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Kids with disabilities need access to medicinal cannabis in school

Allowing disabled children their medication in school for seizure control or other disabilities would not be the slippery slope the governor suggests it is.

Prison’s program is an exemplary model of restorative justice

There are good reasons that those who have committed crimes need to explore their own traumas. It is not an excuse — it is a first step to true accountability.

City of Boston moves us all forward by pushing developers on diversity

Reporting on representation motivates the real estate industry to pick up the pace of creating and expanding opportunities for the Boston area’s businesses and residents.

Mass. state seal and motto could be due for a change

Instead of a sword, why don’t we have the arm hold a lyre or guitar? Let’s have both a symbol of harmony and a reminder of what we erased.

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Secure funds for hybrid public meeting format — override Baker’s veto
We cannot go back to requiring that people be physically present to participate in their local government.

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Questions mount after FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago
It is not clear which classified documents the FBI discovered; however, the search did give Americans a window into the US government’s incredibly incompetent process of controlling sensitive, classified information.

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Will Mass. keep leading or backslide on education? Keep an eye on union push.

Given its purview in public education, the MTA, like politicians, should also be held to high standards of transparency and accountability.

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50 years ago, she was proud to be one of the last Browns cheerleaders. Not anymore.

I felt safe at every game and trusted the organization to act in our best interest. Upon reflection, I now see that the so-called protection my fellow cheerleaders and I counted on was an illusion.

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Yes, we’re divided, but the right pushes this to an extreme

While multiple factors have led to our dangerous polarization, it is right-wing media and Republican leaders who bear responsibility for egging on our current political and cultural divides.

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The invasion of the bachelorette party

An op-ed on how bachelorette parties in Provincetown have disrupted safe spaces for LGBTQ+ people generated much debate among BostonGlobe.com readers. Here is an edited sample of the more than 570 comments that were posted.

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Even with a course correction, COVID will remain a powerful foe

Protecting our communities from the otherwise inevitable future damage of this pandemic seems like a wise use of this extraordinary American Rescue Plan Act funding.

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Polygraphs are not the way forward in police reform

Reducing police misconduct is a worthy goal. Pretending to read the minds of police applicants with polygraphs is not the way to achieve it.

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Media beware: Trump has a way with language

The phrase “broke into” carries the connotation that the action was a criminal activity, which is probably exactly why Trump used the phrase himself when he said of the FBI, “They even broke into my safe!”

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The T: pressing forward, ploddingly, or going nowhere fast?

With a huge surplus of tax dollars, wouldn’t you think our state government would spend the money needed to prevent another catastrophe before it is too late?