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Postcards from the pandemic

Don’t Look Back

DAN WASSERMAN

The GOP’s remedy

EDITORIAL

Congress must face the enemy within

Joan Vennochi

Joe Biden, Tom Brady, and the matter of age

At 43, Brady proved the skeptics wrong about his physical abilities by leading the Buccaneers to the Super Bowl. At 78, Biden is the the oldest president in American history. Is it fair to re-up speculation about his age?
Kimberly Atkins

Trump’s Big Lie about voter fraud was based on little lies the GOP has told for years. Call them all out

The steal that needs to be stopped is the one that robs Black voters of access to the ballot box and strips them of their faith in the election system.
David Daley

Two mobs stormed the Capitol: One in MAGA hats, the other in expensive suits

Republicans are propagating false narratives about stolen elections, all to justify enacting additional restrictions that further rig the rules to their advantage.
LETTERS

Chart path to true independence from GOP, Governor Baker

"It’s the GOP, not Baker, that is 'Republican in name only.' "
JEFF JACOBY

The politics of an Auschwitz survivor’s son

I am a libertarian-leaning conservative because the horrors of the Holocaust were engineered by government.
Katherine Gergen Barnett and Megan Sandel

For good health outcomes, we need good housing incomes

Good housing can make a world of difference in a person’s health, just as a lack of housing can be devastating.
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.

editor's picks

IDEAS | ANNIE MURPHY PAUL

A smarter way of thinking about intelligence

Shan Soe-Lin and Robert Hecht

Guidance against wearing masks for the coronavirus is wrong – you should cover your face

IDEAS | NOAH Y. KIM

Housing will test white support for Black lives

IDEAS | TIYA MILES

What should we do with plantations?

public health
IDEAS | Victor A. Lopez-Carmen

Where are all the Native American medical students?

Katherine Gergen Barnett and Megan Sandel

For good health outcomes, we need good housing incomes

Shan Soe-Lin and Robert Hecht

Up your mask game

climate crisis
Daniel P. Schrag

Biden must hold fast on climate standards

EDITORIAL

Sign the climate bill, governor

IDEAS | MARK ANDERSON

Preserving not just the most beautiful landscapes, but the most resilient

education
IDEAS | ELIZABETH SCARBORO

‘We always say we want kids to read at home. Well, I thought, they’re home.’

Abdallah Fayyad

DeLeo is poised to work at Northeastern. So far, he’s let students down

LETTERS

Healthy schools: a challenge normally, and a problem now

Cartoons

securing democracy
Kimberly Atkins

Trump’s Big Lie about voter fraud was based on little lies the GOP has told for years. Call them all out

David Daley

Two mobs stormed the Capitol: One in MAGA hats, the other in expensive suits

LETTERS

Gingrich ushered in GOP’s dark days

technology
LETTERS

Social media, antisocial media, and everything in between

Vidhya Ramalingam

Big Tech stepped up in the fight against far-right extremism. Where does it go from here?

JEFF JACOBY

Freedom of association and the Big Tech purge

civil rights
Kimberly Atkins

Trump’s Big Lie about voter fraud was based on little lies the GOP has told for years. Call them all out

Renée Graham

From years of rage to tears of joy

EDITORIAL

Biden takes on a long-deferred overhaul of immigration

Community Voices
IDEAS | Victor A. Lopez-Carmen

Where are all the Native American medical students?

IDEAS | Shemika Simmons

I knocked on 3,200 doors in Georgia, answering a cry for help

IDEAS | JAS SMITH

How the forests in New England are connected to forests everywhere

Globe Opinion Columnists & Contributors

Editorials

Congress must face the enemy within
Members of Congress who endangered their colleagues, or who violated their oaths of office and fed the insurrection with their lies, must be held accountable for the Jan. 6 attack.

Review of Rollins incident should be thorough — and quick

Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins — and the public — would be best served by a prompt review of the complaint filed against her.

Media no longer an ‘enemy of the people’

But the fight for greater government transparency doesn’t end with a new administration.

Biden takes on a long-deferred overhaul of immigration

The president’s proposed legislation would make urgently needed, sweeping changes.

Can a salve for a wounded nation become the glue that binds it?

The inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris met the moment. But the promise of ‘unity’ depends on Americans’ commitment to truth.

Letters

Chart path to true independence from GOP, Governor Baker
"It’s the GOP, not Baker, that is 'Republican in name only.' "

He grew up in an ‘All in the Family’ house, and it still smarts

"What came out of Archie’s mouth under this ruse of harmless comedic entertainment only served to invigorate my father’s justification and defense of what Archie stood for."

There are so many reasons why she got the vaccine

"Simply put, I believe in science. I’m a nurse. I got the vaccine for many personal reasons too."

Seniors watch, wait, and wonder when they will get vaccinated

"We were told that, given our vulnerability, we would have priority when a vaccine was available."

Gingrich ushered in GOP’s dark days

"The reason I left the Republican Party was Newt Gingrich and his so-called Contract with America."

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The Other Swing Voter

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. Readers are invited to send in 200-word letters on this topic to letter@globe.com.

Democracy Under Siege: Protecting US elections

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.
Thomas E. Patterson

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.

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.

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.

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