IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG -- A DNA test ruled him out. He was convicted of murder anyway. -- A shooting outside a Providence nightclub opens a window on one of the most insidious — and least understood — problems with America's justice system.

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Seth Moulton -- We can't let history repeat itself in Iran -- I was a Marine officer in Iraq, and the warning signs of another misguided war are emerging again in Iran.

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EDITORIAL -- A weighty problem: Should Boston follow private insurers in limiting GLP-1 drug coverage? -- The cost of the popular weight loss drugs is pushing up premiums for city employees. The city and its unions should work out a deal to limit, but not end, coverage.

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EDITORIAL -- A local nonprofit crossed Wu. Then its permit for a fund-raiser was denied. -- The Wu administration, which is embroiled in a legal fight with the Emerald Necklace Conservancy over White Stadium, did not issue the group a permit for its annual fundraiser.

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IDEAS | ANTONIO MATHEUS -- Venezuela, two months after the raid -- Change is more skin-deep than foundational, but hope remains.

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Maura Healey goes hunting for the hunting vote -- With her proposal to lift the ban on Sunday hunting, she wants to be seen as a friend of hunters.

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Cops and the mental health crisis: Reset needed -- Suit against Worcester police spurs a fresh look at how cops deal with those in mental health crisis.

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Beacon Hill shouldn't be where good ideas — like starter homes — go to die -- Legislature's inaction leads to proliferation of ballot issues.

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This old hospital is Boston's best option for addiction services. Don't let neighborhood critics stop it. -- The 13-acre campus, which by law can only be used for public health purposes, offers a rare large-scale public redevelopment opportunity within the city of Boston.

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JEFF JACOBY -- Hooked on power -- Can neuroscience explain why politicians like Bill Galvin won't quit?

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- How Cesar Chavez hid his sexual misdeeds -- Men in social justice movements too often hide behind their public acclaim.

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RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTER -- Could Maura Healey possibly lose? -- The state is losing residents. Its economy is struggling. Is that enough for a Republican rival to beat an incumbent Democrat? We asked three writers to give us their thoughts.

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Wallowing in a mess of his own making, Trump concocts a war-boosting former president -- Trump is pushing the idea that a past president not only endorses the war against Iran, but wishes he himself had been the one to launch it.

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Jarrett J. Krosoczka -- Books saved me. Don't let them be banned. -- My memoir shows kids they're not alone. Massachusetts lawmakers must protect that lifeline.

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Alexander von Hoffman -- To restore the American dream, Greater Boston needs to build more single-family homes -- The only way to meet the urgent longing of young households for a place to call their own is to build houses they can afford to buy.

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Chad M. Topaz -- What's missing from Healey's court picks -- Former prosecutors dominate new judicial appointments, influencing bail, detention, and the very outcomes reforms aimed to fix.

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A new primary system could shake up Massachusetts' old ways -- "The real solution to uncompetitive elections in Massachusetts is ranked-choice voting," writes one reader. Another: "As a first-time candidate ... I've been told repeatedly that I have an uphill battle."

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With cannabis, seniors find relief but not enough oversight -- Older adults deserve more than a well‑meaning budtender; they deserve the same level of evidence‑informed, coordinated care for cannabis that they receive for any other chronic therapy.

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A 'Hear! Hear!' to keeping an ear tuned to language -- A reader calls Jeff Jacoby's column on our changing language "quite simply the best, most delightful thing of his that I have read."

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'Accountability' won't solve the teaching-math problem -- MCAS has been a failure, and MassCore will be, too, because the state still does not provide the necessary resources to property-poor school districts.

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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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I made Harvard students give up their clocks. The results were revelatory.

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Heartbreak, hope, and a plea to save TPS for Haitians

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All-party primaries would fix Massachusetts' unproductive Legislature

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Chief Justice Roberts claps back at Trump's attacks (again)

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As adult foster care costs spike, state seeks answers

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How book clubs and knitting circles can restore our democracy

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The BSO board — another bad boss

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WILL DOWD -- Remembering John Moriarty

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- All work and no pay

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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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