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CARINE HAJJAR

If you can’t trust your barber, who can you trust?

Lessons from New Hampshire on what keeps Trump’s supporters coming back for more.
SCOT LEHIGH

Trump recycles his health care hokum

Can he fool his MAGA followers again with his cynical promise to replace Obamacare with something "much better"?
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Conservatives renew their attack on the Voting Rights Act

Trump-appointed federal appellate justices carved up what was left of the crucial civil rights law. And at least two Supreme Court justices are willing to join them.
RENÉE LOTH

The advent of the 2023 Advent calendar extravaganza

No longer content with a simple piece of decorated cardboard, today’s shoppers can count down the days with treats from perfume samples to pet food.

op-eds

Barney Frank

A new name for members of a Grand Old Party

Three possible choices: The Real Mothers, The Mensheviks, and the BSers.
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.

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SCOT LEHIGH

Giving consumers a choice when buying their electricity

Massachusetts should fix rather than nix the residential retail program.

RENÉE GRAHAM

Donald Trump’s un-wonderful life

Being the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination can’t conceal that the former president is a desperate old man facing more trouble than he ever imagined.

JOAN VENNOCHI

More rabbis are calling for Israel-Hamas cease-fire

The number, while still relatively small, reveals a growing willingness in the Jewish community to speak out on a highly emotional and divisive topic, one rabbi says.

Alan Wirzbicki

Newton could sabotage Auburndale station fix

If it stymies housing growth near Auburndale train station, Newton may learn about opposing forces the hard way.

MARCELA GARCÍA

A collision with Boston City Hall over Wu’s car accident

The newly released finding contradicts an initial police investigation that concluded that Keyanna Smith’s actions did not contribute to the crash.

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.