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How to help students be COVID-safe? Make a game of it (seriously)

"As a former professional software engineer, my recommendation for college and school administrators is to use gamification to motivate students to follow best practices."

Back to school, haltingly but happily

"Our kids are smiling like they have not in six months."

Class in session, lesson 1: Being stuck in your dorm is not ‘jail’

I am "hopeful that the critical thinking skills these students acquire will help them understand the profound inequalities that plague our society."

In ’69, Seaver stood tall on the mound and on antiwar soapbox

"That year, Seaver had made a statement that 'if the Mets can win the World Series, then we can get out of Vietnam.' "

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Close Fourth District race ought to be seen as a resounding vote for ranked choice
"It is a shame that the nearly 740,000 residents of the Fourth District could have a representative in Washington elected by so few."

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The long and short of a bruising Senate primary
Readers share their views on incumbent Senator Ed Markey's victory and why they think he bested Joseph Kennedy III.

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At an urgent moment for racial justice, Red Sox whiff

"Shame on those individual players who have chosen not to even try to walk in their teammates’ shoes."

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Law and order in a time of disorder

Readers grapple with what they're seeing as violent confrontations erupt between demonstrators and counterprotesters.

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Fires rage, lives are lost, and — oh, that’s right, the GOP holds a convention

Readers find much to decry about the Trump administration's role in the nation's violent unrest.

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Mass. Bail Fund’s ‘free them all’ approach leaves no thought for crime victims

"If a company had a policy that demonstrated that it didn’t care if its products harmed society, it would be shut down as a public health threat."

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Federal agency chief’s legacy stretches outside prison walls in Mass. and beyond

One of Norman Carlson's many contributions was his instrumental role in implementing residential reentry centers to aid individuals leaving federal prison and returning to their communities.

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Assisted suicide is not the answer as long as racial disparities in care, disability bias go on

"Black people like me tend to receive inferior care because of racial disparities in cardiac care, diabetes, and cancer."

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Hands held, making all the difference in a time of so much despair

"The nurse assigned to him for that 12-hour shift saw that his heart rate was slowing and held his hand for the three hours it took for my husband to finally be at rest."

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One can support both Black Lives Matter and ‘Right Size Newton’ as worthy causes

"Both slogans have merit, and they should not be linked. Slogans on lawn signs are open to many interpretations."