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Demonstrators gather at the federal courthouse in Austin following the Supreme Court's decision Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Carol Sanger

With the end of Roe, there is no clear silver lining

Even women who cheer the end of abortion rights have not yet grasped its significance for them.

JEFF JACOBY
A newspaper’s job isn’t to tell people how to vote
Endorsing candidates is an outdated practice that damages media credibility.

Julie F. Kay
Overturning Roe feels like a kick in the uterus. Here’s how we can protect women.
Massachusetts is well-situated to be a leader in reproductive health care policy innovation.

Joan Vennochi
Roe ruling turns back the clock
One day, the Supreme Court rules that the government has no right to tell someone they can’t carry a gun. The next day, it rules that the government does have the right to tell someone they must have a baby. How can that be?

MARCELA GARCÍA
Once again, Boston misses out on its first Hispanic school superintendent
Latinos are the largest demographic student group at the Boston Schools, and yet there’s never been a Hispanic superintendent. Representation matters; but it’s not the only thing that matters.

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David Hogg and John Rosenthal

David Basson (left) and Katie Basson attend a March for Our Lives rally in Christopher Columbus Park in Boston on June 11.

Even after the Supreme Court’s decision, Massachusetts gun laws may be safe — for now

While both laws give police some discretion in issuing firearm licenses, the discretion in the New York law was based on the applicant’s stated reason for carrying a firearm outside the home. 5:33 p.m.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Justice Breyer held up a copy of the US Constitution as he announced his retirement on Jan. 27. In a dissent to Thursday's ruling on gun laws, Breyer wrote that the court's majority had made its decision “without considering the State’s compelling interest in preventing gun violence and protecting the safety of its citizens, and without considering the potentially deadly consequences of its decision.”

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer lays bare the reality of gun violence

Breyer not only focused unflinchingly on the gun violence that is happening in real time. He also laid bare the fallacies and disingenuous reasoning of the court’s majority in striking down the New York gun law. 5:04 p.m.

RENÉE GRAHAM

Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, a Republican, testified before the House Jan. 6 select committee on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

Jan. 6 hearings won’t sway Trump supporters. That’s OK.

Investigating the insurrection isn’t about waking Republicans from their stupor. It’s about holding Trump and his co-conspirators accountable. 3:33 p.m.

Michelle A. Williams

Protective fencing remains up around the US Supreme Court building in anticipation of protest related to a possible decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case that could essentially overturn the Roe v. Wade abortion decision.

The Supreme Court is misinformed on eugenics

Justice Alito’s leaked draft opinion nodded approvingly to the discredited theory that those who promote access to birth control and abortion have a eugenicist motive to limit reproduction in Black communities. 11:32 a.m.

JOAN WICKERSHAM

Witnesses arrive for the fourth hearing held by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, in Washington on June 21.

The Herculean task facing the Jan. 6 committee

The cleansing surge of water — the public outrage — that we hope will come and sweep out the dung may not come. 3:00 a.m.

Joan Vennochi

A new Orange Line train is brought into the CRRC MA facility in Springfield and examined on Tuesday, the same day all new Orange Line trains were taken out of service due to "battery failure."

What’s really going on at the factory that’s building the T’s new subway cars?

No one on Beacon Hill seems to be asking the tough questions that need to be asked: Why is it taking so long to produce these subway cars? And why are there so many issues with the ones already delivered? 1:25 p.m.

JEFF JACOBY

President Biden speaks to White House staff prior to boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on June 14.

Even Democrats now agree: Biden is too old for his job

Everyone can see the toll that age is taking on the president. 3:00 a.m.

SCOT LEHIGH

From left, Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and Georgia Deputy Secretary of State Gabriel Sterling appeared as witnesses before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol during hearings on Tuesday.

Integrity and honor didn’t matter to Trump, but it did to GOP officials in Georgia and Arizona

Will voters show the same character when it comes to their own role in our democracy? 5:48 p.m.

With the end of Roe, there is no clear silver lining

JEFF JACOBY
A newspaper’s job isn’t to tell people how to vote
Endorsing candidates is an outdated practice that damages media credibility.

Julie F. Kay
Overturning Roe feels like a kick in the uterus. Here’s how we can protect women.
Massachusetts is well-situated to be a leader in reproductive health care policy innovation.

Joan Vennochi
Roe ruling turns back the clock
One day, the Supreme Court rules that the government has no right to tell someone they can’t carry a gun. The next day, it rules that the government does have the right to tell someone they must have a baby. How can that be?

MARCELA GARCÍA
Once again, Boston misses out on its first Hispanic school superintendent
Latinos are the largest demographic student group at the Boston Schools, and yet there’s never been a Hispanic superintendent. Representation matters; but it’s not the only thing that matters.

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David Hogg and John Rosenthal

Even after the Supreme Court’s decision, Massachusetts gun laws may be safe — for now

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

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RENÉE GRAHAM

Jan. 6 hearings won’t sway Trump supporters. That’s OK.

Michelle A. Williams

The Supreme Court is misinformed on eugenics

JOAN WICKERSHAM

The Herculean task facing the Jan. 6 committee

Joan Vennochi

What’s really going on at the factory that’s building the T’s new subway cars?

JEFF JACOBY

Even Democrats now agree: Biden is too old for his job

SCOT LEHIGH

Integrity and honor didn’t matter to Trump, but it did to GOP officials in Georgia and Arizona

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With the end of Roe, there is no clear silver lining

JEFF JACOBYA newspaper’s job isn’t to tell people how to voteEndorsing candidates is an outdated practice that damages media credibility.

Julie F. KayOverturning Roe feels like a kick in the uterus. Here’s how we can protect women.Massachusetts is well-situated to be a leader in reproductive health care policy innovation.

Joan VennochiRoe ruling turns back the clockOne day, the Supreme Court rules that the government has no right to tell someone they can’t carry a gun. The next day, it rules that the government does have the right to tell someone they must have a baby. How can that be?

MARCELA GARCÍAOnce again, Boston misses out on its first Hispanic school superintendentLatinos are the largest demographic student group at the Boston Schools, and yet there’s never been a Hispanic superintendent. Representation matters; but it’s not the only thing that matters.

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Even after the Supreme Court’s decision, Massachusetts gun laws may be safe — for now

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer lays bare the reality of gun violence

Jan. 6 hearings won’t sway Trump supporters. That’s OK.

The Supreme Court is misinformed on eugenics

The Herculean task facing the Jan. 6 committee

What’s really going on at the factory that’s building the T’s new subway cars?

Even Democrats now agree: Biden is too old for his job

Integrity and honor didn’t matter to Trump, but it did to GOP officials in Georgia and Arizona

JEFF JACOBY
A newspaper’s job isn’t to tell people how to vote
Endorsing candidates is an outdated practice that damages media credibility.

Julie F. Kay
Overturning Roe feels like a kick in the uterus. Here’s how we can protect women.
Massachusetts is well-situated to be a leader in reproductive health care policy innovation.

Joan Vennochi
Roe ruling turns back the clock
One day, the Supreme Court rules that the government has no right to tell someone they can’t carry a gun. The next day, it rules that the government does have the right to tell someone they must have a baby. How can that be?

MARCELA GARCÍA
Once again, Boston misses out on its first Hispanic school superintendent
Latinos are the largest demographic student group at the Boston Schools, and yet there’s never been a Hispanic superintendent. Representation matters; but it’s not the only thing that matters.