On Marathon Monday, Boston showed the world that it is a shining example of compassion and caring. 

The boxer spent almost 20 years in prison fighting an epic battle for exoneration. He died Sunday at 76.  

Many schools rely on Internet cloud services for a range of functions and use free apps for instruction or homework assignments, but these “freemiums” aren’t actually free. They’re paid for with students’ privacy, writes Josh Golin of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. 

US Rep. Richard E. Neal offers reforms for the Earned Income Tax Credit.  

The Legislature should pass a bill that provides long-needed services to people with autism, urges Lucy Berrington of the Asperger’s Association of New England. 

Shoulder to shoulder, runners from hundreds of countries run together in peace, bonded by the love for the sport.  

A month after my arrival in Boston, my newly adopted city, I realized that it suffered from an open wound. It hit me precisely on March 10, when a local news outlet retweeted the following from a teenager: 

What if we need a way to bookend a tragedy on the scale of the Boston Marathon bombings and the subsequent chaos? 

I find special joy and pride in the way that the US can partner with the Holy See to help meet some of our greatest global challenges. 

This roadmap for reform is the beginning of an accelerated campaign to improve social life on campus. 

Runner Jalon Fowler reflects on her training for the Marathon. 

Our systems worked especially well on that tragic day, and people survived injuries that would have been fatal.  

Increasing the minimum wage is smart economics and good values, writes Jeffrey Bussgang of the Alliance for Business Leadership. 

I’ve never run the Marathon, but I almost always watch. Last year, I was standing 30 feet from the second explosion. 

To succeed, community hospitals must be part of integrated health systems, writes Richard H. Aubut, president and chief executive officer of South Shore Health and Educational Corp. 

The Legislature should pass a bill that would open workplaces to people with disabilities, writes attorney Carol R. Steinberg.  

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa calls for greater social and economic equality in Ecuador and across Latin America.  

For those who didn’t get into the college of their choice, a column by the late Globe columnist David Nyhan offers comforting advice. 

The Boston City Council should fully implement the city’s rental ordinance, urges Dr. Megan Sandel of Boston Medical Center. 

Northeastern University should reconsider its suspension of Students for Justice in Palestine, writes NU law student Max Geller. 

Northeastern University’s suspension of Students for Justice was warranted, writes NU law professor Richard A. Daynard. 

Florence George Graves and E.J. Graff of Brandeis Univeristy explain how Anita Hill’s unsought moment of celebrity has helped working women press forward toward equal footing with men in the workplace 

Research shows that how women negotiate can matter as much as asking in the first place 

If outpatient treatment is not more widely accepted and available, inappropriate hospitalizations and incarcerations will continue, Dr. Steven Kassels argues. 

Drug addiction still carries the stigma of many outdated prejudices, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Joe Avellone and Massachusetts AFL-CIO president Steve Tolman argue. 

US Senator Elizabeth Warren explains the flood insurance relief law. 

The MBTA’s “Night Owl” service is important to the vitality of the city, write James O’Brien of the Boston Carmen’s Union and Roger Berkowitz of Legal Sea Foods. 

A recent report suggseting that Massachusetts’ education system needs a dramatic overhaul ignores the state’s succses and proposes remedies based on ideology not evidence.  

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s economic development plans should focus on small businesses and the city’s most impoverished residents, writes Justin B. Hollander, an associate professor at Tufts University. 

Mitchell Chester, state commissioner of elementary and secondary education, and Richard Freeland, state commissioner of higher education, explain the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, a new computer-based assessment system that will help educators better gauge whether a student is ready for college.