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Venezuelan migrants are being pushed into the shadows. Biden should let them work.

As many as 180,000 Venezuelan migrants have been admitted into the United States, fleeing political repression and economic turmoil.
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Confidence in the Supreme Court is cratering. It needs to adopt a code of ethics.

The court must address concerns about a conservative influence campaign — and find other ways to open up.
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Biden must hold more press conferences

That’s particularly true if he chooses to run for reelection.
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Ridding police of bad actors a work in progress

POST Commission takes first steps on a long and winding road to reform.

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Assault weapons bans work. More states should try them.
Only a handful of states have assault weapons bans despite evidence that such a policy could reduce mass shooting fatalities.

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Worth talking about: Can there be too much affordable housing in one neighborhood?
Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson started an important, if uncomfortable, conversation about where new subsidized housing opportunities should be created.

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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Talking turkey on immigration reform in the lame-duck session

The contours of a bipartisan deal that would address at least some of the failures of our immigration system have taken shape.

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Education becomes the catch-22 of prison life

Thousands waitlisted for programs that are the key to the parole/clemency pipeline.

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Why a bigger IRS is good for America

Attacking a tax-collecting agency might make for an appealing campaign talking point, but it doesn’t make for good governance.

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Counting votes shouldn’t take weeks

In some states, delays in the election count kept the ground fertile for Trump and the handful of other candidates who continue to push the false narrative that elections were being stolen.

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Mr. Smith goes to Washington

By appointing a little-known, politically independent prosecutor named Jack Smith as special counsel in the federal Trump investigations, Attorney General Merrick Garland protects the probe’s integrity.

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Elon Musk, you broke Twitter. Now sell it.

At the very least, turn over the reins to someone who might run it more competently.

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Pelosi passes the torch to a new generation

Her legacy assured, the speaker reminds fellow Democrats that the fight for democracy isn’t over.

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Antiabortion pregnancy centers are deceiving women. They need to know that.

Governor Charlie Baker vetoed money for a public education campaign on crisis pregnancy centers. Lawmakers should go right back at it next year.