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RENÉE GRAHAM

Beyond Pride: A future museum to celebrate LGBTQ Boston

"If you want something and it hasn’t been created, then you have to create it," says the museum’s founder.
JEFF JACOBY

I used to defend Columbus as ‘magnificent.’ I don’t anymore.

Reading what his contemporaries wrote about him opened my eyes.
MARCELA GARCÍA

El ascenso peligroso de un grupo neonazi antiinmigrante

NSC-131, un grupo neonazi basado en Nueva Inglaterra, aparentemente está tratando de reclutar nuevos miembros en el área de South Shore.

op-eds

Tracy McArdle

Saying goodbye to our Martha’s Vineyard blue house

I tell myself we can finally vacation somewhere else, travel to new places, be free of the burdens of caring for a rental property three hours away. But I know the truth.
Nicole Obi and Aisha Francis

Nubian Square can be the next Black Wall Street

Realizing the vision for this vibrant neighborhood requires focused, collaborative, and intentional capital investment from multiple sectors.
Mei-Ling Smith

Do dogs have to go everywhere with their owners?

For those of us with allergies or asthma, the presence of furry creatures in enclosed spaces can have a real impact on our health.

letters

Special ed programs committed to the care of those in their trust

Trump-era tax cuts must be a part of Capitol Hill fiscal debate

Charter schools gave her kids confidence they never knew they had

Without MCAS as a graduation requirement, who will be accountable?

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Editor's picks

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Is crypto dead? Critic Molly White doesn’t think so.

With Sam Bankman-Fried’s upcoming trial, the crypto industry is under fire, but it won’t be stopped, says the writer of the “Web3 Is Going Just Great” blog.
EDITORIAL

The Boston suburbs’ cynical ploy to keep poor families out: Use seniors as a shield

Leafy communities have steered subsidized housing away from parents with kids and toward elders for decades. It’s time for a rebalancing.
KEEP MCAS

Pandemic learning losses show MCAS is needed now more than ever

The 2023 test scores are nothing to celebrate. Too many of the Commonwealth’s more than 913,000 public school students continue to lag behind their pre-pandemic scores.
EDITORIAL

When building bike lanes isn’t enough

Yes, it is a critical first step to getting more people out of their cars and onto bikes. But government, business, and civic groups can do more to encourage cycling.
JEFF JACOBY

Rupert Murdoch was good for Boston

The media tycoon’s sins may be many, but a love of newspapers has always been among his greatest virtues.
IDEAS | KARA MILLER

Marriage is increasingly for the upper classes. That’s not a good sign.

The economic divide between one- and two-parent households is getting larger.

Cartoons

CHRISTOPHER WEYANT

The disappearing act

WILLIAM DOWD

Remembering Srinivasa Ramanujan

PATRICK CHAPPATTE

Capitol Hill chaos

BETH WOLFENSBERGER SINGER

Loose leaf notebook

WARD SUTTON

The Democrats’ dilemma

CHRISTOPHER WEYANT

Worlds apart

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EDITORIAL

Boston goes begging on Beacon Hill for more liquor licenses

Key economic generator held captive to an ancient system with a sad history.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Anti-migrant fringe group NSC-131 not so fringe

The New England-based neo-Nazi group is apparently trying to recruit new members on the South Shore.

EDITORIAL

As GOP support for Ukraine frays, Democrats should remain firm

The ouster of Kevin McCarthy as House speaker shows that there is growing opposition among Republicans to backing Ukraine’s defense against Russia.

Ron Currie

Will Donald Trump go the way of Paul LePage?

Given the stakes, it’s understandable that a lot of us are worried Donald Trump might somehow be elected president again. But I’m not worried.

BANNED BOOKS

Banned Books Week: ‘Flamer’ by Mike Curato

In honor of Banned Books Week, Globe Opinion is publishing excerpts from some of the hundreds of titles banned in US classrooms and libraries this year.

SCOT LEHIGH

GOP presidential campaign in New Hampshire shows signs of life

Nikki Haley has overtaken Ron DeSantis in the race for second place in the Republican presidential nomination.

EDITORIAL

Democrats won’t miss Kevin McCarthy. Probably.

The California Republican was no friend to the minority party in Congress. But his replacement could be worse. If Democrats gain any influence over the selection process, they should use it to steer the House away from extremism.

Nick Fuller Googins

Biden’s American Climate Corps is weak and won’t save us

In tackling the climate crisis, Biden must lead like FDR.

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SPECIAL PROJECTS

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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