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JOAN VENNOCHI

Where’s the public in the talks about Robert Kraft’s plan for a soccer stadium in Everett?

The public deserves the opportunity to get the full story on this stadium, from start to finish. So far, that hasn’t happened.
JEFF JACOBY

The inescapable conundrum of anonymous speech

Unsigned comments on social media can be vile but a law banning them would be far worse.
JEFF JACOBY

Chester Darling, RIP

Chet Darling was not only a happy warrior but a principled one.
SCOT LEHIGH

Giving consumers a choice when buying their electricity

Massachusetts should fix rather than nix the residential retail program.

op-eds

Uri Dromi

A UN refugee agency has been perpetuating the problem of Palestinian refugees

The current crisis opens a golden opportunity to fix that aberration, at least in Gaza.
William Lefebvre and Victoria Wisniewski

Gen Z takes a seat — and sets the table — at COP28

The climate change challenge has largely fallen to us, caused by prior generations through a lack of environmental regulations and industrial expansion, leading to an exponential increase in greenhouse gas emissions.
Anita Soracco

Climate education should be taught in schools

And not just in science but woven across all subjects because climate change involves so much more than science.
Ryan Carr

This Thanksgiving, celebrate Native leader Samson Occom

Occom’s work on behalf of Indigenous sovereignty in the 18th century — the so-called “Founding Era” of the United States — should be of great interest to anyone who aspires to decolonize their Thanksgiving.

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Uri Dromi

A UN refugee agency has been perpetuating the problem of Palestinian refugees

The current crisis opens a golden opportunity to fix that aberration, at least in Gaza.

ALEX BEAM

‘Napoleon’ isn’t accurate? Excuse me, mate, were you there?

Though, yes, there is a howler or two.

William Lefebvre and Victoria Wisniewski

Gen Z takes a seat — and sets the table — at COP28

The climate change challenge has largely fallen to us, caused by prior generations through a lack of environmental regulations and industrial expansion, leading to an exponential increase in greenhouse gas emissions.

Anita Soracco

Climate education should be taught in schools

And not just in science but woven across all subjects because climate change involves so much more than science.

JEFF JACOBY

Look who’s backing DiZoglio’s ballot campaign

The auditor has marshaled Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, Donald Trump fans and Bernie Sanders fans into a force for reform on Beacon Hill.

Renée Graham

With the lilt of a flute, a legendary rapper carves a path for Black men to grow and evolve

What some may see as André 3000’s abandonment of hip-hop is instead a personal and creative evolution.

THE PRIMARY SOURCE

Drawing a party line in the sand

When it comes to the war between Israel and Hamas, what is “moral clarity”? The answer is dividing Democrats, including two members of the Massachusetts delegation: Representatives Jake Auchincloss and Ayanna Pressley.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Why the JFK era still matters

Even with his flaws, there was something special about John F. Kennedy and his leadership.