JEFF JACOBY -- Massachusetts keeps losing residents. That's a choice. -- When tens of thousands of people leave year after year, they're answering a question with their feet.

17 hours ago

Mariel Garza -- California's proposed billionaire tax has ultrarich in full panic mode -- The onetime 5 percent wealth tax has not yet qualified for the November state ballot, but already billionaires and their conservative allies are blowing rhetorical gaskets.

2 days ago

EDITORIAL -- The verdict on the MBTA law is in: It worked -- On Thursday, Attorney General Andrea Campbell filed a lawsuit against nine municipalities that have shirked the MBTA Communities law. But the real story is that the vast majority complied.

5 days ago

Alex Beam -- Starlink's internet from space works astonishingly well. But there's a catch. -- It can beam high-speed internet to war zones, protest movements, remote islands, and festival deserts — while placing extraordinary power in the hands of one unpredictable billionaire, Elon Musk.

5 days ago

EDITORIAL -- Massachusetts can't stop ICE. But it can help its vulnerable immigrant population. -- Governor moves to protect the state's immigrant population amid growing concern over another ICE "surge."

16 hours ago

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER -- Trump may be headed toward a pointless confrontation with Cuba -- The president seems to think he may be the one to finally squelch the Communist regime. Does he realize how few good options he has?

16 hours ago

JOAN VENNOCHI -- Ayanna Pressley and Stephen Lynch draw a line on Epstein

6 hours ago

A threat to Haitian workers is a threat to the Massachusetts economy -- Temporary Protected Status set to expire Tuesday.

16 hours ago

Wu, City Council should make sure police watchdog has bite -- The mayor voted to create the Office of Police Accountability and Transparency. She should ensure that her police commissioner doesn't ignore its findings.

1 day ago

Healey's budget proposal reflects sober fiscal situation -- Federal cuts, rising health costs mean tight budget year.

5 days ago

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- The Trump-led attack on the midterms you may not see coming -- A Supreme Court case challenging mail-in voting could have wide-ranging impact, including in Massachusetts.

9 hours ago

JEFF JACOBY -- Why 'Zionist' is still a living word -- The word expresses more than assent to Israel's legitimacy; it is a term of affirmation.

1 day ago

RENÉE GRAHAM -- Celebrating the Black history that Trump wants to erase -- Black people don't need the acknowledgement of presidents to recognize their own greatness.

1 day ago

Jill Abramson -- Don Lemon's arrest was wrong, but his reporting raises questions -- Journalists should not be openly showing favoritism.

1 day ago

Eugene R. Fidell and Steven J. Lepper -- The JAG Corps is not a Justice Department reserve -- Military lawyers are being diverted far beyond their mandate — weakening civilian justice while hollowing out a vital military institution.

2 days ago

MBTA Communities law is a work in progress -- "We can solve our housing shortage and put the Commonwealth on the path to a bright future," a reader writes. Another reader argues that Middleton should not be subject to the law.

18 hours ago

Great expectations as reading overhaul advances in Mass. -- "While serving under-resourced communities, I witnessed how essential phonics and foundational language skills were to my students' success," one reader writes.

18 hours ago

Chilling arrest of ex-CNN anchor Lemon crosses a line -- What does it say about America when you can charge journalists with criminal offenses for merely interviewing and reporting about protesters engaged in protest?

1 day ago

FBI search of Ga. office could be a dry run for disrupting the midterms -- Trump is clearly telegraphing a preview of the nightmare scenario the country can expect in many states later this year.

1 day ago

Meet Globe Opinion

4 years ago

Submit a letter to the Editor

4 years ago

Submit an Op-Ed

4 years ago

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.

1 month ago

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.

1 month ago

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?

2 months ago

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.

1 month ago

Somerville's secret weapon against snow

6 hours ago

Hinge is the new LinkedIn

16 hours ago

Thinking of fleeing the US? Consider Uruguay.

16 hours ago

Must the public square be secular?

16 hours ago

The domestic terrorist in the White House

17 hours ago

The new Fourth Estate is standing on the sidewalk

17 hours ago

Maduro is gone. Venezuela's dictatorship is not.

1 day ago

A child's birthday, a national nightmare

1 day ago

SAGE STOSSEL -- When Vikings ruled Boston

5 days ago

PATRICK CHAPPATTE -- Trump backpedals

6 days ago

WARD SUTTON -- Spot the 'paid agitators'

6 days ago

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.

14 days ago

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.

1 month ago

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.

1 month ago

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.

1 year ago

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

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

1 month 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.

1 year ago