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How do we memorialize the COVID-19 pandemic?

As the United States nears 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.
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RENÉE GRAHAM

With the Buffalo massacre, Fox News has blood on its hands — again

Tucker Carlson dredged replacement theory from extremist cesspools to America’s living rooms and corridors of power.
MARCELA GARCÍA

Why are Massachusetts Latinos struggling more than everybody else?

The state Latino poverty rate is nearly 5 percentage points higher than the national Latino rate, more than 6 percentage points higher than the state’s Black poverty rate, and more than three times as high than the state’s white poverty rate.
EDITORIAL

Buffalo shooting and the politics of hate

Racist ramblings and ready access to weapons create a perfect storm of violence.

Joan Vennochi
How many white Americans will do anything more than shake their heads about the Buffalo massacre?
You can attribute that to white privilege, but I think it illustrates something sadder — resignation.

Peniel Joseph
The politics of white backlash and the endless cycle of racial violence, division, and anger
The 19th-century “Lost Cause” advocates have become the 21st-century defenders of a racial status quo many thought relegated to history’s dustbin in the aftermath of Barack Obama’s election.

JEFF JACOBY
Who’s afraid of liberal media bias?
Never mind complaints about the “mainstream” media. Fox News is the most-watched cable news network and Republicans are on track to roll this fall.

Consider this: Panel discussions around Boston, May 14-20
Panel discussions around Boston, May 14-20.

letters

Another abortion horror story, etched in memory — and policy

In fever to cut taxes, Mass. first should tackle crisis in human services

A robot weeding my garden? That does not compute

Explore ways to keep Black homebuyers from leaving Boston

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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.
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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
A cure for violence
An audacious psychological experiment takes root in some of Massachusetts’ toughest neighborhoods.

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

Buffalo shooting and the politics of hate

IDEAS | EMILY DREYFUSS & CATESBY HOLMES

What to expect when you’re expecting? A host of disinformation.

LETTERS

Mass. agencies have led way on toxics in schools, but they need backing

climate crisis
LETTERS

Emotions can get best of us in downplaying nuclear power’s risks

Edward J. Markey and Gina McCarthy

A clean energy economy is within reach

EDITORIAL

France, and the world, dodge a bullet

education
LETTERS

The political push and pull of student loan debt

LETTERS

Mission Hill School’s closure is result of adults failing children

Emily Kaplan

I taught at the Mission Hill School. It was a disaster, but it didn’t have to be.

securing democracy
IDEAS | BRENDAN SCHNEIDERMAN

To fix the Supreme Court, randomly choose new justices for every case

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

My friends the political prisoners

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

The seed of democracy’s destruction

technology
LETTERS

Pair data-protection laws with universal opt-out mechanism

Alex Amouyel

Innovation doesn’t mean what you think it does

Julia Mejia, Gretchen Cook Anderson, Johannes Fruehauf, and Richard Taylor

Boston’s biotech boom must bring along Black and brown residents

civil rights
EDITORIAL

Buffalo shooting and the politics of hate

Joan Vennochi

How many white Americans will do anything more than shake their heads about the Buffalo massacre?

Peniel Joseph

The politics of white backlash and the endless cycle of racial violence, division, and anger

Community Voices
LETTERS

A robot weeding my garden? That does not compute

LETTERS

Gen Z’s search for authentic news is not same as clout chasing

LETTERS

OK, no ‘love letters’ from home buyers, but how about poison pen?

Globe Opinion Columnists & Contributors

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Editorials

Buffalo shooting and the politics of hate
Racist ramblings and ready access to weapons create a perfect storm of violence.

The $8 figure that shamed Boston gets an update

Seven years after a Fed study exposed just how wide the region’s wealth gap remains, a welcome follow-up is in the works.

Make abortion pills available over the counter

In a post-Roe world, American women will need easier access to “medication abortion.”

Release police report on the incident involving State Police commander’s son

The blue wall of silence still stands strong in Massachusetts.

Putin’s folly helps strengthen NATO

The Ukraine invasion has prompted Finland and Sweden to eye membership after decades of neutrality.

Letters

Another abortion horror story, etched in memory — and policy
Congress, in an exceptional act of cruelty and cowardice, had passed the Hyde Amendment, barring the use of Medicaid funds to pay for a safe, legal abortion.

In fever to cut taxes, Mass. first should tackle crisis in human services

If Massachusetts’ rainy day fund is nearing an all-time high of $6.55 billion, then we should recognize that the community mental health and human services workforce crisis is a rainy day.

A robot weeding my garden? That does not compute

Weeding gets one closer to the varied wonders of nature, from dirt to daffodils. It encourages getting to the root of problems.

Explore ways to keep Black homebuyers from leaving Boston

Milton J. Valencia’s article highlighted the ways in which the affordability crisis is pushing Black homebuyers to Brockton, Randolph, and other communities.

Peer-to-peer model opens vital mental health dialogue among students

The prevalence of suicide is a public health crisis that tears at the fabric of our communities, and we need to employ and support every effective means of addressing it.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

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.
An archive of conversations with the experts writing thought-provoking Globe Opinion op-eds and Ideas features.
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.”
National Student Essay Competition winners announced