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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Trump's transportation secretary should be the next one to hit the road -- Sean Duffy spent seven months filming a travelogue reality show with his family.

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EDITORIAL -- The mental health system needs more money — but from where? -- With low reimbursements, too few providers accept insurance.

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EDITORIAL -- A viral clip that captured a generation's housing angst -- When 35-year-old David Modica rose to speak at a meeting in Marblehead on Monday, he clearly struck a nerve.

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EDITORIAL -- Hello, FIFA? Anyone there? -- Communities that applied for permission to show World Cup games aren't getting answers from the international soccer body.

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IDEAS | ARINDRAJIT DUBE -- How to save the middle class -- An answer to one of the most vexing challenges of our time.

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Renée Loth -- Remote work made life easier. It also made us rusty. -- Workers are rediscovering the awkwardness — and value — of everyday human interaction.

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The mayor's texts are public records -- Public records laws exist for good reason.

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Does every state need its own marijuana warning label? -- States with legal cannabis should work to standardize regulations.

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Wellesley voters should agree to support MassBay housing project -- State has committed to preserving forestland

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IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF -- May I have a word: Unwanted updates -- When the software upgrade seems anything but.

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Ideas | Emma Madden -- Those Met Gala looks were fake -- What happens when the fake version is more fun than the real one?

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IDEAS | HEATHER HOPP-BRUCE -- I loved a dead fly -- Beauty comes in more forms than you may imagine.

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Roberts says the high court isn't political. Its rulings say otherwise. -- Chief Justice John Roberts says he doesn't understand current public opinion. Clearly, he doesn't have a mirror.

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Diana DiZoglio's quest to audit the Legislature gets some respect from the SJC -- Beacon Hill Democrats still look like they are on the side of secrecy and entrenched self-interest.

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ALAN WIRZBICKI -- The old school way to catch school-bus passers -- Cameras still seem like a better solution to me. But if for whatever reason communities don't want them, there is always the old-fashioned option.

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Tatiana Gupta -- Unsatisfied with your kid's education? Try this AI school instead. -- The AI-assisted Alpha School offers more human connection, less passive screen time, and a more personalized education than traditional schools.

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Brinleigh Murphy-Reuter -- Would you pay $65k to send your kid to an AI school? -- The price tag at Alpha School raises questions about inequality, public schools, and who gets to benefit from innovation.

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Nikki Romanik and Ashish Jha -- The system didn't catch the hantavirus threat. Biology saved us. -- The cruise ship outbreak reveals how vulnerable the United States remains to infectious diseases despite lessons from COVID.

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Letters to the editor

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Of primary care interest: Is MGB, CVS deal worth a try? -- "This affiliation is not the solution" to increasing primary care access, writes one reader. Another: "MGB and CVS should be applauded for their innovative proposal."

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Dangers of 'abortion pill reversal': where public health, free speech collide -- An individual's right to speak openly about personal beliefs or faith is sacred. But a clinic is not a public square. Within those exam room walls, a provider holds a position of trust.

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Prefab could be a key piece in solving state's housing shortage -- Beyond custom builds, the real promise lies in scaling production to address our severe housing shortage and the homelessness crisis.

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Harvard faculty mull whittling the number of A's they reward -- Readers react to a proposal that would limit the number of A's professors can give students. Faculty at the university are voting from May 12 to 19 on whether to approve the change in grading.

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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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Why are people in Mass. being sent to prison for murders they didn't commit?

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The left's illiberal problem isn't over

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My daughter died when she was 2 1/2. I was stunned by how the medical system handled my grief.

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Tow companies shouldn't be allowed to insist on cash

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Misery finds company at the gas pump

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White Mass: The Boston stories Hollywood misses

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How the Unabomber became a cult hero

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When my mother stopped calling

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- Jim Crow rebranded

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BETH WOLFENSBERGER SINGER -- A Mother's Day celebration of resourcefulness

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PATRICK CHAPPATTE -- Cruise turns crisis

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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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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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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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