves company, but so does jubilation.

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Jason Margolis -- Why Red Sox fans should be rooting for England in the World Cup -- Tell me what kind of sports fan you are, and I'll tell you which World Cup team to support.

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Barry Finestone -- The night the Tartan Army took over Fenway Park -- For a few hours, Fenway became a corner of Scotland.

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Beverly Beckham -- The Down syndrome conversation we should be having -- After YouTuber Jesse Ridgway announced he and his wife terminated a pregnancy because of a Down syndrome diagnosis, I found myself thinking about the joy, love, and fulfillment that often go unmentioned.

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Elisabeth Marnik -- I grew up unvaccinated. Here's why changing exemption laws isn't enough. -- There's a deeper public health trust problem that must be addressed.

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Laura Goldstein -- Before it's too late, let my husband choose how his story ends -- ALS has taken away my husband's future. Medical aid in dying would let him keep control over the end of his life.

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For Trump's birthday: bloodthirst -- Let us think of this nasty fight night as a celebration only of Donald Trump's 80th birthday. We have had our democratic Republic for 250 years, and that is cause for celebration.

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AI can't replace the human connection in local news -- Every story we publish is written and edited by a person with ties to the South Shore. Journalism is ultimately about people telling the stories of other people.

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Elon Musk is a trillionaire, but at what cost? -- Perhaps he would share some of that money to avoid any more deaths from the USAID cuts he and his DOGE team triggered last year.

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Now the Kennedy Center has some scrap material kicking around -- Could the letters and period that have been removed from an exterior wall go into a future museum exhibition somewhere on the overreaches of the Trump era?

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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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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.

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Yes, colleges need more speech protections and intellectual diversity. But the government shouldn't be forcing their hand.

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It's time for Anthropic to get out of the business of killing people

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Getting stuck in Massachusetts' 'Housing Purgatory'

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Graham Platner won Maine's Democratic primary. Now he needs to show the integrity, maturity, and honesty voters deserve in a senator.

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- The Seething Pond

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WILL DOWD -- Remembering Antoni Gaudí

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- Close encounters

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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

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