Page Updated: Thursday, December 04, 2025 11:15 PM ET

Boston Globe - Opinion

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER -- Trump destroys his tough-on-drugs cred -- With one hand, he blows up supposed drug traffickers from Venezuela. With the other, he frees one of the world's biggest cocaine kingpins.

19 hours ago

EDITORIAL -- 'The place where dreams die': Boston regulators stifle too many aspiring restaurateurs -- The headwinds against starting a new restaurant have become almost insurmountably high for many smaller, independent operators who lack the expertise and deep pockets to survive the drawn-out city approval process.

1 day ago

RENÉE GRAHAM -- Mark Kelly in 2028?

2 days ago

EDITORIAL -- Asylum, Afghan visas held hostage to Trump's xenophobia -- President imposes collective guilt after National Guard shootings.

19 hours ago

IDEAS | DAVID AMORIM -- Save your Spotify Wrapped. Your future caregivers will thank you. -- A personalized rundown of your taste in music may someday be more valuable than you can possibly imagine.

19 hours ago

Renée Graham -- The Trump administration's masculinity crisis -- We're a nation trapped in a Trump's gold-plated man cave.

6 hours ago

Proposed new graduation framework is ambitious, but implementation questions swirl -- Assessments would include both standardized tests and projects.

1 day ago

A Thanksgiving to celebrate the courage of others -- Now if only it will become contagious.

4 days ago

Wu made two good School Committee appointments. With their terms ending, she should reappoint them. -- The challenges for the committee will include managing the downsizing of the system, dealing with the fallout from federal policy swings, and addressing persistent racial achievement gaps.

7 days ago

Kimberly Atkins Stohr -- Companies hit by Trump tariffs: We want a refund now -- Companies like Costco and Bumble Bee Foods aren't waiting on the Supreme Court's tariff ruling to sue for refunds.

11 hours ago

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Why the disqualification of Trump's hand-picked prosecutors matters -- It's not just a political loss for Trump. It's a win for democracy, so long as the Supreme Court upholds it.

20 hours ago

JOAN VENNOCHI -- This isn't the fog of war. It's the fog of panic. -- Pete Hegseth once demanded consequences for war crimes — now he's running from his own words.

1 day ago

JEFF JACOBY -- My long quest for a second language -- Italian remains a beginner's project. But slow enjoyment turns out to be more effective than fast frustration, and I'll take that trade any day.

1 day ago

Bill Keating -- Release the second tape -- The American public should see what happened during the second strike of a suspected Venezuelan drug boat.

12 hours ago

Ty Burr -- Newsroom unveils bold new ethics code: Sleep with your sources, but take notes -- After recent developments regarding Olivia Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza, and RFK Jr., all sources are to be considered for their romantic potential, especially politicians.

2 days ago

Adebukola Ajao -- Proposed Mass. data privacy law would harm small businesses serving ethnic communities -- Like many small, immigrant-owned businesses, our advertising budget is tiny. That makes data-powered digital advertising essential.

2 days ago

Casualties at sea in a foggy drug war

20 hours ago

No sense in cutting federal funds for special education

20 hours ago

Bay Staters, do yourself a favor: Don't back an income tax cut

21 hours ago

Ukraine peace plan is 'imperfect' indeed — and unacceptable

1 day ago

Meet Globe Opinion

4 years ago

Submit a letter to the Editor

4 years ago

Submit an Op-Ed

4 years ago

PODCAST | SAY MORE -- 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.

14 days ago

EDITORIAL -- 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?

21 days ago

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.

25 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?

20 days ago

Donald Trump's death penalty obsession

11 hours ago

Trump's ICE dragnet catches Leavitt's family member

12 hours ago

Gavin Newsom isn't running for president (yet), and he's already winning

19 hours ago

The heroic excavators of government secrets

19 hours ago

A tragedy in Stoneham should spark a push to update Mass. rules for micromobility devices

19 hours ago

Pharmacy deserts make staying healthy harder

20 hours ago

When two families say 'I do'

1 day ago

What made Harvard get softer on its students

1 day ago

Paul Karasik -- Wicked good Boston merch ideas

3 days ago

SAGE STOSSEL -- A spectrum expanded

3 days ago

CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- Holidaze

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