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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.