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Editorials are the opinions of The Boston Globe’s Editorial Board.
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In Newton, an outside force provides momentum for zoning reform

The city did the bare minimum to comply with the 2021 state zoning law. Still, it did the bare minimum.
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Tackling the scourge of ghost guns, preventing the next tragedy a must in 2024

Legislative differences, egos shouldn’t get in the way of needed reforms.
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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.

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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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.