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EDITORIAL -- Want property tax relief? Maybe the state and city should actually talk to each other. -- Boston doesn't have a monopoly on hard-pressed taxpayers.

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IDEAS | MICHAEL SELLERS -- I'm a 'designer beard' Santa. The purists aren't happy. -- A great debate about facial hair divides Santas, but it doesn't have to.

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Gail Breslow -- They were ready to be Americans. Then the government pulled the plug. -- Immigrants were denied their citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall. No explanation. No timeline. No guidance. Only silence. Is this what we have become as a nation?

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The Supreme Court just escalated the redistricting war. Congress must end it. -- The best solution would be to increase the size of the House of Representatives from its current 435 members.

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Home care workers should be licensed and regulated -- The current system for workers who help elderly or disabled people with nonmedical tasks like bathing, dressing, or cooking is practically unregulated.

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Tame the 'ghost haunting land use law' -- Site plan reviews can become a backdoor permitting process that blocks development.

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- The justices are set to give Trump more power -- New presidents cannot come into office and fire existing officials just to install preferred leaders in their place. But that is exactly what Trump did.

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Boston tax fight: Is it personal between Wu and Spilka? -- At heart, they are both old-school pols who have power and are unafraid to use it.

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Don't panic — yet — about the Supreme Court taking up Trump's birthright citizenship order -- Despite Trump's vile views on immigrants, even some conservatives don't think his executive order holds constitutional water.

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JEFF JACOBY -- Citizenship by birth is America at its best -- A principle rooted in the Constitution and reinforced by long experience cannot be undone at a president's whim.

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Roland Merullo -- It's night in America. But that's only half the picture. -- I drove across the country to bear witness — to speak with those living their ordinary lives amid the darkness of the Trump era, and to come face to face with an America deeper than the headlines, more complicated, more real.

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George Fatheree -- At long last, David Drake is recognized as the artist he always was -- The Museum of Fine Arts didn't just return Drake's jars — it returned his artistic birthright.

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Trump has hit on an immigration policy. It's called racism. -- "We have to stop defining people by the failed governments they flee from," writes one reader. Another: "Donald Trump's America is becoming more un-American every day."

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For the makings of a diploma, state is assessing alternatives to tests -- "Senior projects could easily be configured to require collaborative learning, critical thinking, and the amassing of experienced-based evidence," writes one reader.

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Fellow media should stand as one when Trump attacks reporters -- Our nation depends on a free press that can question power without fear or intimidation.

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A farm may not grow in Westwood -- The town sued the Westwood Land Trust after the group opposed the Bean Family Farm's request to lease 8 acres of conservation land in order to expand.

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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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New Balance shows how inclusion is just good business

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Was Boston a sellout rock band? Today's musicians could use its founder's fighting spirit.

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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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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.

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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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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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