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Shira Schoenberg -- 'A manufactured disaster': Massachusetts farmers battle Trump cuts -- Given the magnitude of anticipated federal budget cuts in myriad areas, state funding cannot supplant federal losses.

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CARINE HAJJAR -- Yes, colleges are hotbeds of anti-American ideologues. But don't just blame foreign students for that. -- Immigrants should arrive with a deference for this country's values. But it's also incumbent on the American institutions that receive them to model a patriotic ethos.

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Trump's second term is fueling the power of boycotts -- Corporate America is discovering that political cowardice has a financial cost.

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Kris James Mitchener -- Trump's tariff brinkmanship echoes a 1930s mistake -- President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs on the nation's major trade partners are a surefire way to kick off a trade war.

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The othering of a Lynn charter school -- State officials, including Maura Healey's education secretary, ignored the Lynn parents clamoring for a better education for their children.

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With federal funds running dry, Mass. faces tough calls on mental health services -- The Healey administration's budget proposal calls for slashing caseworkers and some kids' residential treatment.

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IDEAS | Mary Ziegler -- Sorry, Republicans. Exceptions to abortion bans don't make any sense. -- With women in antiabortion states dying from pregnancy complications, lawmakers are scrambling to deal with the backlash by tweaking their laws. They won't succeed.

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THE OUTLAW OCEAN PROJECT -- Far away from human rights -- The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the most remote areas on the planet, making it a harrowing workplace for thousands of fishers.

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Last Tuesday it was Rumeysa Ozturk. Who will it be next? -- Readers express concern and fear about attacks on constitutional rights as questions swirl around the arrest and detention of a Tufts graduate student.

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The Democrats have a problem — and a host of solutions -- Both Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "have consistently told the Democrats to focus on the working class," writes one reader. Another: "Midterm elections are not far off, and the party will need a unified front."

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Cheers to N.H. child advocate for underscoring her vital role -- The position of child advocate should be safeguarded and adequately funded in each state to protect its independence and full capacity.

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Ryan Normandin -- In Newton, we tried an experiment in educational equity. It has failed. -- "Multilevel classrooms" are not working for teachers or students, writes the head of Newton South High School's Faculty Council.

3 months ago

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG -- Scared of another Trump term? Here's how it could work out better than you think. -- The silver linings playbook for the next four years.

4 months ago

CARINE HAJJAR -- An attempt to cancel Seth Moulton boomerangs on Tufts -- The chair of the university's political science department said Tufts would stop facilitating internships with the Salem congressman after his comments about transgender athletes. But that wasn't the end of the story.

4 months ago

Vikas Saini -- How America's broken health system fuels dangerous rage -- Why there is pent up anger about America's health care system.

3 months ago

Heather Hopp-Bruce -- Spending the day with my transgender son and MAGA aunt -- They share the same goals — freedom, prosperity, safety — but have wildly different ideas about how to achieve them and no single conversation or text thread is going to change that.

4 months ago

EDITORIAL -- Tougher action is needed on teacher strikes -- Much higher fines would make a difference.

4 months ago

SAGE STOSSEL -- Spring pleasures in complicated times

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PATRICK CHAPPATTE -- On my signal

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CAMILA KERWIN -- Give me liberty

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PATRICK CHAPPATTE -- The dictionary defines 'recession' as

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- Doged

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BETH WOLFENSBERGER SINGER -- Little what, now, you say?

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The odd couple? Nope. My mother and daughter roommates are vibing.

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Vanishing protectors and predators

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A Gen Z paradox: To influence or not influence?

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Trump is attacking free speech. Don't let him.

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The state stepped in to fix the Boston Public Schools. Now it's giving up.

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The chilling arrest of a Tufts graduate student

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Dipping a toe into the wonders of the 'parallel economy'

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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.

2 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.

6 months ago

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.

6 months ago

IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston -- It's time to reimagine the identity of the city's core — and we've got ideas.

1 year ago

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.

1 year ago

Not so fast, fashion -- How to be fashionable and equitable while saving the planet from climate change.

1 year ago

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.

1 year ago

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.

1 year ago

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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