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William Barr’s self-inflicted scars
Some of William Barr’s responses didn’t even pass the laugh test.
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Opinion | Alan Wirzbicki
Playing it safe with the new BPS superintendent?
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Marie Izquierdo should be the front-runner. The fact that she’s not says a lot about the city and Mayor Marty Walsh.
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Trump ignores Constitution with his subpoena fight
The president cannot pick and choose the laws he chooses to abide by. Democrats must begin impeachment proceedings.
Opinion | Margery Eagan
Spin tour for the Clintons
What’s the point of their speaking tour? To spin themselves.
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Two Reuters reporters and Jamal Khashoggi among ‘10 Most Urgent’ list of press freedom cases
The One Free Press Coalition every month spotlights the “10 Most Urgent” journalists who press freedoms are under threat worldwide.
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Democrats should embrace a carbon tax
It feels as though Democrats are losing sight of the greenest, tallest tree for the broader public-policy forest.
Editorial
Thinking big on DCF reforms
Charlie Baker can point to improvements at the Department of Children and Families, but he’s far from achieving systemic reforms.
OPINION | STAN ROSENBERG
Being a foster child is traumatic enough. Let’s stop making it worse
We need to do better by our foster children.
Renée Graham
Black women aren’t here to save America from itself
When black women vote, we are our own saviors. We aren’t maids charged with cleaning up America’s political messes.
Opinion | Michael Stein and Jon Kingsdale
The risks of ‘Medicare for all’
The alternative to the proposal is adequate funding of the Affordable Care Act.
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Reducing addiction requires tackling workplace injuries
“Reducing the occurrence of painful workplace injuries and illnesses will reduce opioid addiction commensurately.”
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If police reform is ever going to come, it has to be right here, right now
If police reform is ever to come, it will have to be right here — and right now.
OPINION
In missing the moment, the Red Sox lost this fan
No team in Major League Baseball has a greater obligation than the Red Sox to stand firmly against the ongoing brutality that continues to leave Black Americans dead, maimed, and traumatized in its wake.
OPINION
In two Mass. races, it’s Pelosi v. Ocasio-Cortez
Tensions between the two dueling Democratic stars are growing, with the Bay State as the battle ground.
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Choosing change in the 12th Suffolk District
It’s about time voters in Mattapan, Dorchester, Milton, and Hyde Park pick another Black woman.
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Aerosmith, the Cars, the Pixies — Boston used to be a rock ’n’ roll capital. Where has all the music gone?
Keeping the musical soul of the city alive is harder than ever.
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Why doesn’t medical school prioritize social justice?
If academic medical institutions are serious about equity, work in the community should be celebrated as much as research papers are.
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