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David Scarlett Wakelyn and Michael Hartney

To improve literacy, Massachusetts should look to Mississippi

Mississippi students’ reading achievement is above the national average while Massachusetts’ economically disadvantaged students have been in decline since 2016 and have not bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Elissa Ely

The pharmacist and the amaryllis

Public workers are starved for appreciation, and the occasional expansive act won’t do.

EDITORIAL

Why is it still so difficult to get life-saving addiction medications?

Obstructive policies harm people who need help.

JEFF JACOBY

The Wendy’s beef was a nothingburger

The flap over Wendy's plan to test ‘dynamic pricing’ was a nothingburger.

RENÉE GRAHAM

Trump says he’s ready to debate Biden. Don’t believe him.

Donald Trump wants to expose President Bident's alleged mental acuity issues. But in a debate, he would also expose himself to difficult questions about his legal problems and dictatorial ambitions.

ALEX BEAM

How am I doing? AI says: Fair to middling, you ignorant sloth.

The brave new world of AI-powered job reviews sounds like the daily diary of the American nightmare to me.

Karen Stabiner

Spotify gave me back my father

The first four notes of the first suggested song wafted into the room — and all of a sudden my dad was as good as there.

EDITORIAL

Healey’s pot pardon should be just the start of reform

Massachusetts still lags behind on adopting a clean slate law to allow automatic record sealing.

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