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How do we memorialize the COVID-19 pandemic?

As the United States neared its one millionth COVID-19 related death, artists, architects, and community leaders are calling for a permanent memorial to honor all those touched by COVID. Globe Opinion asked several artists for their vision of what a COVID memorial could look like.
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RENÉE GRAHAM

Calling out the GOP’s dangerous emboldening of white supremacy

After another racist massacre, Democrats should stop being polite and start getting real about naming Republicans who incite far-right extremism.
JEFF JACOBY

For Putin, a self-own for the history books

Even Finland and Sweden, neutral for generations, are no longer on the sidelines.
EDITORIAL

Proposed federal changes would hurt charter schools

The DOE proposals would make it more onerous for schools to receive federal startup grants hurt existing charters, which serve mostly Black and Latino families.

OPINION
Consider this: Panel discussions around Boston, May 21-27
Panel discussions around Boston, May 21-27.

MARCELA GARCÍA
How the Disinformation Governance Board fell victim to disinformation
For President Biden, the short-lived episode stands out as a self-inflicted political wound. The effort’s rollout was embarrassing, with a head-scratching, vague name that didn’t accurately reflect the board’s true scope.

RENÉE LOTH
The hypocrisy of Samuel Alito
Despite the Supreme Court justice’s sunny claims about women’s lives being improved since Roe v. Wade, he has voted to restrict protections for them time and again.

CHRISTOPHER WEYANT
Our replacement theory
Cartoonist Christopher Weyant's take on the news.

letters

Too often unasked in abortion debate: What about the men?

Jewish students feel ostracized — and unsupported — over Israel views

Home protests may be only way to get a powerful person’s attention

The AG, the DPU, the industry, and the Future of Gas

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Finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing
EDITORIAL

Future-proofing the presidency

Donald Trump brought our democracy to the brink and exposed its weak spots. Here’s how to thwart the next American tyrant.
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Editor's picks

EDITORIAL
The vaccine could save us, if we let it
Death from COVID-19 is now largely preventable. Everyone must do their part to get more people vaccinated.

News organizations across the country join the call to get more people vaccinated

SCOT LEHIGH
Would you fall prey to authoritarianism? Take the test.
Your results could be edifying — and perhaps even personally helpful.

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG
A cure for violence
An audacious psychological experiment takes root in some of Massachusetts’ toughest neighborhoods.

EDITORIAL
Future-proofing the presidency
Donald Trump brought our democracy to the brink and exposed its weak spots. Here’s how to thwart the next American tyrant.

Cartoons

public health
IDEAS | Vijay G. Sankaran and Melissa A. Burns

Can we prevent childhood cancer?

IDEAS | KELLY HORAN

Shadow histories come into the light

EDITORIAL

Buffalo shooting and the politics of hate

climate crisis
LETTERS

The AG, the DPU, the industry, and the Future of Gas

IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

Radical menders vs. disposable everything

LETTERS

Emotions can get best of us in downplaying nuclear power’s risks

education
EDITORIAL

Proposed federal changes would hurt charter schools

LETTERS

Jewish students feel ostracized — and unsupported — over Israel views

LETTERS

Question of a state takeover of BPS stirs debate

securing democracy
LETTERS

Home protests may be only way to get a powerful person’s attention

MARCELA GARCÍA

How the Disinformation Governance Board fell victim to disinformation

EDITORIAL

War-time justice comes to Kyiv

technology
IDEAS | JOELLE RENSTROM

Farewell, my BlackBerry. I will miss you.

LETTERS

Boost in digital access for low-income Americans is welcome — now sustain it

LETTERS

Pair data-protection laws with universal opt-out mechanism

civil rights
EDITORIAL

In prison, phone calls home aren’t a frill. They’re as important as food and clothes.

RENÉE LOTH

The hypocrisy of Samuel Alito

Nancy Gertner and John Reinstein

Abortion rights are protected in Massachusetts — or so we thought

Community Voices
LETTERS

Readers reflect on the sting of sudden bigotry

LETTERS

A robot weeding my garden? That does not compute

LETTERS

Gen Z’s search for authentic news is not same as clout chasing

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Editorials

Proposed federal changes would hurt charter schools
The DOE proposals would make it more onerous for schools to receive federal startup grants hurt existing charters, which serve mostly Black and Latino families.

The mystery of the Patrick Rose file

The mayor of Boston says she’s not allowed to read the Boston Police Department file. Huh?

In prison, phone calls home aren’t a frill. They’re as important as food and clothes.

Sheriffs shouldn’t balance their budgets with onerous fees. Lawmakers can right that wrong.

Congress shouldn’t let global tax deal fail

The United States must get on track to complying with the international tax agreement that it’s trying to sell to the rest of the world.

War-time justice comes to Kyiv

A Russian soldier stands in the dock accused of a war crime even as the fighting continues.

Letters

Too often unasked in abortion debate: What about the men?
How dare conservatives threaten women with these abortion bans without a word about male responsibility?

Jewish students feel ostracized — and unsupported — over Israel views

When they have reported this to administrators, they have often encountered a refusal to acknowledge and provide redress for their experiences of discrimination.

Home protests may be only way to get a powerful person’s attention

We citizens may have the power of the ballot box (though not in any meaningful sense with judges), but that opportunity to vote can be years away, while the harm we believe the powerful person is doing may be immediate.

The AG, the DPU, the industry, and the Future of Gas

The full opportunity cost of the gas companies’ plans must be put on the table and not buried or ignored by the agency.

Question of a state takeover of BPS stirs debate

Successful strategies deployed by receivers could be implemented in Boston without a state takeover. The point is that they haven’t been.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

The Boston Globe Opinion section and MIT's AgeLab present The Longevity Hub, an ongoing series seeking to spark Greater Boston's transformation into the Silicon Valley of aging.
An archive of conversations with the experts writing thought-provoking Globe Opinion op-eds and Ideas features.
Finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing
EDITORIAL

Future-proofing the presidency

Donald Trump brought our democracy to the brink and exposed its weak spots. Here’s how to thwart the next American tyrant.
Read more →
Finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing

EDITORIAL
A battle for affordable housing in Massachusetts
The Globe editorial board's 2020 series on the need for inclusive housing reform in Newton and across the Commonwealth.

Brave New Planet is a podcast that delves deep into the most exciting and challenging scientific frontiers, helping us understand them and grapple with their implications. Dr. Eric Lander, president and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is host.
Political coverage often focuses on voters who oscillate between political parties in a few key swing states. Here we feature perspectives and opinions from and about demographics of Americans — young voters and Black and brown voters —who swing between voting and not voting.
From voter suppression to gerrymandering to foreign interference, the integrity of US elections is under attack. In a three-part weekly series, Globe Opinion examines how the nation arrived at this moment and what needs to be done to protect voting rights.

Trapped: Why the GOP's death is imminent

The Republican Party is destroying itself. Thomas Patterson of the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center explains the five traps the party has set for itself and warns that the party's future is in peril without reform.

Black voices now

Globe Opinion seeks to amplify the perspectives and the voices of Black community members, scholars, activists, doctors, teachers, business leaders, students, and parents as op-ed and letter writers, and as innovators and provocateurs featured in Globe Ideas. Here we feature Black voices from the community amid the historic protests following the killing of George Floyd. We aim to amplify yet more Black voices going forward.

Legal Lens documentaries

Law and documentary film may seem far apart, but they actually share many connections. With the guidance of filmmaker and producer Joseph Tovares and support from the Hewlett Foundation, 12 Harvard Law School students from eight countries have worked since January on the Legal Lens project. You can view the films here on BostonGlobe.com.

Choosing, using, and losing your health care: A policy first-aid kit

In a four-part weekly series, Globe Opinion offers a baseline assessment of health care as well as prescriptions for fixing the industry.

Journalists are not the enemy

A central pillar of President Trump’s politics is a sustained assault on the free press. Journalists are not classified as fellow Americans, but rather “the enemy of the people.”
National Student Essay Competition winners announced