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ICYMI: Fly me to the moon, and then let me exploit its mineral resources

While the state and the world focus on the coronavirus outbreak, other stories fly under the radar.

Postcards from the pandemic

82d birthday behind glass; a hug-and-kiss kind of family tries to get by — an update on how Globe readers are coping.

An uncomfortable curtain is closed around open spaces

Timothy Scalona

Mourning senior year 2020

Jason Pradarelli and Gerard Doherty

To fight coronavirus, America needs leaders who are first followers

Tom Rush on John Prine: ‘He saw truths that had never occurred to us before’

Report card from Zoom University

Michael A. Cohen

Wisconsin Republicans put political power ahead of public health

Noubar Afeyan and Ara Darzi

We need health security, not just health care

The most vulnerable among us, made even more so

Mass. needs to up its game on disclosing case data

‘They are falling all around me’

Time to end populism’s war on expertise

Junaid Nabi and Quoc-Dien Trinh

How COVID-19 can exacerbate racial disparities

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Trump’s team finds new ways to harm our health

A captain goes down for his ship

Learning from the deadly outbreak in Holyoke

Bernie and company must rally hard around Joe Biden

There’s no room for absolutism, petulance, or childishness in this high-stakes election.

Timothy Scalona

Mourning senior year 2020

Jason Pradarelli and Gerard Doherty

To fight coronavirus, America needs leaders who are first followers

Report card from Zoom University

Michael A. Cohen

Wisconsin Republicans put political power ahead of public health

ICYMI: Fly me to the moon, and then let me exploit its mineral resources

Noubar Afeyan and Ara Darzi

We need health security, not just health care

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Polluters already were enjoying a reduction in enforcement, but the EPA keeps on giving. Lawmakers should keep the pressure on the agency.

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Time to end populism’s war on expertise

The coronavirus crisis shows why we need to listen to the professionals.

Junaid Nabi and Quoc-Dien Trinh

How COVID-19 can exacerbate racial disparities

Early data from Michigan show that Black people represent a whopping 40 percent of deaths from COVID-19 in that state though they represent only 14 percent of the state’s population.

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Chelsea, city of the working Latino immigrant, emerges as a COVID-19 hotspot

More than the coronavirus performing as the 'great equalizer,' it should be hailed as the 'great revealer.'

Trump is battling his critics more fiercely than coronavirus

When the president chastises the press for doing its job, he’s not addressing the myriad ways he is failing to do his own.

No lockdown in Sweden

By marching to the beat of its own drummer, Sweden is making it possible for scientists to evaluate competing pandemic strategies in real time.

Postcards from the pandemic

82d birthday behind glass; a hug-and-kiss kind of family tries to get by — an update on how Globe readers are coping.

Benjamin Herbstman and Holly Blatman

Why a traumatized nation is having trouble staying home

The potential consequences of non-compliance are being outweighed by the human desire to find comfort from loneliness and feelings of helplessness by gathering in groups.

Baker’s perception vs. reality at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home

Despite the governor’s idyllic description of the home, the state had plenty of notice of its unmet needs.

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An uncomfortable curtain is closed around open spaces

Readers penned in by social distancing are frustrated to encounter closures of parks and open spaces.

Tom Rush on John Prine: ‘He saw truths that had never occurred to us before’

"He had me from 'Angel from Montgomery.' Damn, that song was so strong, so true, it took your breath away."

The most vulnerable among us, made even more so

Readers and senior advocates express concern for a plan by the Commonwealth to relocate residents of nursing homes to make space for COVID-19 care.

Mass. needs to up its game on disclosing case data

"Residents have to hunt around the Web to locate case numbers for their own cities and towns and those of their loved ones. What sense does that make?"

‘They are falling all around me’

“They Are Falling All Around Me” has memorialized civil rights workers and later was sung during the AIDS pandemic. The hymn has new meaning.

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In bad times (like the coronavirus pandemic), every dog is a ‘very good dog’

As dogs help us weather the emotions of a global pandemic crisis, we should reconsider what we owe them.

Revisiting an old treatment for infectious disease: Fresh air

A century ago, a surprising remedy for the Spanish Flu emerged from a series of tents on Corey Hill just off Washington Square in Brookline.

How to take a great hike when you can’t stray far

Urban rambles are restorative if you embrace the exotic and find creative ways to challenge yourself.

A quarter million Americans could die from the coronavirus. Maybe more. How do we absorb that much death?

The United States is about to endure a collective trauma unlike anything in recent memory.

Dear Bernie Sanders: Enough already

Sanders appears to be holding out hope that if for some reason Biden falters or falls ill the party will turn to him. Don’t count on it.

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Journalists are not the enemy

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