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On antisemitism, university presidents needed moral clarity, not legal ambiguity

These university presidents should not be judged solely on their immediate responses to hostile questioning before a national audience.
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Help more students complete financial aid forms

FAFSA completion is tied to higher college attendance rates.
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Wu scores some important wins in new police contract

But follow-through will be critical in setting Boston policing on a new and better path.
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Police-involved shootings require more transparency, not less

Bristol district attorney’s effort to ‘outsource’ public disclosure to the POST Commission is seriously misguided.

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In Newton, an outside force provides momentum for zoning reform
The city did the bare minimum to comply with the 2021 state zoning law. Still, it did the bare minimum.

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Tackling the scourge of ghost guns, preventing the next tragedy a must in 2024
Legislative differences, egos shouldn’t get in the way of needed reforms.

Finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing

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.

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How the tiny band of Beacon Hill Republicans made an important stand for transparency

GOP lawmakers have exposed the arrogant and inefficient way that Democrats have gotten used to doing business in Massachusetts.

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If addiction is a disease, why does the probation system treat relapses as a crime?

The revolving door of court-treatment-prison has to stop.

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Start talking now about postwar Gaza

If Israel achieves its goal of removing Hamas from power in the Gaza Strip, then what?

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Latino disproportionality in DCF points to need for language access, cultural competency

In Massachusetts, Latino children are more overrepresented in foster care than in any other state.

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Expand the South Boston convention center? Close the Hynes? City’s convention authority needs a vision.

New leadership should mean swifter action on expansion, real estate deals.

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Cannabis worker’s death cries for improved workplace safety rules

A 27-year-old West Springfield worker’s death last year revealed the hazards of the nascent industry — and highlights how little is being done to protect the marijuana workforce.

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Challenges to Trump’s eligibility are murky at best. But there is a clear way to stop him.

Even the perception that the next president was chosen by legal maneuvers, as opposed to the will of the people, could cause more damage to the Republic. Trump should be defeated at the ballot box instead.

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Want to learn more about the Middle East? Start here.

Many Americans want to know more about the troubled region. But they’re largely on their own because we tend to learn very little about it in school.