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.

SCOT LEHIGH

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Some of William Barr’s responses didn’t even pass the laugh test.

Michael A. Cohen

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The president cannot pick and choose the laws he chooses to abide by. Democrats must begin impeachment proceedings.

Opinion | Margery Eagan

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What’s the point of their speaking tour? To spin themselves.

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Free Press

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.

SCOT LEHIGH

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It feels as though Democrats are losing sight of the greenest, tallest tree for the broader public-policy forest.

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiDCFDay102.jpg 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

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We need to do better by our foster children.

Renée Graham

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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

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The alternative to the proposal is adequate funding of the Affordable Care Act.

Letters

Letters

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“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.

OPINION

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.

IDEAS

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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