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Students on the lawn outside the Charles Deering Library at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., in September 2020. Because of the pandemic, Northwestern and other universities extended deadlines for faculty members to publish work that would help them earn tenure.

The tenure question

Call to reform system stirs fierce debate in academic world.

Two-word answer to how Democrats would deal with renegade of their own: Joe Lieberman

What happened to him as a result of his heresy? Nothing.

Ruckus raised over Franklin Park noise

Franklin Park is a park for everyone to enjoy. If fun for one group is loud motors, loud music, and loud racing vehicles, how can this be fair for others who want to enjoy the nature of the park?

A grim inexorability in the Middle East

The Palestinians are the ones getting pushed to the sea, year by year, decade by decade.

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Mass General Brigham offices in Somerville.
Mass General Brigham’s plans for expansion stir concern
The health system has set its sights on opening outpatient surgical centers in area suburbs.

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Mourners wearing personal protective equipment arrive at a crematorium in New Delhi on May 11 for the funeral of their relative, who died due to COVID-19.
Witnessing India: ‘That’s how it is when tragedy strikes elsewhere’
Losing my uncle in Delhi to COVID-19, just weeks after I got vaccinated — the juxtaposition is profound.

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Mass. lawmakers must move to enact essential nursing home reform

COVID-19 amplified long-existing deficiencies in long-term care.

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Boston Latin Academy is one of three Boston exam schools, along with Boston Latin School and the O’Bryant School of Math and Science.

Results are in on dropping entrance test, but exam school picture is incomplete

Diversity is not of much value without substantive and systemic changes leading to true equity and inclusion.

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A rendering of the planned redesign of Boston's Copley Square.

Copley Square redesign embraces combination of a park and public gathering space

The updated plans for Copley Square embrace a balanced combination of typical lawn and tree park with the creation of a vibrant public space.

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Some people wore masks in the Public Garden and some did not on April 30 in Boston.

With mandates eased, it’s masks up, masks down, masks askew all over town

None of us is safe until all of us are safe.

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando on Feb. 28.

Trump’s grip on his party is perilous in many ways

Trump’s posts were not only extremely irresponsible and reckless but they were also quite dangerous.

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Representative Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyoming, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 14.

In imposing purity test on Liz Cheney, it’s GOP that’s soiled

As one reader writes: “She’s about as conservative as they get. But she won’t sell her soul to remain in power, as so many of her GOP colleagues are willing to do.”

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A still from the documentary "A Reckoning in Boston."

A matter of race — and credit where it’s due

A reader found an ironic twist in a headline about how the issue of race is present in this year's Independent Film Festival Boston.

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Students walk across the campus of Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pa., in this March 3, 2020, file photo.

Can you really put a price on your college major?

So we’re going to talk college students out of studying history, literature, and philosophy because it won’t put money in their pockets?