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RENÉE GRAHAM -- SCOTUS, Megyn Kelly, and the howl of racists exhaling -- Holding their tongues no more, their hate has been normalized.

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EDITORIAL -- Green menace: Toxic blooms are shuttering Massachusetts lakes and ponds

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Norman Rockwell's America takes on Trump's anti-immigration agenda -- A museum display is a gut check on America in 2026.

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EDITORIAL -- It shouldn't take so long to fix a wheelchair -- Wheelchair users rely on the technology to live and work, and shouldn't have to tolerate long waits for repairs.

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IDEAS | Danielle Allen -- The British duke who played an outsize role in the American Revolution -- The fight for democracy has always been a transnational cause.

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RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTER -- The secret to Mamdani's success isn't what you think -- Love Zohran or hate him, he executes on the basics.

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Cambridge's street-sweeping experiment isn't working. What if we raised the price of parking permits instead? -- Making street parking more expensive — particularly for households with more than one registered vehicle — could help reduce the number of cars on the curb and open up more street parking spaces.

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The government should not be using political standards to judge scientific grants -- Under recently proposed rules, federal grants could be terminated midstream for reasons having little to do with science or merit.

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How to prevent another crisis in the public defender system -- Massachusetts can't afford another crisis in the criminal justice system.

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- From 'we the people' to 'me the president' -- Gerald Ford used the bicentennial to unite a fractured nation. Donald Trump is turning America's 250th birthday into a celebration of himself.

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Supreme Court's transgender sports ruling rests on a myth -- In upholding trans athlete bans, the Supreme Court leaned on unsupported claims about fairness and safety.

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Supreme Court is turning Trump into the king he wants to be -- Smashing precedent and historical tradition, the court's conservative supermajority declared that Trump has the right to fire those he doesn't find sufficiently loyal. That's a coronation.

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Norah O'Donnell -- Half of America's founding story was erased -- This July 4th, give the women who built America their rightful place in our history.

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Cari Medina, Katie Murphy, and Steve Walsh -- Every 36 minutes a health care worker is assaulted -- Massachusetts lawmakers should pass bipartisan workplace violence reforms before the legislative session ends.

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Adam Omary -- The disability accommodation trap on college campuses -- Once enough students receive extra time, private testing rooms, and deadline extensions, their classmates face a choice: seek the same advantages or fall behind.

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Cracking down on blight protects all communities, not just Back Bay -- Boston should be heavier-handed toward irresponsible commercial property owners.

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Kudos to art museums staging their own revolution -- Museum directors should be applauded for refusing money that requires dishonesty.

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America at 250 transcends our president -- Readers are not happy with Massachusetts' decision to abstain from the Great American State Fair.

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Charter schools can be both antiracist and exceptional -- Black and brown families are seeking out charter public schools at high rates because at charters, their children are excelling.

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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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We're entering the age of the 'superbaby.' The risks are profound.

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Is fear of AI stifling rural Maine's economic rebirth?

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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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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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