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IDEAS | ROB HENDERSON -- Extremism goes from an inside joke to a terrible reality -- For many young men, expressing a transgressive opinion is thrilling. Then they start to believe it.

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IDEAS | MAXWELL TAYLOR KENNEDY -- My brother RFK Jr. is betraying our father's legacy -- Robert F. Kennedy would have turned 100 this week — and he would have been appalled at the Trump administration's cruelty.

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EDITORIAL -- Why does a Roxbury Community College graduate earn nearly $15,000 less than a Bunker Hill grad? -- Yes, college degrees are worth it. But state report reveals that post-graduation earnings can differ widely by school and type of degree.

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IDEAS | Daryln Brewer Hoffstot -- My favorite Thanksgiving recipe: Reading poems -- These verses have enriched the holiday for my family. Maybe they'll speak to yours, too.

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ALAN WIRZBICKI -- Thanksgiving trains are sold out. Why not borrow more? -- Supply and demand suggests that when demand surges this much, that's an incentive to find some way to meet it.

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Uptick in prison suicides cries out for humane solution -- Incarceration wasn't meant to be a death sentence.

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Trump's reckless new policy on homelessness -- Thousands of people in Massachusetts with a history of homelessness could lose housing due to policy shift.

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Trump plays buddy with Mamdani. With Wu, it's pure hostility. -- It's hard to imagine Trump and Wu ever putting their enmity behind them and yukking it up together in the Oval Office.

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- The Epstein survivors have waited long enough -- Releasing the files on the convicted sex offender brings these women a step closer to a modicum of accountability.

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Renée Graham -- Michelle Obama is right. America 'ain't ready' for a woman president. -- It pains me to say that most men with Harris's and Clinton's qualifications probably would have wiped the floor with Trump.

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Ashish K. Jha -- Three things in public health to be thankful for -- As this tumultuous year draws to a close — and especially during this season of thanksgiving — it's important to recognize the contributions that deserve gratitude.

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Jon Hurst -- Small businesses are drowning in hidden energy costs -- In addition to the cost of purchasing and delivering electricity, Tropical Foods' bill contains five charges related to advancing the Commonwealth's electrification and climate goals.

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Jill Abramson -- The week Trump lost his temper — and powerful women -- Insulting women and branding them as pigs is nothing new for Trump. But this time feels different.

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Mae Kuykendall and Harry Lewis -- Harvard's Larry Summers problem began long before the emails -- Twenty years ago, Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted that it lacked confidence in his leadership.

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Schools grapple with AI policies and preventing cheating

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Secondhand clothes are a cornerstone of Kenya's circular economy

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Hey bettor bettor: In-game wagers threaten integrity of pro sports

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Don't confuse addiction with stubbornness

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PODCAST | SAY MORE -- 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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EDITORIAL -- 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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JEFF JACOBY -- 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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PODCAST | SAY MORE -- In Boston and New York, progressive millennial mayors are having a moment -- What can Democrats learn from Michelle Wu and Zohran Mamdani?

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Don't eliminate the option of state receivership for failing schools

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What a '90s sitcom can teach us about male and female friendships

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Republicans finally want to talk about health care. That's good — but their ideas are absurd.

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You have reached the ICE tip line. Your delusion is important to us.

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The Larry Summers distraction

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A chance to depoliticize gender-affirming care

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Would you hire an electrician from Harvard Vocational School?

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Beth Wolfensberger Singer -- In honor of Starbucks baristas

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- Thanksgiving dinner conversation starters

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WILL DOWD -- Remembering Regina and Bobby

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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.

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

IDEAS -- 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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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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