It dismisses and disinvests in preventive measures and focuses far more on treatments and cures.

Pardons and commutations can serve as motivators for imprisoned people to self-improve. But the state board has held zero hearings to grant them since 2015.

We should make all prisoners eligible for parole after 25 years.

Who, or what, are the 'master' and 'slave' in computer coding?

Voters in Western Mass. are being asked one of America’s biggest unanswered questions: What will it take to revitalize struggling post-industrial cities?

In June, 17.3 percent of households in Massachusetts saw an increase in food insecurity, up from 9.3 percent during the same month in 2018.

"Any form of racism, whether in the courts or elsewhere, is what we call in the law a strict liability offense: Intent is irrelevant."

The state and federal government need to do more to prevent thousands of Massachusetts families from losing their homes during the coronavirus pandemic.

A failure to invest sufficiently in public colleges hindered the economic recovery from the Great Recession a decade ago. Let's not make that mistake again.

Readers weigh in on the Massachusetts Bail Fund, whose rise in donations has made an impact — and raised safety concerns.