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Renée Graham

The last time Trump feared Republicans would turn against him

Here’s a remarkable thing about Donald Trump’s upcoming hush-money trial in New York. This case exists only because Trump once believed that there were misdeeds that Republican voters would not overlook.
SCOT LEHIGH

Chuck Schumer’s important speech on Israel

As the Senate majority leader made clear, supporting Israel doesn’t mean supporting Benjamin Netanyahu, its intransigent, myopic premier.
RENÉE LOTH

Another reason to end capital punishment

This country’s insistence on capital punishment poisons international treaties and agreements, complicates diplomacy, and limits America’s ability to call out unspeakable human rights abuses in other countries.
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Conservative Supreme Court justices should listen to their mentors

Retired Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer’s candor about the state of the court is refreshing and much needed.

op-eds

Jim McGovern

Banning TikTok is a terrible idea

Congress can do better than this bill.
Jake Auchincloss

TikTok is propaganda for our adversary

TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, X, YouTube, Twitch, Discord, Reddit, and other platforms have wealth and power that is unprecedented, but they are not using it responsibly.
Dorothy Fennell

There’s a better way to commute and Transportation Management Associations can help

Here’s how commuters can leave their cars at home.
David Scarlett Wakelyn and Michael Hartney

To improve literacy, Massachusetts should look to Mississippi

Mississippi students’ reading achievement is above the national average while Massachusetts’ economically disadvantaged students have been in decline since 2016 and have not bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic.

editorials

Wanted: a clear ruling from the SJC on new housing law

Does Milton have to allow more housing? The state’s highest court will decide whether the MBTA Communities act means what it says, a ruling that will have statewide implications.

Massachusetts needs more nurses and should ease path for out-of-state workers

Most neighboring states, and 41 US jurisdictions in total, let nurses licensed in one state practice in the others. Joining that compact would give Massachusetts’ employers a better shot at filling thousands of vacancies.

If it can happen to Taylor Swift …

Punishing deep fake and revenge porn require Massachusetts to step into the 21st century.

letters

The Read case: The whole truth and nothing that sounds like the truth

So Governor Healey takes a few personal days away. So what?

For sake of access, lawmakers urged to boost hybrid public meetings

As sea level rises, sands of time are coming for beachfront homes

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PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG

You should still get the COVID-19 vaccine. The Nobel Prize winner who helped discover it explains why.

Dr. Drew Weissman, who grew up in Lexington, is this week’s guest on the Globe’s Say More podcast with Shirley Leung.
EDITORIAL

Start talking now about postwar Gaza

If Israel achieves its goal of removing Hamas from power in the Gaza Strip, then what?
Alex Beam

Politicians look to God and the Bible to do their heavy lifting

Is God listening? Hard to say.
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

The beauty queen who terrifies a dictator

Nicaragua’s bizarre autocratic regime gives the impression it’s in total control. So why does Miss Universe pose such a threat?
SCOT LEHIGH

Scot Lehigh tried reasoning like a Trump supporter. Here’s what he came up with.

Lehigh gets into the MAGA mindset.
LETTERS

College leaders leave distressing impression in Washington hearing

All seemed highly coached by lawyers on what to say and what not to say, as if their hope was that this will all blow over and they can finesse their way out of it.

Cartoons

Christopher Weyant

The weird world of RFK Jr.’s veepstakes

Christopher Weyant

Missing St. Patrick

Patrick Chappatte

The TikTok threat

Christopher Weyant

Are you afraid of Britt?

SAGE STOSSEL

The sole of America

Christopher Weyant

State of the Biden

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Jake Auchincloss

TikTok is propaganda for our adversary

TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, X, YouTube, Twitch, Discord, Reddit, and other platforms have wealth and power that is unprecedented, but they are not using it responsibly.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Conservative Supreme Court justices should listen to their mentors

Retired Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer’s candor about the state of the court is refreshing and much needed.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Maura Healey’s fuzzy line between her public life and private life

For Healey, discussing the deep import of Brandi Carlile singing "You and Me on the Rock," as she does on the "Love Letters" podcast, fits the helpful bill. For some reason, telling the public where she’s traveling does not.

Avik Chatterjee

Time limits, caps on family shelter will not solve the problem of homelessness in Mass.

The Massachusetts House voted to place time limits on families living in shelters, limiting families to 9- to 12-month stays.

EDITORIAL

Massachusetts needs more nurses and should ease path for out-of-state workers

Most neighboring states, and 41 US jurisdictions in total, let nurses licensed in one state practice in the others. Joining that compact would give Massachusetts’ employers a better shot at filling thousands of vacancies.

JEFF JACOBY

Bernie Sanders’s foreign policy ‘revolution’ is a string of leftist clichés

The Vermont senator looks at America’s global record and sees mostly failure and disgrace.

RENÉE GRAHAM

Hollywood tries a new role — gun safety advocacy

For decades, TV and movies have glorified guns as cool and fun. Are recent attempts to incorporate gun security measures into storylines too little too late?

SCOT LEHIGH

Credit Mike Pence for speaking the truth about Trump

Voters should listen to what the former vice president and other erstwhile Trump appointees say about the man they worked for.

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IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

It's time to reimagine the identity of the city's core — and we've got ideas.

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

An interactive comic that explores how medical mistakes can happen in the chaotic environment of an ICU.

Not so fast, fashion

How to be fashionable and equitable while saving the planet from climate change.

Teens Speak

We asked. They delivered. Teens from across the country offer a candid look at how they’re navigating life, school, friendships, social media, expectations, and so much more.

Blue sky Boston: Where inspiration meets aspiration for the city’s future

Sustainable living. Gondolas. A science expo. Evaluation of student humanity. Here’s what a Boston of the future could be.
ERNESTO BARBIERI WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY JESS RULIFFSON

Tenderness and brutality: True stories from an ICU nurse

An illustrated opinion piece that examines the porous border between healing and suffering in one hospital’s intensive care unit.
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

How Uphams Corner got wealthier without getting whiter

The scrappy Dorchester neighborhood has fulfilled the community activist’s dream: development without displacement.
IDEAS

Where did all the workers go?

For two years, employers have been desperate for workers — and there’s no indication the labor shortage will soon change. What are we losing — and possibly gaining — as a result?
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IDEAS | PETER THOMSON

The radical, forgotten experiment in educational integration that changed my life

In 1971, kids from Roxbury and Lincoln spent half the year attending school together in the city and the other half in the suburb. Fifty years later, I tracked down my fellow students to see how it shaped them — and whether something like it could work today.

Globe Opinion’s 2022 Top 10

The readers have spoken: Take a tour through The Boston Globe opinion section’s top 10 most read columns, editorials, cartoons, letters, and Ideas stories of 2022.
RENÉE GRAHAM

Remembering trans lives taken in 2022

Even before a gunman killed five people and injured nearly 20 last month at Club Q, a popular LGBTQ nightspot in Colorado Springs, Colo., 2022 was already a deadly year for trans and gender nonconforming people. At least 35 have been killed nationwide, most of them Black trans women.
TIMELINE

Assault on American democracy

Jan. 6, 2021, was one of the most alarming days in American history. Boston Globe Opinion columns, editorials, letters, and cartoons untangle the continuing aftermath of the attack on the US Capitol.
IDEAS | JOAN VENNOCHI

How the MBTA went off the rails

Nearly everything about Boston has changed in the past few decades, yet the T has the same big problem — a failure to prioritize the rider experience above all.
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Boston was once a wildly ambitious city. It’s time to go big again.

Soaring housing costs, a broken T, and other existential problems require sweeping fixes that meet the moment.

Young people and the power of social media

Social media holds enormous power over young people. Can they find a way to navigate safely through its ever-changing landscape?

How do we memorialize the pandemic?

As the United States neared its one millionth COVID-19 related death, artists, architects, and community leaders are calling for a permanent memorial to honor all those touched by COVID. Globe Opinion asked several artists for their vision of what a COVID memorial could look like.
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IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

Editing the Constitution

The Constitution is undergoing massive changes in the Supreme Court. It’s time to put the founding document in the hands of the people.
ideas

The Future of Work

The past year has shattered expectations of what workdays look like. Parenting while Zooming. An uncrowded T. Wary interactions with customers. In this special issue of Ideas, we explore which of these changes will stick — and how they’ll affect the quality of our lives.

The Longevity Hub

The Boston Globe Opinion section and MIT's AgeLab present The Longevity Hub, an ongoing series seeking to spark Greater Boston's transformation into the Silicon Valley of aging.
EDITORIAL

Future-proofing the presidency

Donald Trump brought our democracy to the brink and exposed its weak spots. Here’s how to thwart the next American tyrant.
EDITORIAL

A battle for affordable housing in Massachusetts

The Globe editorial board's 2020 series on the need for inclusive housing reform in Newton and across the Commonwealth.

Brave New Planet

Brave New Planet is a podcast that delves deep into the most exciting and challenging scientific frontiers, helping us understand them and grapple with their implications. Dr. Eric Lander, president and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is host.

The future of food

What we eat, where it comes from, and how we get it are being reimagined like never before. In this special issue, we celebrate the role of food in our communities and explore how it can be tastier, more accessible, and healthier for us and the planet.
Letters

Postcards from the pandemic

Invited to take a walk, in fact, lots of walks; dining room table repurposed — a snapshot of how readers were coping.
An archive of conversations with the experts writing thought-provoking Globe Opinion op-eds and Ideas features.

The Other swing voter

Political coverage often focuses on voters who oscillate between political parties in a few key swing states. Here we feature perspectives and opinions from and about demographics of Americans — young voters and Black and brown voters —who swing between voting and not voting.
From voter suppression to gerrymandering to foreign interference, the integrity of US elections is under attack. In a three-part weekly series, Globe Opinion examines how the nation arrived at this moment and what needs to be done to protect voting rights.
Thomas E. Patterson

Trapped: Why the GOP's death is imminent

The Republican Party is destroying itself. Thomas Patterson of the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center explains the five traps the party has set for itself and warns that the party's future is in peril without reform.

Black voices now

Globe Opinion seeks to amplify the perspectives and the voices of Black community members, scholars, activists, doctors, teachers, business leaders, students, and parents as op-ed and letter writers, and as innovators and provocateurs featured in Globe Ideas. Here we feature Black voices from the community amid the historic protests following the killing of George Floyd. We aim to amplify yet more Black voices going forward.
IDEAS

Massachusetts Works

We turn the typical model of journalism on its head — instead of focusing on what’s broken, we’re taking a look at what Massachusetts gets right.

Legal Lens documentaries

Law and documentary film may seem far apart, but they actually share many connections. With the guidance of filmmaker and producer Joseph Tovares and support from the Hewlett Foundation, 12 Harvard Law School students from eight countries have worked since January on the Legal Lens project. You can view the films here on BostonGlobe.com.

Choosing, using, and losing your health care: A policy first-aid kit

In a four-part weekly series, Globe Opinion offers a baseline assessment of health care as well as prescriptions for fixing the industry.

Journalists are not the enemy

A central pillar of President Trump’s politics is a sustained assault on the free press. Journalists are not classified as fellow Americans, but rather “the enemy of the people.”
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