JOAN VENNOCHI -- For better or worse, Wu's bet on White Stadium will define her legacy -- With costs at $135 million and a lawsuit pending, the mayor is staking her legacy on a pro-soccer partnership in Franklin Park.

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EDITORIAL -- Why aren't Boston students completing required coursework? -- MassCore could become a statewide graduation mandate.

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EDITORIAL -- The Back Bay house cost $21 million. So why was it only taxed at $12.5 million? -- High-end Boston buyers are getting a break on taxes, not so much those buying starter homes.

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EDITORIAL -- Can Wu end 50 years of failure at Roxbury site? -- The city has spent decades trying, and failing, to develop an 8-acre parcel near police headquarters. The mayor's new approach to the land is worth trying.

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- The Epstein files and the problem with guilt by association -- There's a hysteria, akin to what happened during the 'Me Too' movement, to the current clamor for cancellation.

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Delgado-Garcia's death must lead to meaningful change in the State Police -- Criminal charges shine a light on academy's training practices.

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Malden's backdoor effort to stifle cannabis shops fails in court -- Judge overturns Malden's marijuana zoning bylaw.

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Readers come clean about their own pop culture gaps -- I knew I wasn't the only one with pop culture touchstones that for one reason or another, I've never touched.

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- As California and Texas battle over redistricting, the Supreme Court stays out of the fight -- That doesn't mean the court isn't putting its thumb on the scale of the midterm elections.

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Trump wants to fire more federal workers. A Supreme Court ruling might stop him. -- When it comes to reclassifying up to 50,000 federal workers as at-will employees, Trump is setting himself up for a supreme clash.

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KEVIN ZHANG -- To the person who slashed my tires -- It's been two weeks since the big storm, and the city should be aggressively removing space savers to prevent more stories like this one.

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Alex Beam -- AI's Claude is ubiquitous. But check out its brilliant namesake. -- The late MIT professor Claude Shannon was known as 'the Father of the Information Age.'

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Joseph Stiglitz and Mike Konczal -- Trump's tariff fantasy collides with economic reality -- The president claims an "economic miracle." The data tell a different story.

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Jacob Roberts -- Hasty Pudding, Harvard must reckon with new Epstein revelations -- Friday's festivities may be tainted by recent news about Epstein's relationship with Hasty Pudding Institute chairman Andrew Farkas.

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Liz Walker -- How communities help us get through trauma -- From the TV anchor desk to a Roxbury church basement, I learned that healing doesn't mean fixing pain — it means facing it together.

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Resistance rises as the chill of ICE looms over the next election -- "Beyond this insidious brutality against our largely non-white communities, Trump appears to be waging a broader war to suppress huge segments of the voter population," writes one reader.

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Socialism's critics can get tangled up in rhetoric -- "We would do well to remember that capitalism is not without its own historical collection of horrors," writes one reader.

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Cuts eyed for BPS could undo progress made in teacher diversity -- Learning requires students to feel safe — something that starts with high-quality and diverse role models.

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Justice Department handling of Epstein files is objectionable and questionable -- "We should insist on higher standards of protection of children and minors, accountability for perpetrators, and the reclaiming of the dignity of every child," writes one reader.

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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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WILL DOWD -- Remembering Jane Goodall

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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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