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JEFF JACOBY

Race-based admissions are wrong, and it’s time the Supreme Court said so

EDITORIAL

Biden must boost global vaccine supply

Renée Graham
Derek Chauvin is the murder defendant. Don’t put George Floyd on trial.
Justice is so elusive for Black Americans that dread is more common than hope with another police brutality trial.

George Q. Daley, David E. Golan, Arlene H. Sharpe, and Bruce D. Walker
Collaboration is the cure for COVID-19
The pandemic is global. It cannot be controlled by local action alone.

Shazia Ahmed
All hail the bus as the answer to vaccine inequities
Turning public buses into mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinics could increase vaccine adoption rates.

Marcela García

At Boston’s public exam schools, it’s equity vs. privilege

A recently filed lawsuit isn’t about equity. It’s about preserving the disadvantageous status quo.
Alex Beam

Driving across the United States of COVID

It was an odd time to travel, and the pandemic made many decisions for us.
Kimberly Atkins

History will clearly see this existential moment for voting rights. Lawmakers must see it now

Voting rights are being eviscerated by state legislators, the Supreme Court, and the GOP. Lawmakers cannot afford to miss the battle before them.
Flavia C. Peréa

Dear Mayor Joe Curtatone, what happened to my son embodies the school-to-prison pipeline

I am calling on you to act.

editor's picks

Joseph Coughlin and Luke Yoquinto

Boston: The Silicon Valley of longevity?

IDEAS | ANNIE MURPHY PAUL

A smarter way of thinking about intelligence

IDEAS | NOAH Y. KIM

Housing will test white support for Black lives

IDEAS | TIYA MILES

What should we do with plantations?

public health
EDITORIAL

Biden must boost global vaccine supply

George Q. Daley, David E. Golan, Arlene H. Sharpe, and Bruce D. Walker

Collaboration is the cure for COVID-19

Shazia Ahmed

All hail the bus as the answer to vaccine inequities

climate crisis
LETTERS

Question of carbon fee on air travel stirs climate debate

Kate Murtagh

Harvard endowment is on the path to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions

Susan Hockfield and Ernest J. Moniz

George Shultz — an environmentalist and technologist ahead of his time

education
JEFF JACOBY

Race-based admissions are wrong, and it’s time the Supreme Court said so

IDEAS | ROBERT ZARETSKY

I fear my students will decide they prefer online classes

LETTERS

A continuing challenge to make the most of Madison Park

Cartoons

securing democracy
LETTERS

The GOP has its guy, still (yep, that guy)

Kimberly Atkins

History will clearly see this existential moment for voting rights. Lawmakers must see it now

EDITORIAL

Blood on the streets of Myanmar

technology
LETTERS

Collective effort in Boston-area biotech industry aims to give back to those in need

Michael Calabrese and Lester Salamon

To close digital equity gaps, US should endow a private Digital Futures Foundation

LETTERS

They, robot

civil rights
Renée Graham

Derek Chauvin is the murder defendant. Don’t put George Floyd on trial.

Marcela García

At Boston’s public exam schools, it’s equity vs. privilege

Kimberly Atkins

History will clearly see this existential moment for voting rights. Lawmakers must see it now

Community Voices
LETTERS

A missed opportunity to hear a variety of faith leaders reflect on Ash Wednesday

EDITORIAL

‘Civilianizing’ police details can be win-win

LETTERS

As kids, they jammed in the basement — and he heard what would become the Chick Corea sound

Globe Opinion Columnists & Contributors

Editorials

Biden must boost global vaccine supply
The US government should act quickly to ramp up vaccine supply by curtailing restrictions on patents.

Tax fixes critical to keeping Mass. jobs

Lawmakers shouldn’t penalize employers who did right by their workers.

Winter is almost over. Almost.

Positive signs abound in the state’s fight against the coronavirus. But it would be premature to let our guard down.

How to get away with murder

Keeping the heat on Mohammed bin Salman will help all Saudi journalists, especially those in prison.

The Senate must pass the Equality Act

If passed into law, it would align with majority public support for protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination.

Letters

The GOP has its guy, still (yep, that guy)
Maybe next time, their ultimate goal will be realized: to actually overturn a presidential race won decisively by the Democrats, successfully disenfranchising millions, and installing a dictator-for-life.

A continuing challenge to make the most of Madison Park

A Globe story in The Great Divide series took a close look at the Boston vocational school's cosmetology program, and stirred readers to weigh in on Madison Park's challenges and its future.

Collective effort in Boston-area biotech industry aims to give back to those in need

Since 2016, this collective effort has resulted in millions of dollars donated to help those affected by poverty, thousands of volunteer hours from biotechnology employees, and internship programs such as Project Onramp.

Ask your doctor about how you never want to see a drug ad on television ever again

My mute button has become my favorite button on the remote. I can’t get to it fast or often enough.

A reckoning with the catalog at Dr. Seuss Enterprises

I knew, when I saw the yellow Chinese man and the grass-skirted Africans in Doctor Seuss books, that I was like them, a curiosity at best.

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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.
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.”
National Student Essay Competition winners announced