IDEAS | Abdallah Fayyad -- Interactive graphics: Trump's unprecedented presidential windfall -- His record profits reveal more than personal greed. They expose deepening corruption.

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EDITORIAL -- Trump goes on a new media witch hunt -- With a free press under attack everywhere, Massachusetts lawmakers should step in and pass a local shield law.

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EDITORIAL -- 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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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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RENÉE GRAHAM -- The death of Nolan Wells and the restless ghosts of Mississippi -- Nolan Wells's death is unexplained. Mississippi's racist history shadows the search for answers.

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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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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?

4 days ago

The bogus arguments against birthright citizenship -- The right's effort to undermine birthright citizenship rests on flimsy legal arguments — and flimsy factual ones, too.

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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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IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF -- May I have a word: Dirty minds -- What does laundry do when it's alone in the dark?

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IDEAS | Joseph Sakran -- What a bullet does to a body -- I survived a shooting. Now Washington is dismantling gun safeguards that were saving lives.

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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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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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Eugene Scott -- Men need more than mental health talk -- They need Congress to pass legislation that expands mental health care and saves lives.

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Deborah Ramirez and Max Reese -- Federal accountability for ICE has vanished. States must fill the void. -- State prosecutors have both the constitutional authority and the public mandate to indict federal officers.

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RENÉE LOTH -- Move over, April. This year, July is the cruelest month. -- Heat, jellyfish, greenheads, wildfire smoke, drought. It's been a relentless summer.

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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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Farage's UK bid is a farcical, quixotic ceremony -- Positioning Farage as the only political figure who can "save" the UK does indeed make for a compelling comparison with Donald Trump, as both sow chaos and then sell themselves as the cure.

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A motorist's blind spot can be a matter of life or death for cyclists -- Readers grapple with the many approaches and provisos surrounding the challenge of cyclists and motorists sharing the streets.

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Seeking a path forward for Blue Hill Avenue -- Readers react to dueling op-eds that debated whether bus or rail should be the transit priority for the busy corridor.

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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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Safe streets in Boston require more than choosing sides

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Too many ballot questions? Blame Beacon Hill.

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WILL DOWD -- Remembering Miles Davis

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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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Not so fast, fashion -- How to be fashionable and equitable while saving the planet from climate change.

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