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In virtual space, students slip through Boston schools’ fingers

Readers were stirred to write in response to reporting and commentary on data that show that at least 10,000 Boston students have not logged in to virtual learning in May.

In framing of crime story, victim is just a costar

"Any headline will have its faults, but one that constructs the story around the alleged perpetrator does a disservice to the memory of and justice for the victim."

Pandemic throws a wrench into clean energy effort

Readers raise concerns as the coronavirus hampers a growing clean energy industry and job losses mount.

Questions loom as colleges look to reopen in the fall

Readers grapple with the idea that Boston-area colleges could reopen in the fall.

LETTERS
The simplest of requests: to wear a mask
As states open up and crowds gather, readers hold fast to the importance of safe distancing.

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Think big to envision a bike-friendly Boston area
"We need to be piloting and testing sympathetically detailed cycle track networks, wide enough for bicyclists to pass other bicyclists, throughout the Boston area."

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Prayer and social distancing: Away from the crowd, and at one with God

"I am reminded of the words of Jesus in Matthew 6:5-6."

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Another way to show our gratitude

How many of us would get up each day and rush toward danger, toward a hospital filled with critically ill and highly contagious patients?

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No thanks for the fried chicken

I don’t need free meals from fas food restaurants — I need you to give your workers health insurance and paid sick leave so that they don’t go to work sick and infect the rest of your staff and half the customers

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Mail-in voting and the politics of the coronavirus

President Trump‘s response to this pandemic is predictable: whatever best serves his reelection efforts.

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He respects expertise . . . and caution

I have been sincerely impressed with the caution, care, and thoughtfulness that Governor Baker has shown through his leadership during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Let’s enforce the rules

I’m not allowed to spend half an hour grocery shopping without a mask. Meanwhile my son, a plumber, must spend 40 hours a week on construction sites where no one else is wearing a mask.

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The mistakes we’re making today

“Whistle-blower lays bare incompetence that cost lives” (Editorial, May 16) criticizes the federal government’s failure to build up mask production capacity. Your point is well taken, but it’s all in the past now.

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We can’t vote by mail without the Postal Service

Voting by mail is not possible without a functioning United States Postal Service. And the existence of the USPS past September is in doubt.