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Antiabortion and abortion rights advocates protest outside the Supreme Court on Dec. 1.

After court arguments, the abortion debate is striking a lot of nerves

The debate about abortion rights is really a debate about equal rights, men to women.

Alarm sounded over continual gaps in care at nursing homes

Perhaps it’s time to re-imagine how older adults and people with disabilities are treated and use federal and state dollars to provide accessible, affordable housing along with increased access to home and community-based services.

Imagine what a free T could do for area’s tourism industry

I’m willing to bet that if Boston made the MBTA free for all people, and widely publicized this move, it would not only draw more riders from within the metropolitan area but also make Boston an even more attractive tourist destination.

Killer cats

Non-native house and feral cats have been killing billions of wild birds in the United States each year for many years.

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Residents protested last month in Peabody against a proposal to build a new gas- and oil-based power peaker plant next to an existing power plant (above).
Power plant that would meet peak demand is drawing opposition
To preserve a livable climate, the science shows that we simply cannot build any new fossil fuel infrastructure. Counting on offsets carries substantial ethical and technical risks.

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New England Revolution head coach Bruce Arena applauds his team during the second half of an MLS soccer match against Inter Miami on July 21 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Bruce Arena’s time at University of Virginia is one for the books
He took over a moribund program at the University of Virginia and won five Division 1 NCAA championships. As a former soccer captain at Virginia during the lesser days, I can tell you this was a massive feat.

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Governor Charlie Baker and Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito speak to the press on Dec. 1 about their decision not to run for a third term.

In wake of Baker-Polito exit, let’s make way for a whole new way of doing politics

A new kind of party, purpose-built around civic information technology, could be highly competitive.

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In this Oct. 11, 1991, photo, Anita Hill testifies in the Russell Caucus room on Capitol Hill in Washington where the Senate Judiciary Committee was hearing testimony on the nomination of Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court. Hill alleged Thomas made unwanted sexual advances and lewd remarks while he was her employer.

30 years ago, Anita Hill inspired women’s group in Concord to form

While a considerable amount of research was available at the time, domestic violence was neither well known nor well understood by the public.

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Students sit in an AP class at Cambridge Rindge and Latin in this January 2020 file photo.

Student walkout in Cambridge is an urgent call to action on sexual assaults

We stood in freezing weather for more than two hours and listened to peers speak their pain, trauma, and anger.

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A deer walks down a Milton street at 1:27 am on Nov. 7.

When it comes to deer numbers, the evidence can be anecdotal

If you come out to the suburbs, it’s easy to find both deer and evidence of their increasing damage and danger.

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People with intellectual and developmental disabilities joined others receiving COVID-19 vaccinations at the Kirbrae Country Club in Lincoln, R.I., in February.

We need to do more to include people with disabilities in measure of health care quality

Health care providers and payers often do not have the information they need either to inform the care and accommodations of their disabled patients or to direct improvement efforts.

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State will have its metrics — people and their caregivers, meanwhile, will have their daily challenges

What would be refreshing, almost humane, would be a consideration not only of the individuals seeking care but also of their caregivers and the value that provider-recommended treatments bring to the entire family constellation.

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A view of the Northern Avenue Bridge in August 2018.

Fort Point Channel floodgate . . . Northern Avenue Bridge . . . think of the possibilities

Such a combination would make two very useful areas of development into one world-class project, greater than the sum of its parts.

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Thank you, grateful ones

Saturday’s Readers’ Forum on gratitude encompassed all it means to be human in this world.