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Nancy Krieger -- Quiet regulation changes could censor vital research -- The changes would cement federal control of research grants, but there's still time to act.

1 day ago

IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD -- Progressives have already lost the Suffolk County DA race -- What could have been an election about criminal justice reform will instead be a story about crooked politicians trying to burnish their legacies.

2 days ago

Jill Abramson -- This summer's must-read is a warning about Trump -- A new book documents Trump's second presidency as more impulsive, more vindictive, and more dangerous than his first.

3 days ago

EDITORIAL -- Back Bay blight: The city should do more to address crumbling buildings -- Four vacant buildings on Boylston raise important questions about how the city should combat blight.

9 hours ago

IDEAS | HILARY BURNS -- The viral novel 'Yesteryear' shows how bad Harvard's public image is -- In the thriller about trad wives, Harvard comes off as toxic. The portrayal may be inaccurate, but it still rings true for many.

10 hours ago

RENÉE GRAHAM -- Trump's slimy, swampy eyesore in Washington, D.C. -- And the Reflecting Pool isn't looking too good either.

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The government should not be using political standards to judge scientific grants -- Under recently proposed rules, federal grants could be terminated midstream for reasons having little to do with science or merit.

9 hours ago

How to prevent another crisis in the public defender system -- Massachusetts can't afford another crisis in the criminal justice system.

2 days ago

Is the South Coast Rail actually working? -- The South Coast Rail is delivering on its promises. But more can be done to capitalize on its huge investments.

5 days ago

IDEAS | JULIA HOTZ -- Can robots end our loneliness crisis? -- An experiment rolling out robots to keep the elderly company is showing surprising results.

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IDEAS | SHIRA SCHOENBERG -- Could 'Golden Girls'-style homesharing solve the state's housing woes? -- A tantalizing response to Massachusetts' most pressing problem.

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- The Supreme Court cherry-picks on gun control -- Its ruling on Hawaii law leaves states guessing how far gun restrictions can go under its shifting historical test.

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Religious freedom stops at the prison gate -- A new ruling shut the door on Damon Landor, whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved by a Louisiana state prison guard.

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- As America celebrates liberty, the Supreme Court protects Trump's efforts to deny it -- As the nation turns 250, the justices expand the powers of a president who has derided those who seek a better life on American soil as "invaders," "garbage," and "criminals."

2 days ago

RENÉE GRAHAM -- Hillary Clinton no longer cares what you think about her -- She no longer seems to care about coddling her detractors or being anything other than who she is.

3 days ago

Robert Kuttner -- A housing fix that doesn't fix housing -- The bipartisan bill lacks the scale of spending and structural change needed to fix America's housing crisis.

1 day ago

Renée Loth -- Preserving America's unfinished experiment -- The threatened Swansea Friends Meeting House reminds us that protecting historic places means protecting the struggles that expanded freedom.

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Letters to the editor

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The jobs robots should be doing -- The public is not anti-robot. It is asking for transparency, clear limits, and responsible deployment.

10 hours ago

The primary care shortage is about money -- We need to address the root causes of the dearth of primary care physicians.

11 hours ago

Old people aren't the problem. We all are. -- Readers respond to Samuel Moyn's contentious essay that older people are running, and maybe ruining, America.

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More treadmills won't fix the public education funding problem -- Our universities are now in the multibillion dollar business of sports entertainment, which in turn fuels the gambling industry.

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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.

6 months 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.

6 months 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?

7 months ago

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.

6 months ago

May I Have a Word: Scents and scents ability

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Getting to Gillette Stadium is expensive. So I walked instead.

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Summer light brings back the memories

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Democrats' left wing is flexing its muscle

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Is sliding down the Cop Slide a good idea for grown-ups?

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MAGA vs. The Federalist Society: Two conservative movements are on a collision course

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With energy costs rising, Massachusetts should make solar simpler

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A glimmer of hope in the Ukraine war

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CHRISTOPHER WEYANT -- Missing the Scots

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SAGE STOSSEL -- The curse of Widow's Bay

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BETH WOLFENSBERGER SINGER -- How to dodge darkness

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Lost and/or found: Ten weird but totally true Boston stories -- Have you heard of the Boston Garden Monkey? How about the alligator in the Charles River? See what else we've uncovered.

3 months ago

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.

5 months ago

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.

6 months 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.

6 months ago

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.

1 year 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.

1 year ago

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

6 months 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.

2 years ago

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

2 years ago