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‘I always feel better when I feel kind’

One could write a whole essay on those nine words.
CHRISTOPHER WEYANT

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Cartoonist Christopher Weyant's take on the news.
EDITORIAL

Lifeguard shortages — residents shouldn’t have to swim at their own risk

Jody Freeman
Supreme Court’s EPA ruling goes far beyond climate change
The court’s reasoning could restrict federal regulation in many areas, making it more difficult for agencies to protect consumers, set standards for health and safety, and regulate financial markets, among other things.

RENÉE GRAHAM
Now can we all agree that Jan. 6 was an insurrection?
Republican lies and spin can’t change compelling testimony that Trump attempted a coup against our government.

SCOT LEHIGH
The United States of Paralysis
At a time of urgency, the Supreme Court and the Senate aren’t meeting the moment.

MARCELA GARCÍA
Why ending ‘Remain in Mexico’ border policy is a good thing
Keeping the program would have meant unnecessary deaths.

letters

Readers celebrate interdependence — and their dependence on themselves

Sponsor of Mass. ‘red flag’ law: ‘There’s nothing theoretical about the lives saved’

Let there be no new women’s prison in Massachusetts

Thanks to Bishop McManus for holding line vs. modern moral impulses

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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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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
Boston was once a wildly ambitious city. It’s time to go big again.
Soaring housing costs, a broken T, and other existential problems require sweeping fixes that meet the moment.

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.

Cartoons

public health
EDITORIAL

Lifeguard shortages — residents shouldn’t have to swim at their own risk

IDEAS | David S. Cohen, Greer Donley, and Rachel Rebouché

It’s time to put abortion clinics on federal land

LETTERS

Sponsor of Mass. ‘red flag’ law: ‘There’s nothing theoretical about the lives saved’

climate crisis
Jody Freeman

Supreme Court’s EPA ruling goes far beyond climate change

Amy MacKinnon

Despite the Supreme Court, momentum is building to combat climate change

Bill McKibben

Supreme Court’s gutting of the EPA’s oversight of greenhouse gases leaves the fight to us

education
Editorial

A new day for Boston Public Schools

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

President Biden is considering canceling some student debt. Here’s why he should go big.

LETTERS

It’s come down to day of decision for the state on Boston schools

securing democracy
SCOT LEHIGH

The United States of Paralysis

LETTERS

The historic Jan. 6 testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson

LETTERS

Weighing the legitimacy of the US Supreme Court

technology
LETTERS

Workplace innovation could be two steps forward if there are no steps back

Eric and Wendy Schmidt

How to spur scientific breakthroughs

IDEAS | JOELLE RENSTROM

Farewell, my BlackBerry. I will miss you.

civil rights
I. Glenn Cohen, Judith Daar, and Eli Y. Adashi

What the Supreme Court’s abortion reversal means for in vitro fertilization

JEFF JACOBY

Overturning Roe does not make the Supreme Court ‘illegitimate’

Joan Vennochi

Geoff Diehl has more Trump baggage to carry with the overturning of Roe v. Wade

Community Voices
IDEAS | MARIN LANGLIEB

Ever wonder why Mass. bridges are lit with different colors?

LETTERS

Why can’t this retired Calif. doctor find a primary care physician in Boston?

LETTERS

Teacher’s harshest lesson: day of the lockdown drill

Globe Opinion Columnists & Contributors

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Editorials

Lifeguard shortages — residents shouldn’t have to swim at their own risk
The closure of pools is more than an inconvenience: It’s a public safety hazard.

A new day for Boston Public Schools

A new superintendent equipped with a clearly defined blueprint to improve longstanding issues represents a remarkable opportunity for BPS to turn the page.

When police departments go off the rails

Stoughton becomes the poster child for missing pieces of police reform.

Police can seize your property too easily in Massachusetts

A Senate bill makes important reforms to the system, removes financial incentives for abuse.

How to stop Putin’s attempt to blockade Ukraine’s grain

A multi-nation naval convoy is the best way to bring those agricultural products to market.

Letters

Readers celebrate interdependence — and their dependence on themselves
"The Fourth of July is important every year as a reminder of all that we could lose if we stop caring," writes one. Another says, "I learned early on that I needed to play a part, small as it might be."

Sponsor of Mass. ‘red flag’ law: ‘There’s nothing theoretical about the lives saved’

They are the least we can do to keep each other safe considering the unfathomable amount of gun violence in this country.

Let there be no new women’s prison in Massachusetts

If we are truly concerned about helping women heal from violence and trauma, we can — and should — invest in women, families, and communities, not in building more places to confine women.

Thanks to Bishop McManus for holding line vs. modern moral impulses

Last month, Worcester Bishop Robert J. McManus stripped a middle school of its Catholic identity for refusing to remove Pride and Black Lives Matter flags. No institution can remain Catholic while maintaining allegiances to those groups.

The historic Jan. 6 testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson

I don’t know how the JFK Library chooses its nominees for its “Profiles in Courage Award,” but I do know who should be the next recipient.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

How do we memorialize the pandemic?

As the United States neared its one millionth COVID-19 related death, artists, architects, and community leaders are calling for a permanent memorial to honor all those touched by COVID. Globe Opinion asked several artists for their vision of what a COVID memorial could look like.
Explore the rest of the project →
Letters

Postcards from the pandemic

Invited to take a walk, in fact, lots of walks; dining room table repurposed — a snapshot of how readers were coping.
An archive of conversations with the experts writing thought-provoking Globe Opinion op-eds and Ideas features.
The Boston Globe Opinion section and MIT's AgeLab present The Longevity Hub, an ongoing series seeking to spark Greater Boston's transformation into the Silicon Valley of aging.
Finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing
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.
Read more →
Finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing

EDITORIAL
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.

Brave New Planet is a podcast that 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.
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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