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Boston Globe - Opinion

Jill Abramson -- How Trump's attempts at cancel culture could backfire, fueling Talarico's rise -- As of Wednesday, a YouTube interview with Stephen Colbert had been viewed more than 6 million times.

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IDEAS | MILES HOWARD -- Why does it take a crisis for Boston to feel neighborly? -- Our sense of community seems to fade when extreme events are over.

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EDITORIAL -- Massholes beware: Healey's traffic cams are gunning for you -- Governor and a few lawmakers get behind efforts to deter speeders in this collision-prone state.

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IDEAS | FLYNN COLEMAN -- Frictionless fascism -- Technologies being used for immigration enforcement take human agency and discernment out of the equation.

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Shira Schoenberg -- Good health care shouldn't require private donations -- Boston Community Pediatrics proves that accessible, humane primary care is possible — but only because donors are subsidizing an insurance system that won't.

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Massachusetts needs a statewide water plan -- Lots of communities want to join the MWRA, but not all of them can.

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Voters deserve a final answer on that legislative audit -- SJC will have to sort out this political hot mess.

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Massachusetts should require disclosure of AI in political advertising -- Ad featuring fake Maura Healey points to problem with deepfakes.

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- The president who broke the Republican Party's brain. (It's not Trump.) -- Obama goes about his post-White House business and lives rent-free in GOP minds twisted by jealousy and obsession.

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- More accountability at the Supreme Court? Not so much. -- The court's new "automated recusal checks" filing rule is simply playacting at transparency.

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Talking honestly about gender, mental health, and violence -- Shutting down the conversation around incidents like the recent Rhode Island shooting does no one any good — especially not the transgender community.

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JEFF JACOBY -- Belichick wasn't snubbed at taxpayer expense -- The Pro Football Hall of Fame picks its inductees on its own dime. Political parties should pick their nominees the same way.

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Eugene Scott -- Jesse Jackson's legacy included championing LGBTQ rights -- The civil rights leader understood that a just nation cannot ever fully materialize if LGBTQ people have fewer rights than other Americans.

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Primary challengers are saving democracy -- More challenges to the Democratic status quo are needed.

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An alternative plan for White Stadium -- A public stadium for Boston Public Schools students is still within reach.

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Americans don't want research cuts. Will politicians listen?

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Is Healey's climate change messaging working? -- The governor is quietly addressing climate risks while publicly prioritizing energy costs.

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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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Mass. GOP gubernatorial candidates can't run on Trump

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The winter sport no one warned me about: Camp registration

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Winthrop can darn well pay for its own harbormaster

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A costly labor mandate for Madison Park High School?

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A surprising theory for why some people become criminals

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EPA stops counting the benefits of clean air

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So you want to be an internet troll?

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When the state buys land, towns lose tax revenue. They should be compensated fairly.

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- A curious omission

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BETH WOLFENSBERGER SINGER -- How erased is your Black history?

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PATRICK CHAPPATTE -- Buried in files

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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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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.

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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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