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ICYMI: Coronavirus hasn’t stopped Trump from rolling back environmental regulations

While the state and the world focus on the coronavirus outbreak, other stories fly under the radar.

Postcards from the pandemic

We are all living with the coronavirus outbreak in different ways in our own separate spaces. Here’s how Globe readers are coping.

Old treatments for a novel coronavirus

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‘The strong get stronger’: The coronavirus pandemic will exacerbate some of the most worrisome trends in American life — unless we take action

Boston Infectious Disease Specialists

Boston’s infectious disease specialists’ message to the public: Fighting coronavirus is a sprint — and a marathon

Katherine Gergen Barnett

On the front line of the coronavirus and breaking the rules

A back-to-the-future moment for plastic bags

Coronavirus doesn’t discriminate. Neither should testing and treatment.

A civil liberties pandemic

Protect health care workers from the coronavirus so they can protect the world

The November election is in jeopardy — save it with mail-in voting

Joan Wickersham

Spring 2020, a season of hope — and dread

Courts consider compassionate prisoner release, but many inmates have nowhere to go

Court limits set by SJC safeguard our rights while protecting our health

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Stop letting senators play the stock market

State should follow the feds on new tax deadline

Protecting the 2020 election starts with easing ballot access

Old treatments for a novel coronavirus

To survive this surreal period with our sanity intact, we need to access those timeless aspects of our lives that are not dependent on technology, jet-age conveniences, or a roaring stock market.

Postcards from the pandemic

ICYMI: Coronavirus hasn’t stopped Trump from rolling back environmental regulations

Boston Infectious Disease Specialists

Boston’s infectious disease specialists’ message to the public: Fighting coronavirus is a sprint — and a marathon

Katherine Gergen Barnett

On the front line of the coronavirus and breaking the rules

A back-to-the-future moment for plastic bags

Coronavirus doesn’t discriminate. Neither should testing and treatment.

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A civil liberties pandemic

The coronavirus epidemic may leave the economy in tatters, but economies grow back. What about Americans' constitutional rights?

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Spring 2020, a season of hope — and dread

This spring, with its simultaneous burgeoning of daylight and illness, is a reminder that nature doesn’t have a meaning or a personality or a moral code.

Simon Johnson and Retsef Levi

A possible path to protect our economy and hospitals from the coronavirus

Are we left with the hard choice between long-term lock down and a collapsing economy or attempting to reopen the economy quickly and crashing entire hospital systems? Not necessarily.

Charles Portis’s humor is a tonic for tough times

Portis is best known for "True Grit," but several other of his novels are works of comedic genius.

John E. Kelly III

A call for ethical use of artificial intelligence

AI machines learn from our data and are trained by us. So looking at them is like looking in the mirror.

Jody Adams and Jeff Klineman

A lifeline for restaurants during the coronavirus

During the COVID-19 crisis, Massachusetts should relax regulations and allow restaurants to offer beer and wine sales as part of their meal takeout and deliveries. A bill introduced by Gov. Baker would allow just that.

Joseph C. Kvedar

Could the coronavirus push telehealth to the forefront of medical care?

In a health crisis where medical advice boils down to “stay at home and stay away from others,” telehealth is poised to become a much more significant part of care delivery.

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Courts consider compassionate prisoner release, but many inmates have nowhere to go

A compelling case has been made for the immediate release of elderly, infirm, and immune-suppressed inmates. But many of these people have no families or homes to go to.

Court limits set by SJC safeguard our rights while protecting our health

"The application of justice is not perfect, and in rendering decisions involving competing constitutional rights, the courts must sometimes balance these competing interests."

Suffolk DA Rollins stumbles in taking shot at prison disciplinary process

"Most of these types of cases concern technical security breaches, which might put staff — not inmates — at risk."

America’s great leadership vacuum

Readers cringe at how President Trump has led the country through this crisis.

He hopes area nursing homes will find open-air solutions soon

"My mother’s central Florida nursing home was similarly locked down in mid-March. To their credit, they worked out a system fairly quickly."

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We were told Trump would hire “the best people.”

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‘The strong get stronger’: The coronavirus pandemic will exacerbate some of the most worrisome trends in American life — unless we take action

Crises don't wipe the slate clean. They elevate existing tendencies.

Isolation to stop the spread of coronavirus makes sense. But why is it still so hard to stay inside?

It seems like a simple request. So why aren't we all doing it?

Protect health care workers from the coronavirus so they can protect the world

Dr. Adaora Okoli survived a battle with Ebola six years ago. Now she worries about health care workers exposed to COVID-19.

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