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Jaiy Dickson of Boston carried a rainbow flag as she marched during the Gay Pride Parade in Boston on June 8, 2013.

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.

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.

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People stroll through the “Gingerbread Houses” neighborhood of Oak Bluffs on Sept. 9.

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.

Robert Leikind

After Hamas attack, Israel will protect its people and its future

Hamas has always been clear and consistent about its goal: the destruction of Israel.

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Ron Currie

Former Maine governor Paul LePage spoke at a campaign rally held by Eric Trump, son of Donald Trump, Sept. 17, 2020, in Saco, Maine.

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

Art from the young adult graphic novel, “Flamer” by Mike Curato.
Published by Godwin Books, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

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

Former South Carolina governor and UN ambassador Nikki Haley spoke during the second Republican presidential primary debate at the Reagan Presidential Library in California on Sept. 27.

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.

NEWSLETTERS

President Lyndon Johnson and Vice President Hubert Humphrey (back row, third from left) with members of the Kerner Commisson.

No good news about how the media covers Black people and their communities

The Kerner report, authorized by President Lyndon Johnson in 1967 during racial unrest in several cities, called out the imbalanced and shallow coverage of this nation’s Black communities.

Nick Fuller Googins

Logs lie in an area where young pine trees were burned in a wildfire near Merryville, La., on Aug. 30. One of the American Climate Corps' stated goals is to expand wildfire crisis strategies.

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

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

banned books

Banned Books Week: ‘Between the World and Me’ by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Former president Donald Trump on the third day of his civil fraud trial in New York on Oct. 4. On Tuesday, Judge Arthur Engoron imposed a gag order on Trump after the former president used his social media platform to lash out at a courthouse clerk.

Judges should meet Trump’s contempt with contempt orders

A contempt order against Trump will swiftly be held up by him and his supporters as proof of this false narrative. So what? It would be worse if judges let him get away with it.

JEFF JACOBY

President Biden welcomed Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House Sept. 21.

The real reason an ‘America First’ mindset dominates the Republican base

The party that doesn’t control the White House is less likely to support US engagement abroad.