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In this March 20 file photo, the March Madness logo is shown on the court during the first half of a men's college basketball game in the first round of the NCAA tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Court has ruled on NCAA athletes, but Division 3 is another story entirely

Division 3 NCAA institutions should strongly consider separately incorporating under the NCAA umbrella to maintain true amateurism in collegiate athletics.

Michael Loconto’s hot-mike comments still burn

What I cannot fathom is how adults in these positions are not concerned with the implications these comments will have when they are made at work.

There is no reason to return to time when a disability barred people from public sphere

Our country shines at its brightest when as many people as possible are able to participate in the lawmaking process.

Keeping arts aloft has taken a lot of creativity, and will call for a lot of support

Once the immediate crisis passed and we learned more about the coronavirus, I was driven to create a live festival this year so that we could offer our talented artists a paycheck.

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President Biden delivers remarks as he meets with advisers at the White House on June 22 to discuss emergency preparedness for the upcoming wildfire and hurricane season.
A refreshing change of pace at the White House
How refreshing, after the advent of the Tea Party Republicans and the ensuing years of chaos and bluster, to have a president who is real.

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Vice President Kamala Harris leaves after presiding over a procedural vote on a sweeping voting rights bill at the Capitol on June 22. The measure failed as Democrats fell short of the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster by Republicans.
Democrats must press the fight for voting rights
If the Republicans win back the House and Senate in 2022, millions of Americans, especially people of color, will be denied the right to vote.

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A security officer indicates to the media to step back as, from left, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, President Joe Biden, President Vladimir Putin, and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meet for the US-Russia summit in Geneva on June 16.

Biden, Putin take steps forward on nuclear weapons, but a leap is sought

Now we want the dialogue to begin rapidly and to embrace the goal of a nuclear weapons-free planet. Biden and Putin will have tremendous popular support if they take this on.

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Kristin Johnson, of Boston, stood in the foreground with other counterprotesters on Oct. 18, 2020, across the street from a rally outside of Boston Latin School that called for Boston schools to keep the admission exam in place for entry into exam schools.

Focus should be on many years of education that precede exam-school moment

Perhaps we could avoid future battles by looking beyond admissions for 2022 to admissions for 2032.

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The Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston.

For the sake of city, its institutions, and its people, South End project should proceed

The Franklin Institute's mission and value to Boston have never been more critical.

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A scoreboard at a football field at the Duxbury High School Athletic Complex.

The very structure of school sports is a table setter for abuse

This sports culture does not even allow world-class Olympic gymnasts and swimmers to question adults who control them, so what hope is there for an average high school athlete?

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Amid biotech boom, still quiet on women’s health front

At the Brigham and Women’s National Summit on the Health of Women, experts across biomedical research, policy, and industry talked about the concrete steps we need to take to improve health outcomes for women.

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Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden attend Mass at St. Matthews in Washington on the morning of his inauguration, Jan. 20.

US bishops’ aim to draw Communion line against Biden over abortion rights stirs ire

The Roman Catholic bishops of the United States are rushing headlong into a political debate over abortion rights.

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Passengers queue in an unusually sparse LaGuardia Airport in New York on Nov. 25, 2020.

With one humiliation after another, airlines have primed us for the rage we’re seeing

This is not to say that the assaults described are in any way justified, but factors contributing to the behavior should at least be acknowledged.

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Phoebe Tian, 14, of Lexington, in front row, third from the left, is joined by a chorus of area Asian students to sing a song she wrote called "We are Proud to Be Asian" during a rally on Boston Common in April.

A notable gap in teaching of Asian American history

What is great (and exhausting) about teaching the course is that the curriculum expands at an astonishingly rapid rate.