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How the tiny band of Beacon Hill Republicans made an important stand for transparency

GOP lawmakers have exposed the arrogant and inefficient way that Democrats have gotten used to doing business in Massachusetts.

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If addiction is a disease, why does the probation system treat relapses as a crime?

The revolving door of court-treatment-prison has to stop.

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Start talking now about postwar Gaza

If Israel achieves its goal of removing Hamas from power in the Gaza Strip, then what?

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Latino disproportionality in DCF points to need for language access, cultural competency

In Massachusetts, Latino children are more overrepresented in foster care than in any other state.

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Expand the South Boston convention center? Close the Hynes? City’s convention authority needs a vision.
New leadership should mean swifter action on expansion, real estate deals.

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Cannabis worker’s death cries for improved workplace safety rules
A 27-year-old West Springfield worker’s death last year revealed the hazards of the nascent industry — and highlights how little is being done to protect the marijuana workforce.

Finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing

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.

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After a hearing in a Colorado courtroom, Judge Sarah B. Wallace ruled that while former president Donald Trump did “engage in an insurrection," she would not disqualify him from the ballot.

Challenges to Trump’s eligibility are murky at best. But there is a clear way to stop him.

Even the perception that the next president was chosen by legal maneuvers, as opposed to the will of the people, could cause more damage to the Republic. Trump should be defeated at the ballot box instead.

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Jews prayed at the Western Wall, beside the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, or the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in the Old City of Jerusalem on Oct. 16.

Want to learn more about the Middle East? Start here.

Many Americans want to know more about the troubled region. But they’re largely on their own because we tend to learn very little about it in school.

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Graffiti artist Jeff Saint works on a mural on March 31, 2020. He and fellow graffiti artist, Ryan McFee, painted the piece on a building adjacent to the Custom House Square in New Bedford.

Here’s one practical way to help retailers battered by online competition

There’s a charm to community life and downtowns that can’t be found in a cardboard box.

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People walked in front of images of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants in southern Israel, during a protest to ask for their release, in Tel Aviv on Nov. 22.

A glimmer of hope in Israel-Hamas hostage deal

There is still much that could go wrong. But the agreement could help ease tensions in the region.

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Massachusetts has the latest primary date in the country. Here’s why that’s a problem.

Massachusetts needs spring, rather than a fall, intraparty contests.

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An in-state undergraduate at UMass Amherst will pay $17,357 in tuition and fees this year, and the total cost including housing, meals, and books is an estimated $35,765.

Large financial aid boost for public higher education should be coupled with student support, stable prices

All Pell grant-eligible students will get free public college education.

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Two ambulances sit in the bay of Melrose Wakefield Hospital earlier this year.

Ban expensive surprise bills for ambulance rides

Massachusetts needs a sustainable way to pay for emergency medical services

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The lot at 230-232 Beech St. in Holyoke before and development.

How to turn blighted properties into the new housing Massachusetts needs

New funding initiatives are a good first step.

How the tiny band of Beacon Hill Republicans made an important stand for transparency

If addiction is a disease, why does the probation system treat relapses as a crime?

Start talking now about postwar Gaza

Latino disproportionality in DCF points to need for language access, cultural competency

EDITORIALExpand the South Boston convention center? Close the Hynes? City’s convention authority needs a vision.New leadership should mean swifter action on expansion, real estate deals.

EDITORIALCannabis worker’s death cries for improved workplace safety rulesA 27-year-old West Springfield worker’s death last year revealed the hazards of the nascent industry — and highlights how little is being done to protect the marijuana workforce.

A battle for affordable housing in Massachusetts

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Latest headlines in editorials

Challenges to Trump’s eligibility are murky at best. But there is a clear way to stop him.

Want to learn more about the Middle East? Start here.

Here’s one practical way to help retailers battered by online competition

A glimmer of hope in Israel-Hamas hostage deal

Massachusetts has the latest primary date in the country. Here’s why that’s a problem.

Large financial aid boost for public higher education should be coupled with student support, stable prices

Ban expensive surprise bills for ambulance rides

How to turn blighted properties into the new housing Massachusetts needs

EDITORIAL
Expand the South Boston convention center? Close the Hynes? City’s convention authority needs a vision.
New leadership should mean swifter action on expansion, real estate deals.

EDITORIAL
Cannabis worker’s death cries for improved workplace safety rules
A 27-year-old West Springfield worker’s death last year revealed the hazards of the nascent industry — and highlights how little is being done to protect the marijuana workforce.