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12/17/2024

Max Stier writes in with four stories of impressive federal employees. They do the kind of work that could be hampered if Trump and his allies take a hatchet to the federal government.

Four stories of what’s at stake if the next president takes a hatchet to the federal government.

12/16/2024

Until the details of a lease agreement between the city of Boston and a women’s expansion soccer team are disclosed, all we have are frothy words of promise, writes Joan Vennochi.

The public needs to measure public benefit against public risk.

12/16/2024

The exhausted people of war-torn Ukraine are hopeful that the man behind ‘The Art of the Deal’ can strike one between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin, writes Fabrice Deprez from Kyiv for .

The exhausted people of this beleaguered nation are hopeful that the man behind ‘The Art of the Deal’ can strike one between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin.

12/16/2024

Americans fight over how much revenue the government should collect, who should pay, and how various taxes affect the economy, says Brian Riedl.

Here’s what conservatives get wrong about taxes: https://trib.al/iYmMs4x

Here’s what liberals get wrong: https://trib.al/bZ2iYsb

12/16/2024

There’s nothing new about Trump threatening, suing, or seeking retribution against the press, which he calls “the enemy of the people,” says Jill Abramson. But the context is new.

Trump’s war on the press raises the stakes for newsrooms around the country.

12/16/2024

Editorial: A train yard in Widett could eliminate the need for a separate facility in Allston, which has set off a fury in that neighborhood.

Putting Amtrak’s proposed layover facility in Widett would leave more land available in Allston for housing.

12/15/2024

Editorial: There will always be times when foster care is safer for a child than living with their biological parent. But in weighing whether to remove a child, judges and DCF workers also have to weigh the risks of care and to reduce those risks. https://trib.al/0A8ppN0

12/15/2024

In some states, legislatures meet just a few months a year and lawmaking is a part-time job. Jeff Jacoby asks: Why does Mass. need a legislature that is in session year-round and pays nice salaries? https://trib.al/ItVDj5S

12/15/2024

Last month, President Biden issued his shortest statement ever to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance, says Renée Graham. At least for the next four years, it is likely to be the last such recognition to have come from the White House. https://trib.al/5yeHFMc

12/14/2024

What do you wish you could go back and tell your younger self? In , Andrea Fleck Clardy mulls the wisdom she wishes she'd had as a gawky teen who once felt that she'd never belong. https://trib.al/8f7fQR0

12/13/2024

How do we ensure that every child receives an education that allows them to reach their full potential without regard to income, race, or place? Long-term, comprehensive neighborhood development can help, writes Joe Kriesberg.

A community development group in Syracuse is making a real difference in a poor neighborhood.

12/13/2024

Editorial: Trump picked broadcaster turned unsuccessful political candidate Kari Lake to head the Voice of America — the nation’s highly respected, federally funded purveyor of news. It sounds like a bad joke.

This well-respected international source of news is too valuable to descend into chaos — and propaganda.

12/13/2024

Earlier this year, officials learned of allegations that a migrant girl at one of the state’s shelters in central Massachusetts had been repeatedly r***d — by her father, writes Carine Hajjar. Does this sound like “sanctuary” to you?

A teen living in a state shelter in Marlborough reported that her father repeatedly had s*x with her. Instead of being charged, he was sent to a different shelter.

12/12/2024

As overt antisemitism becomes increasingly normalized, the hate crimes will continue to pile up, writes Jeff Jacoby. More Jews will be menaced and assaulted, more antisemitism will be pumped into social media, more cities will experience “Jew hunts” — and more synagogues will go up in flames.

The burning of synagogues is one of the oldest evils perpetrated against Jews.

12/12/2024

Transportation safety data show that dedicated bike and bus lanes, and other traffic-calming measures, come with a major upside in saved lives, writes Renée Loth. Doesn’t that count for something?

Ultimately, peaceably sharing the streets comes down to mindset. A city is a community, and everyone needs to give a little.

12/12/2024

After recounting how he began to read novels as a kid when his family TV set died, Scot Lehigh asked Globe readers whether they were fans of fiction, how they became so, and why they enjoy novels.

Here’s what they said:

They share what triggered their appetite for imaginary worlds and the richness it brings.

12/12/2024

“In grade school I’d read many poems by Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Robert Frost,” writes Renée Graham. “But I didn’t understand what poetry was or that it could make the ground tremble until I read [Nikki] Giovanni’s poem in college.”

Nikki Giovanni was as fine a poet as any nation has ever produced. She also was an activist, a teacher, an intellectual, and a social commentator.

12/12/2024

How — and more perplexingly, why — Shelby Hewitt assumed the identity of a troubled adolescent is the subject of a series by Patricia Wen.

On , Wen and guest host Jazmin Aguilera discuss Hewitt’s confounding con:

Guest host Jazmin Aguilera talks to Patricia Wen about the strange and fascinating tale of Shelby Hewitt, a 32-year-old social worker who attended a Boston high school while pretending to be a 13-year-old girl.

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