IDEAS | MARK LAMSTER -- How to fix Faneuil Hall -- There is an obvious way to revive Boston's "festival marketplace."

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IDEAS | BRIAN BERGSTEIN -- Why won't Tufts reveal its evidence on a discredited scholar? -- The university is missing an opportunity for transparency about what happened with the historian Kerri Greenidge.

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EDITORIAL -- Massachusetts should let cities and towns decide their own liquor licenses -- Licensing battle, future of happy hours at stake.

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IDEAS | Abdallah Fayyad -- Susan Collins is still in trouble -- Graham Platner's downfall hasn't dampened Maine voters' hopes of sending new blood to the Senate.

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Ryan D. Enos and Steven Levitsky -- Yale shouldn't cut a deal with Trump -- Yale should resist rather than negotiate away its independence.

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We have the tools: Political courage is needed to tackle Boston's traffic nightmare. -- If you're driving into the city you're going to pay. It's just a question of whether you pay with your time, or your money.

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Springfield needs a new courthouse — and a fair procurement process -- John Barros conflict of interest raises questions.

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Slots giveaway is a shameful backdoor expansion of gaming -- These slots by any other name are still a major expansion of gambling in Massachusetts.

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Who knew about Michael Proctor's racist texts? -- The former State Police trooper and a Canton police officer lost their jobs. But who else was part of their thread? Who "liked" them? Who looked the other way and did nothing?

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IDEAS | Richard Hanania -- I had a front-row seat to the emergence of the Tech Right. It wasn't pretty. -- How some of the world's most powerful people sank into a morass of conspiracy theories.

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Ideas | Heather Beasley Doyle -- In a world turned upside down, why not be an acrobat? -- Our son chose circus school over college.

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MARCELA GARCÍA -- Why is a Latina from the Bronx leading a presidential poll? -- Has AOC become a genuine national contender rather than a progressive celebrity?

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MARCELA GARCÍA -- Por primera vez, una latina encabeza una encuesta presidencial -- El ascenso de Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez plantea nuevas preguntas sobre el futuro del Partido Demócrata.

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Crack one open for the Alaskan pilot asking the Supreme Court to help him keep his plane -- The Supreme Court agreed to take up the case of a pilot whose plane was seized because his passenger was carrying Budweiser.

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Americans have no stomach for Trump's escalation of his war against Iran -- Trump seems intent on escalating a war that an overwhelming number of Americans do not support.

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Russ Feingold and Christopher Shays -- Maine's super PAC case could reshape campaign finance -- Maine's limits on super PAC contributions challenge the legal assumption that unlimited donations are somehow free from corruption.

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Carlos Maldonado -- When a life sentence is a death sentence -- For those with few prospects of leaving prison, the sense of hopelessness and despair can be overwhelming. I know, because I'm one of them.

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Karen Stabiner -- The strange comfort of digital nagging -- We complain about the endless reminders flooding our phones and inboxes. But many of us have grown oddly reassured by the constant pings.

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Desmond Ang -- When authority figures kill, communities change forever -- ICE violence is a feature, not a bug, of our law enforcement system.

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The hallowed BSO finds itself in crisis -- Readers react to a Globe report on the internal struggle that has engulfed the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

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Legalized marijuana was wrong from the start. She supports its repeal. -- Legalizing marijuana is essentially the government's stamp of approval, and I don't think we need another substance with the potential to harm.

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No excuse for Mass. to lag on shield law protecting sources -- Pressure needs to be put on the Legislature and the governor to get this bill passed and signed. We owe nothing less to those who keep us informed.

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Rethinking patriotism in 2026 -- "Patriotism places too much emphasis on national boundaries," writes one reader. Another: "Rigorous critique and love of country are not mutually exclusive."

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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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Interactive graphics: Trump's unprecedented presidential windfall

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May I have a word: Dirty minds

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Trump goes on a new media witch hunt

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WILL DOWD -- Remembering Miles Davis

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- Trojan Grift

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- Smoke signal

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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.

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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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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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