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Kimberly Atkins

Bipartisanship at the cost of true policing reform is no real victory

Legislation could preserve the very thing that has shielded officers from accountability: qualified immunity.
RENÉE GRAHAM

I’m fully vaccinated. I’m still wearing a mask outdoors.

Vaccinated people wearing masks outdoors are acting out of caution. Stop equating us with anti-maskers.
Representative Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyoming, has been threatened with the loss of her House leadership position because of her comments about — and vote to impeach — former president Donald Trump.
EDITORIAL

Deposing Liz Cheney would be the wrong move

Ellen M. Burstein and Alan Zhang
Young Americans are facing a mental health crisis and need action
This issue cannot be pushed to the side, and our generation cannot be left to fend for itself.

Jonathan Davis and Shetal Shah
State must close the loophole that permits unvaccinated children into schools
The need to ensure our children are protected, not just from COVID-19, but also from all vaccine-preventable diseases is paramount.

CHRISTOPHER WEYANT
The scarlet letter
Cartoonist Christopher Weyant's take on the news.

SCOT LEHIGH
Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming has come under attack from fellow Republicans for rejecting Donald Trump's false claims about fraud in the 2020 election.
Liz Cheney’s challenge to the GOP: Choose the Constitution, not Donald Trump
Republicans, she says, must acknowledge the truth rather than embrace a lie.

letters

Workarounds are welcome, but we’re still tangled in web of multiple health insurers

The cost of winning at all costs in Duxbury

Two contrasting views of mandatory COVID vaccination

Disapproving views of Copley Square redesign

Seeking help should not be a career-ender

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Editor's picks

Shan Soe-Lin and Robert Hecht
Up your mask game
Not all masks are equal — the best ones offer effective filtration, breathability, and snug fit to reduce exposure to unfiltered air. Recent studies have found that the best masks have three layers.

IDEAS | NOAH Y. KIM
Housing will test white support for Black lives
White people are rallying against racism, but will they finally make it much easier for minorities to move into their neighborhoods?

IDEAS | TIYA MILES
The outbuildings of the Whitney Plantation in Louisiana.
What should we do with plantations?
The lavish estates where Black people were enslaved usually whitewash their history. Here's how these places might begin to redeem themselves.

IDEAS | ANNIE MURPHY PAUL
A smarter way of thinking about intelligence
Why is one particular intellectual capacity valued over so many other worthy qualities, like compassion, honesty, courage, and common sense?

Cartoons

public health
Friends Susannah Davis (left) and Madeline Gardner in Griggs Park. Masks are still required in outdoor spots in Brookline.
RENÉE GRAHAM

I’m fully vaccinated. I’m still wearing a mask outdoors.

Ellen M. Burstein and Alan Zhang

Young Americans are facing a mental health crisis and need action

Jonathan Davis and Shetal Shah

State must close the loophole that permits unvaccinated children into schools

climate crisis
The 110 MBTA bus is pictured on Chelsea Street in Everett.
Steve Poftak

The MBTA’s shift to zero emissions for its bus lines is happening

LETTERS

Biden off to a bold start on climate

LETTERS

In reconnecting with nature, we could revive it

education
A student stands atop the steps of the Idaho Capitol Building on April 26 in downtown Boise. The Idaho Senate has approved legislation aimed at preventing schools and universities from “indoctrinating" students through teaching critical race theory, which examines the ways in which race and racism influence American politics, culture, and the law.
Joan Vennochi

Did questioning his daughter’s world history course make David Flynn unfit to coach football?

IDEAS | NICHOLAS TAMPIO

How much money do English majors make? Don’t ask.

LETTERS

The other story — the positive one — about Boston’s McKinley schools

securing democracy
Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming has come under attack from fellow Republicans for rejecting Donald Trump's false claims about fraud in the 2020 election.
SCOT LEHIGH

Liz Cheney’s challenge to the GOP: Choose the Constitution, not Donald Trump

SCOT LEHIGH

Liz Cheney tells the truth and shames the devil — but not the GOP

EDITORIAL

Press freedom fight never stops

technology
Evan Greer of Fight for the Future argues that facial recognition technology should be prohibited, largely because there's no meaningful way for people to grant their consent.
IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

Q&A: The battle over face surveillance is about to heat up

Damon Krukowski and Joyce Linehan

Spotify and the recording artist

IDEAS | GABRIEL NICHOLAS

Be wary when Big Tech says it’s defending your privacy

civil rights
Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina speaks at a June 2020 news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Scott is the only Black Republican senator.
JEFF JACOBY

Is America racist? Kamala Harris and Tim Scott say no.

Joseph Rosenbloom

A complementary plan for King Boston, the Franklin Institute, and Nubian Square

LETTERS

We need to remember all of our allies in activism

Community Voices
LETTERS

Can you believe it? Religion’s been taking a hit

IDEAS | Elliot Brady

My job is to see beauty in ugly situations

IDEAS | RALPH CHURCHILL

What I overcame to work during the pandemic

Globe Opinion Columnists & Contributors

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Editorials

Representative Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyoming, has been threatened with the loss of her House leadership position because of her comments about — and vote to impeach — former president Donald Trump.
Deposing Liz Cheney would be the wrong move
Cheney’s willingness to acknowledge the truth about Trump embarrasses other Republicans by exposing their cowardly inaction.

Count counties out of federal aid program

The six vestigial county governments in Massachusetts aren’t equipped to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in federal economic relief.

Police transparency in Janey’s hands

It’s time to release the report on Boston’s police commissioner and decide his fate.

Press freedom fight never stops

Here and around the globe, journalists remain under threat for doing their jobs.

The Massachusetts Teachers Association’s misleading anti-MCAS effort

Lawmakers need to deliver a clear “no” to union efforts to end the graduation exam.

Letters

Workarounds are welcome, but we’re still tangled in web of multiple health insurers
Until this country has one national program for all, such as Medicare, the complications of contending with many health insurers will only add complexity and costs while providers struggle to stay focused on their patients.

The cost of winning at all costs in Duxbury

In a tight-knit, racially and socioeconomically homogeneous town such as Duxbury, to protest such outlandish behaviors risks censure and ridicule.

Two contrasting views of mandatory COVID vaccination

"I feel that my son’s life and safety should be the group home’s priority," writes one reader. Another writes, "Before we start mandating the vaccine, remember that it is authorized for emergency use only."

Disapproving views of Copley Square redesign

Readers see little to praise in a $15.5 million plan to upgrade the square.

Seeking help should not be a career-ender

Physician Health Services exists to provide a confidential place for physicians and medical students in Massachusetts to request help.
Brave New Planet is a podcast the delves deep into the most exciting and challenging scientific frontiers, helping us understand them and grapple with their implications. Dr. Eric Lander, president and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is host.
Watching the 2020 DNC felt like watching an infomercial for a product that was not made for me, but that I’m being told to buy anyway.
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.
Voters observed social distancing guidelines as they waited in line to cast ballots in the Wisconsin presidential primary election, in Milwaukee in April.
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.”
National Student Essay Competition winners announced