CARINE HAJJAR -- Who said it: Tucker Carlson or Rashida Tlaib? -- As the Israel-Iran conflict escalates, the far right and far left suddenly sound eerily similar.

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Marcela García -- What would Mafalda say to Trump? -- This week, a five-volume English-language collection of Mafalda hits American bookshelves. It's the comic strip that the US didn't know it needed.

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MARCELA GARCÍA -- ¿Qué le diría Mafalda a Trump? -- Mafalda llega a EE.UU. más vigente que nunca.

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Hawa Allan -- Trump's military deployment in California is a radical departure from history -- The current deployment has been ordered over the objection of the state governor and the city's mayor, heralding a battle that has flipped the age-old connotation of states' rights on its head.

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Janet Mills -- Maine Gov. Janet Mills: Trump is the very thing the Founding Fathers feared most -- We cannot let intimidation win the day. We cannot be afraid to stand up for the rule of law.

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Did a former city official abuse her position? Police body cam footage could help resolve disputed events. -- One of the two young staffers fired by the Wu administration says her actions have been mischaracterized and has requested a police video that she says would exonerate her.

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Call for Medicaid work requirements is greeted by a chorus of boos -- As one reader writes, the "old trope of work-or-volunteer remedies" recalls the "welfare queen" stereotype of 40 years ago, and "will not result in real reform."

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Give a listen — the protest songs are out there -- Protest music is "energizing when it's blasted on a loudspeaker. But more important, it is meant to be sung," writes one reader. Another: "Protest songs today are not dominating 'the charts,' but perhaps the charts are not the place to look."

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Reasons for pause as AI enters the mammography field -- Unlike the brain, AI cannot tell us how it reached the conclusion that a study does or does not indicate a cancer. We cannot verify that its logic is correct.

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Terry Moran's tweet was a mistake — and a strong statement -- Senior national correspondent Terry Moran must have known what he was doing last weekend when he tweeted that Donald Trump and adviser Stephen Miller were "world-class" haters.

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Communities need public broadcasting now more than ever -- Defunding NPR wouldn't punish "bias." It would punish communities that rely on thoughtful, noncommercial journalism.

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An escalating standoff in LA -- "Trump has revealed that insurrection is acceptable only when it serves his political ambitions," writes one reader. Another: " 'No Kings' demonstrations are June 14. The 'king' will not like this."

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IDEAS | AUSTIN TAYLOR -- I experienced what's wrong with Harvard, but I'm rooting for it over Trump -- As a kid from rural Maine, I saw how out of touch the university is. I also believe it can still get things right.

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PODCAST | SAY MORE -- The C-Word: She was a cancer doctor. She hid hers for 10 years. -- Barrett Rollins only discovered the extent of his wife's advanced cancer when she collapsed at work, revealing a football-sized breast tumor.

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Karissa Korman, Carine Hajjar, and Rebecca Spiess -- Donald Trump and Elon Musk are breaking up. Here's a playlist to help them cope. -- How else will two of the world's most powerful men manage?

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EDITORIAL -- Marcelo Gomes da Silva should be freed -- Arresting an 18-year-old with no criminal record is not going to make communities safer.

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Tim Keegan -- I'm a farmer, and I back Trump's tariffs even if they will hurt me -- The turmoil surrounding tariffs is just another factor in the mess of variables that will determine the success or failure of my enterprise.

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IDEAS | TED WIDMER -- The legacy of the Revolution is still up for grabs -- The War of Independence brought the United States together. Today we're divided over what it all meant.

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BETH WOLFENSBERGER SINGER -- Other free courses colleges should offer now

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- Toddler trouble

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PATRICK CHAPPATTE -- Harvard in the crosshairs

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- Back to the gym

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- Dizzying tariffs

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SAGE STOSSEL -- The birds are alright

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This isn't how to change minds

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Mass. needs competitive pay for defense lawyers

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My Milford classmate was detained by ICE. I live in fear that it could happen to me.

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'Where was God?' The Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting 10 years later.

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Terry Moran is the latest casualty in Trump's war on the media

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Big Beautiful Bill would ban regulating AI

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Don't cut Pell grants for part-time students

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Do we really need two public radio stations in Boston?

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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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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.

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IDEAS -- 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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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.

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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.

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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.

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