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EDITORIAL -- Are the feds trying to kick sick people off Medicaid? -- The new interpretation of work requirements creates too many administrative hurdles.

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EDITORIAL -- Public safety loses in Cambridge -- Cambridge throws out common-sense public safety over mindless fears.

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IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD -- I'm a birthright citizen -- President Trump wants to destroy America's greatest promise. The Supreme Court came close to helping him succeed.

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MARCELA GARCÍA -- Shootings in Maine and Texas make clear: The new ICE surge is here -- "In the last three weeks we've seen too much violence, too much trauma, too much terror."

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If candidates won't debate, voters should wonder why not -- Preserving formal political debates only for the presidency is a blow to democracy.

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Ideas | Alex Green -- Mass. lawmakers are poised to repeat past mistakes -- Forcing people into treatment for mental illness didn't work in 1911. It won't work now, either.

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JEFF JACOBY -- A note to readers from a longtime columnist -- I've been on medical leave and haven't been able to write. But I have thoughts.

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James Aloisi -- 'The time has come': Blue Hill Avenue deserves proposed bus transit upgrades -- The upgrades will improve transit access and pedestrian and vehicular safety along the route.

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Elissa Ely -- Bring back the potholes -- They accomplished what warnings and signs could not.

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Iris Liao -- Using AI to cheat has become too easy -- Students who use AI to cheat in high school are only hurting themselves. Schools could be clearer in their rules.

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Dan Cluchey -- Democrats should own the AI backlash -- Young voters are sounding the alarm over artificial intelligence. Instead of embracing Silicon Valley, Democrats should become the party of AI accountability.

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City bike advocate's fatal crash is a tragedy hard to fathom -- Louisa Gag devoted her life to making Boston's streets safer. What more must it take for us to prioritize making them safer right now?

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A sewage overflow runs through it: Our river stewardship is tested -- The Commonwealth has shown that it can act decisively when sewage enters a river. We should bring that same urgency to reducing routine sewage discharges.

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Contaminated private wells also need state investment -- While the Commonwealth invests in disease surveillance at municipal waste water facilities, it continues to overlook an equally important need in rural communities: safe drinking water.

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Readers make their push as legislative session draws to a close -- Readers share what they found missing in a recent editorial, from urgency on Medicare for All to curbs against AI data centers.

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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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The progressive establishment made Graham Platner. Then it broke him.

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With Platner, why did Democrats believe one woman but not the other?

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- America hits 250!

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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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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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