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Postcards from the pandemic

Don’t Look Back

David M. Shribman

A different kind of Thanksgiving

EDITORIAL

The Mayflower Compact turns 400

Don’t Look Back
A conversation about what we should keep from pandemic life — and what we can now reimagine, curated by Globe Opinion.

LETTERS
Postcards from the pandemic
The promise of trees; daily correspondence with the grandkids; a memoir in drawings — an update on how readers are coping

Joan Vennochi

Waltham hasn’t delivered on its promise for Fernald

Jeff Jacoby

The Iran nuclear deal is dead. Let it stay that way

Renée Graham

Rahm Emanuel doesn’t deserve a job in Biden’s administration

public health
LETTERS

A corrective, to a point, on DCF bias against parents with disabilities

LETTERS

Reports of vaccine progress are a beacon of hope

Katherine Gergen Barnett

We can’t address coronavirus loneliness alone

climate crisis
LETTERS

Carbon tax and rebate, nuclear power should be part of Biden’s climate mandate

IDEAS | LEAH C. STOKES

Biden has a climate mandate

EDITORIAL

America turns its back on the world

education
Joseph Curtatone

Pooled COVID-19 testing can help keep kids in school

EDITORIAL

Restoring in-person learning for neediest is the right move

IDEAS | JOSH BENJAMIN

I’m mourning the sounds of kids arguing in my classroom

cartoons

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securing democracy
David Daley

Republicans probably won’t subvert the presidential election — this year

LETTERS

Until Trump and GOP accept truth of election, our country will suffer

Laurence H. Tribe and Joseph R. Grodin

Let’s hear it for the judges for dismissing Trump’s lawsuits

technology
Kevin Esvelt

The ethical way to alter organisms

Natalie Kofler and Riley Taitingfong

Advances in genetic engineering test democracy’s capacity for good decision-making

IDEAS | DAVID EWING DUNCAN

Make government jobs cool again

civil rights
Joan Vennochi

Waltham hasn’t delivered on its promise for Fernald

LETTERS

Social workers can’t provide person-centered care in state’s dehumanizing prison setting

Barbara Smith

What Joe Biden should say about white supremacy

Community Voices
LETTERS

Giving thanks: our vaccine against negativity

LETTERS

Over the river, through the woods, against all directives, for one overriding reason

LETTERS

In the disability community, every missing dollar is keenly felt

Globe Opinion Columnists

Editorials

The Mayflower Compact turns 400
An imperfect founding document still holds lessons for a divided nation.

The Boy Scouts’ dishonor

In the absence of radical reform to an organization now deluged with child sex abuse allegations, the Boy Scouts of America charter should be revoked.

Boston lays the groundwork to end family homelessness

The City Council’s plan to form a special commission on family homelessness is an earnest endeavor. Political leaders should be held accountable for ensuring it makes a difference.

The future of public transportation is on the line in Massachusetts

Proposed budget cuts could unravel public transit at a time when it needs to grow.

A decimated State Department needs a reboot

The Biden administration needs to reimagine the foreign service and revitalize America’s influence abroad.

Letters

MassGOP’s ground-level approach will serve state party well
"Without Democrats’ consent, Governor Baker simply cannot advance policy."

Giving thanks: our vaccine against negativity

"The gift of Thanksgiving resonates today more than ever. Just being alive is reason enough to say thank you."

Over the river, through the woods, against all directives, for one overriding reason

"By the millions they have a single tale to tell. Of survival of the soul."

Guessing at cause of hospital outbreak is hurtful to front-line workers

"Health care employers must admit that nurses and other health care workers are at risk of workplace exposure to COVID-19."

A corrective, to a point, on DCF bias against parents with disabilities

"DCF must admit its wrongdoing before any real change can come."

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endorsement

The Globe endorses Joe Biden for president

The former vice president is uniquely poised to restore the integrity of the presidency and to repair the damage of the last four years.

The Other Swing Voter

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. Readers are invited to send in 200-word letters on this topic to letter@globe.com.

Democracy Under Siege: Protecting US elections

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.
Thomas E. Patterson

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.

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.

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.

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