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Supporters of the measure to remove abortion rights from the Kansas Constitution react to its defeat in Overland Park, Kan.

Ideas

Where the antiabortion movement goes after Kansas

If voters will be reluctant to approve abortion bans, abortion opponents will keep trying to get what they want in federal courts. 1:27 p.m.

Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell stands court side during a tribute in his honor in the second quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Milwaukee Bucks in Boston, Nov. 1, 2013.

Opinion

Boston Celtics green never veiled Bill Russell’s unapologetic Blackness

White athletes only have to excel on the field of play. The NBA’s greatest player never had, nor wanted, that luxury. 1:28 p.m.

Opinion

My apps tracked my pregnancy and my abortion: Will deleting them protect me?

Apps designed to track reproductive cycles aren’t expendable, and telling women to delete them in light of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade isn’t a realistic option. 3:00 a.m.

Dorian Abbot, a University of Chicago geophysics professor, was scheduled to deliver a prestigious lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2021, but MIT cancelled the lecture following a backlash against his political views.

Letters

A hostile campus is one that devalues free thinking and speech

It chills the expression of ideas and opinions contrary to the madding crowd’s. 3:00 a.m.

An athlete completes an exercise during a FHSAA Girls Weightlifting Championship in New Port Richey, Fla.

Opinion

Who needs Title IX now?

The imbalance that short-changed girls and women 50 years ago has been replaced by one that grievously disfavors boys and men. 3:30 a.m.

Ilya Shapiro was cleared to take his new job as a senior lecturer and executive director at Georgetown University after a suspension and investigation over some tweets, including one in which he wrote that President Joe Biden would nominate a "lesser black woman" for the Supreme Court. Days after being cleared, Shapiro announced he was stepping down.

Opinion

Public support for campus free speech is an essential qualification for college presidents

College presidents have been in a position to protect the rights of faculty and students, yet they have utterly failed in this mission. 3:00 a.m.

Javari Toney, 15, enjoys jumping on his pogo stick by his home on Dorchester Ave. on July 6th, after a weekend of multiple shootings in the city.

Opinion

Boston Black leadership has a problem

Why is it largely silent on violence in the Black community? 3:00 a.m.

Female bottlenose dolphins can't select their sexual partner, but they have evolved a way to choose which of their mates' sperm fertilizes their eggs.

Ideas

Reproductive choice is at the core of being a female mammal

Evolutionary biology helps explain why women won’t stop fighting for control over their bodies. 3:00 p.m.

Ideas

Where the antiabortion movement goes after Kansas

Opinion

Boston Celtics green never veiled Bill Russell’s unapologetic Blackness

Opinion

My apps tracked my pregnancy and my abortion: Will deleting them protect me?

Letters

A hostile campus is one that devalues free thinking and speech

Opinion

Who needs Title IX now?

Opinion

Public support for campus free speech is an essential qualification for college presidents

Opinion

Boston Black leadership has a problem

Ideas

Reproductive choice is at the core of being a female mammal

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