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Reports of vaccine progress are a beacon of hope

"That’s what’s going to get me through the next months of knuckling down, continuing to wear a mask and observe social distance."

Social workers can’t provide person-centered care in state’s dehumanizing prison setting

"Conditions of mental health watches within the state Department of Correction are equivalent to solitary confinement; this is not treatment."

We look to Georgia for a course correction of our politics

"We all know what a disaster our Congress has been. The voters of Georgia have an opportunity to make things better."

Like people, our democracy can only take so much

"Like people, our democracy has a limited ability to heal. If we attack democracy too much and too often, it will wither and die."

LETTERS
In pressing for census count, note how high stakes are here in Mass.
"In Boston alone, neighborhoods such as Dorchester, Chinatown, and East Boston almost certainly were undercounted in the census."

LETTERS
Absentee-ballot counter offers window into process — something we could all use
"Perhaps the paranoia regarding accurate counts of votes, both now in elections to come, could be tempered with a bit of basic education for all voters."

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Don’t worry — the Democrats can fly with a progressive wing

If the writer "is implying that good jobs will win over Trump voters, he is naive."

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‘No shortcut to unity’ in a nation wracked by division and overdue for racial reckoning

"Our secular faith — our democracy — requires a renewed commitment to fighting for our democracy’s future."

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Between ‘we’ and ‘they,’ there is the American challenge that is ‘us’

An op-ed by a Trump voter from Dallas generated a range of reactions from readers, including a genuine invitation from one to bridge the divide.

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A smooth transition in one realm, at least

"If only the loser of the presidential election could be so gracious" as Tiger Woods was at the Masters.

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In the disability community, every missing dollar is keenly felt

"Caring for our children requires patience, physical endurance, humor, understanding, and love. Fiscal instability is not on their radar when they are hungry, uncomfortable, in pain, or lonely."

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What’s wrong with Georgia

"GOP criticism of their own election administrator, Brad Raffensperger, for his handling of the Georgia voting process, is laughable."

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Playing Trump’s seemingly endless endgame

Readers express concern that the president's refusal to concede the election imperils the nation's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Time for Harbor Garage to go and a tower to rise in its place

A recent collection of readers' letters voiced opposition to a planned tower on Boston's waterfront. Here readers express why they welcome the project.