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MARCELA GARCÍA

In the Maine undocumented workers’ case, what about the Mass. company that employed them?

Federal authorities declined to identify the company or say whether it will be subject to any sanctions for its role.
JOAN VENNOCHI

Here’s hoping MBTA chief Phillip Eng is where the buck stops, the empathy starts

Changing the perception of the T as an unresponsive, uncaring bureaucracy that ducks public accountability is the heart of the challenge faced by Eng. Hopefully he gets that.
JEFF JACOBY

Marty Baron, in dissent, rises in defense of objective journalism

A veteran editor pleads for newsrooms to embody “more humility and less hubris.” Will anyone listen?
RENÉE GRAHAM

Women rock. Someone tell the Hall of Fame’s voters.

In the nearly 40 years since the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was established, its inductees remain overwhelmingly white and male.

op-eds

Anthony Rudel

Want to explore classical music? Let me be your guide.

There is nothing artificial about human reactions to music and how we as broadcasters connect with them.
Thomas J. Brennan

Media need to do better at telling the story of military life

Without a broader public awareness of what veterans and military families are experiencing, citizens and elected officials are unlikely to make informed decisions about national policies at home and abroad.
Elissa Ely

Medicare’s satanic process

I sent the required e-mail. Two forms were returned in order to begin all over, with many boxes to check. None had the proper CPT codes.
Johnny Sawyer and Bernard Mendez

With Charlie Baker at the helm, NCAA must ensure college athletes are fairly compensated

The way some colleges and universities have navigated this new NIL landscape has been a mixed bag.

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NEWSLETTER

Hostages to Ronald Reagan’s political ambitions

In their pursuit of power, Republicans turned the fate of American lives into political gamesmanship.

Alex Shieh

Gen Z need to know their rights when stopped by police

Young people who are taught their rights become concerned citizens able to hold bad officers to account.

H.D.S. Greenway

The anti-colonial struggle continues on in Ukraine

For most of the world, the struggle against colonialism was the dominant struggle of the last half of the 20th century, not communism.

Vidya Raju

Interpreters are necessary for health equity

All states have passed laws addressing language access, but only a limited number have passed or attempted to pass comprehensive legislation and designated funding for language access.

M. Lee Pelton and Pam Eddinger

Investing in higher education is good for students — and the state

Collective action sends a powerful signal that postsecondary education is a viable path to social and economic mobility for everyone.

Joshua Pederson

ReGronkulous! Bonus bets are a bad bet for Massachusetts.

If you know anything about gambling, you know that the house never loses.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Crime, Trump, and the ghost of James Michael Curley

How long will the faithful remain faithful to Trump because of some deeper, darker, political self-interest? Loyalty to Curley, after all, lasted a long time.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

GOP’s true agenda in targeting trans students? Courting white evangelicals.

This is not a victimless political pander. Laws that ban students from school activities, bar them from being called by their correct pronouns, and erase their stories from school curricula are the real danger.