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Rebecca Spiess -- Is Cambridge's equity-based school system finally facing a reality check? -- Elizabeth Hudson has tapped into public frustration that, despite lavish spending on schools, persistent achievement gaps in Cambridge remain.14 hours ago
IDEAS | RICHARD HANANIA -- Why Trump is surprisingly good at handling the Middle East -- The president's achievements in the region are due to traits that are considered major character flaws in other contexts.16 hours ago
EDITORIAL -- After scandals, Senate bill would make needed changes to cannabis commission -- Voters legalized marijuana in 2016, but the entity tasked with regulating recreational cannabis has proven to be dysfunctional.21 hours ago
IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF -- May I have a word: A new term becomes a smash hit -- There is a real word for this situation, but it wasn't getting the job done anymore.19 hours ago
RENÉE GRAHAM -- Note to Democrats: Marjorie Taylor Greene is not your friend -- After criticizing Trump, the Republican representative got death threats — and an invitation from across the aisle.10 hours ago
Finding beds for the homeless in West Roxbury -- Massachusetts is facing a housing crisis — and the most extreme manifestation of that crisis is homelessness.21 hours ago
MLB, NBA indictments show growing danger of prop bets to integrity of sports -- Microbetting on sports has proven a bridge too far, tempting players and bettors alike.1 day 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?5 days ago
JOAN VENNOCHI -- State GOP candidates at odds over ICE car wash raid -- Mike Kennealy joining John Deaton in warning against racial profiling.1 day ago
RENÉE GRAHAM -- Trump believes affordability is 'a con job by the Democrats.' He's wrong. -- The president can't relate to the kind of supermarket sticker shock rattling millions nationwide.2 days ago
JEFF JACOBY -- The two faces of human stubbornness -- Our "inelastic" loyalties to products and ideas can be ennobling — or corrupting.2 days ago
Renée Graham -- All the president's offenders -- Trump's pardons are a middle finger to anyone who refuses to forget the myths that reached a violent coda on Jan. 6, 2021.5 days ago
Eugene Scott -- Liberals need to think beyond the Beltway and go local -- Democrats' biggest successes can be found not in D.C., but in local politics instead.1 day ago
Lara Jirmanus, Aaron Shakow, and Sandra Susan Smith -- Harvard idealizes pluralism. It needs restorative justice instead. -- This is a crisis as serious as any in Harvard's 400-year history. The university is failing in its duty to make academic freedom real for all.1 day ago
Jamie Van Nostrand -- Why Mass. gas bills are rising — and what we need to do about it -- Most of what customers now pay each month no longer goes toward fuel, but toward rebuilding and maintaining a gas network that is larger than is necessary to meet future needs.1 day ago
Elissa Ely -- Falling into others' arms -- Dignity at life's end and on a mountain trail.3 days ago
Suit over LGBTQ+ content in Lexington schools is a lesson in intolerance23 hours ago
No surprise — views are split over Hassan's defense of her shutdown vote23 hours ago
Democrats should embrace the idea of gun safety classes in schools1 day ago
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JEFF JACOBY -- 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.9 days ago
PODCAST | SAY MORE -- In Boston and New York, progressive millennial mayors are having a moment -- What can Democrats learn from Michelle Wu and Zohran Mamdani?4 days ago
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG -- Mamdani won. So did Democrats in New Jersey and Virginia. Their brand is still toxic. -- There is only one way to solve the party's enduring problem.4 days ago
How to make streets feel safer without adding police10 hours ago
Why top colleges should cut back on early decision admissions10 hours ago
The Justice Department's war on judges22 hours ago
Why the funding for Trump's White House renovation is so problematic22 hours ago
The right's reckoning with hate: What happens when extremists take the mic1 day ago
What James Watson got wrong about DNA1 day ago
Why I voted to end the government shutdown1 day ago
WILL DOWD -- Remembering Regina and Bobby2 days ago
CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- Back to abnormal3 days ago
PATRICK CHAPPATTE -- Quick, tear it all down! The Epstein vote is coming.5 days 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.10 months 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
IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston -- It's time to reimagine the identity of the city's core — and we've got ideas.1 year 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
Teens Speak -- We asked. They delivered. Teens from across the country offer a candid look at how they're navigating life, school, friendships, social media, expectations, and so much more.1 year ago
Blue sky Boston: Where inspiration meets aspiration for the city's future -- Sustainable living. Gondolas. A science expo. Evaluation of student humanity. Here's what a Boston of the future could be.1 year ago
ERNESTO BARBIERI WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY JESS RULIFFSON -- Tenderness and brutality: True stories from an ICU nurse -- An illustrated opinion piece that examines the porous border between healing and suffering in one hospital's intensive care unit.1 year ago
