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Renée Loth

Oceans in the balance, but will China play along?

Ecuador is committed to enforcing new rules against overfishing in the expanded Galapagos reserve. But the country’s entanglements with China are knotty.
Joan Wickersham

The three blue pots

The objects conjure up my mother and grandmothers in their totality — women who made dinner, yes, but for whom making dinner was just one part of their complicated, energetic lives.
EDITORIAL

With pragmatism, Breyer brought real-world justice to the high court

Peter Hotez
Who will defend embattled scientists?
The latest round of attacks on prominent US scientists from public figures and elected officials may require the formation of a new type of organization to ensure our safety and productivity.

SCOT LEHIGH
What happens when much of the country loses touch with reality?
A rational nation needs to know what’s real and what’s not.

SAGE STOSSEL
The video game quandary
Cartoonist Sage Stossel's take on the news.

CHRISTOPHER WEYANT
All signs point to a difficult path ahead for Breyer’s replacement
Cartoonist Christopher Weyant's take on the news.

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Free-speech debate distracts from what’s really grating about protests

It’s time to acknowledge that the Boston schools need a new direction

A workaround on voter rights

Grateful for the restaurant vaccine mandate

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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.

Editor's picks

EDITORIAL
The vaccine could save us, if we let it
Death from COVID-19 is now largely preventable. Everyone must do their part to get more people vaccinated.

News organizations across the country join the call to get more people vaccinated

SCOT LEHIGH
Would you fall prey to authoritarianism? Take the test.
Your results could be edifying — and perhaps even personally helpful.

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG
A cure for violence
An audacious psychological experiment takes root in some of Massachusetts’ toughest neighborhoods.

EDITORIAL
Future-proofing the presidency
Donald Trump brought our democracy to the brink and exposed its weak spots. Here’s how to thwart the next American tyrant.

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public health
Peter Hotez

Who will defend embattled scientists?

LETTERS

Grateful for the restaurant vaccine mandate

Susan Hata

Many doctors suffer from anxiety and depression. States aren’t helping.

climate crisis
Renée Loth

Oceans in the balance, but will China play along?

LETTERS

Into the Red and on to something vital: the climate cause

LETTERS

Nothing exceeds the climate change emergency

education
LETTERS

It’s time to acknowledge that the Boston schools need a new direction

LETTERS

Done right, online learning could be answer to our education needs

LETTERS

Charlestown High has set a pathway to college

securing democracy
SCOT LEHIGH

What happens when much of the country loses touch with reality?

LETTERS

A workaround on voter rights

RENÉE GRAHAM

Ron DeSantis — white supremacy’s helicopter parent

technology
IDEAS | JAMES PETHOKOUKIS

Let’s make the future what it used to be

LETTERS

Done right, online learning could be answer to our education needs

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

How real could virtual reality become?

civil rights
RENÉE GRAHAM

Ron DeSantis — white supremacy’s helicopter parent

EDITORIAL

Wave the white flag in City Hall Plaza free speech case, Mayor Wu

EDITORIAL

Body cameras not just for cops any more

Community Voices
LETTERS

Card me! Please card me!

LETTERS

2021, in Globe readers’ own words

LETTERS

‘I came as close as one can to dying in childbirth’

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Editorials

With pragmatism, Breyer brought real-world justice to the high court
In choosing a replacement, President Biden should keep front of mind the legacy that Breyer leaves on the court as his tenure nears its end.

How to punish Putin if Russia invades Ukraine

Germany fears losing Russian natural gas, but NATO allies should insist that if Russia launches a war in Europe, it will pay a steep price: exile from the world’s banking system and crippling sanctions.

Enough talk. Implement the city vaccine mandate.

Mayor Michelle Wu has given city workers plenty of time to get vaccinated ahead of the city’s requirement. This week’s delay should be the last.

Massachusetts Democrats support democracy, right? Right?

Suspicions rise about whether the Massachusetts House of Representatives will scuttle same-day voter registration.

The Boston Police gang database gets overdue attention

A program plagued by a lack of transparency and accountability demands reform.

Letters

Free-speech debate distracts from what’s really grating about protests
The lack of civility of the anti-vaxxers in front of the mayor’s home and elsewhere shows a lack of understanding of civil disobedience and public discourse.

It’s time to acknowledge that the Boston schools need a new direction

Little progress has been made over the past three decades. In 1992, we switched from an elected school committee to an appointed committee, but neither has worked.

A workaround on voter rights

In the face of all the dark news around voting rights, we can surrender and do nothing, or do something, no matter how small.

Grateful for the restaurant vaccine mandate

Letter-writers praise Mayor Wu's vaccine mandate for indoor dining.

Giving up the love for Big Papi

I absolutely loved Chad Finn’s piece on David Ortiz’s election to the Baseball Hall of Fame (”After giving so much to Red Sox fans, no one deserves the Hall call more than David Ortiz,” Sports).

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EDITORIAL

Future-proofing the presidency

Donald Trump brought our democracy to the brink and exposed its weak spots. Here’s how to thwart the next American tyrant.
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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.
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”
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