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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Robert Kraft's 2025 win streak faces its toughest opponent: Wu -- Winning the Super Bowl might be easier than making an Everett stadium deal with the Boston mayor by midnight on New Year's Eve.

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LETTERS -- The year in letters: We can't pretend any of this was normal -- Our annual snapshot of the year through the voices of Globe readers.

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IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG -- Young white men feel wronged. Should liberals care? -- A viral essay raises an important question.

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Roland Merullo -- Searching for class in America's promised land -- In the nation's midsection, we found religion, cattle, homelessness, and homophobia.

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EDITORIAL -- President Trump's damage to American science is incalculable -- A STAT series highlights the wide-ranging impact of the president's hacksaw approach.

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IDEAS | MARC BERLEY -- The 'Hamnet' controversy is much ado about nothing -- Scholars are slamming the film for playing fast and loose with historical reality — even though that was a technique favored by the Bard himself.

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ALAN WIRZBICKI -- My big question for 2026 -- In 2026, we'll start to see if the boomlet of commentary about blue-state governance and misgovernance goes anywhere.

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Getting to yes on housing in Massachusetts -- Communities need to move from a default "no" on housing to a default "yes."

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Trump's mass firing of US diplomats a dangerous game -- Vacancies will soon outnumber working ambassadors.

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From Brown to Bondi Beach, the kind and the brave see us through -- Ordinary people doing extraordinary things make troubled times bearable.

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The disappearing snowplow -- Massachusetts needs to make it more financially viable for snowplow drivers to work in the state.

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JEFF JACOBY -- Would Jesus be safe in a synagogue today? -- The golden age has been replaced by a grim new reality in which antisemitism is being normalized with terrifying speed.

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ALAN WIRZBICKI -- Taking stock of Flock -- Days after Cambridge cancelled its contract with the license-plate reader company Flock over privacy concerns, the firm's devices helped solve one of the region's highest-profile murders in years.

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Kristin Tate -- Healey's SNAP showdown puts politics ahead of accountability -- Her grandstanding over releasing SNAP data could cost Massachusetts dearly.

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Michal Sella -- The trust Israeli society needs to restore -- Israeli democracy depends on strong relations between its Arab and Jewish citizens. The war in Gaza has frayed them.

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Joan Wickersham -- In love with the ordinary -- 'The Dead' movie matches Joyce's story, and both have a deep reverence for the everyday.

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The true voice of the voiceless: Columnist's series on murder trial imbued with insight, compassion -- Yvonne Abraham's gut-wrenching investigative reporting into the first-degree murder trial of Latarsha Sanders is truly a gift to humanity.

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Words of the year ring in their ears -- Readers share their reactions to Globe Opinion's choices for words of the year and add a few of their own to the list.

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Mike Johnson opines on men and women -- His comment that men are intellectually superior to women because men can compartmentalize stood out for one reader.

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Looks like Robert Kraft had a front-row seat to Kennedy Center renaming -- Among those who reportedly voted for this change is Dr. Dana Blumberg, a Trump appointee to the Kennedy Center board and wife of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.

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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.

18 days ago

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.

21 days ago

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 joy of taking two long walks a day

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Hunger in Massachusetts is about to get worse

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Why Trump's Justice Department is coming for your voter data — and your vote

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Why 'The Master and Margarita' is the ultimate modern Christmas story

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On Christmas night, America's fate hung in the balance

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Why cemeteries are becoming places for the living

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Anointing JD Vance will hand Democrats the White House

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CAMILA KERWIN -- 30 years later: An ode to boy and tiger

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SAGE STOSSEL -- Hot gifts for kids in 2025

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MIRIAM JAYARATNA, KATHRYN BAECHT, AND ANNELISE CAPOSSELA -- More TikTok tests for your partner

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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.

21 days ago

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.

11 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.

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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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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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