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From horror movies to Oscar bait, from superhero stories to quirky detective dramas, there was no role more important â and no job easier to mess up â than fatherhood, Alyssa Rosenberg writes.
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Hollywood rediscovers dads - The Boston Globe
In a time of deep anxiety about parenthood, fathers got a surprising star turn in movies this year.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/18/opinion/fathers-portrayed-in-movies/
8 days ago
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Financial columnist Larry Edelman is âcautiously pessimisticâ about a 2026 recession. âI donât think things are going to fall apart, but they are slowing down.â Listen to
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Is it a recession, or just a vibe-cession? We ask Larry Edelman. - The Boston Globe
The financial columnist says the numbers arenât bad, but the vibes arenât great.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/18/opinion/larry-edelman-recession-say-more-podcast/
8 days ago
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Who needs real Christmas trees when tax break-loving tech billionaires need massive AI data centers to overtake communities, tax environmental resources, and gobble up jobs? Welcome to the Republican war on Christmas, writes
@rygraham.bsky.social
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How the Trump administration is stealing Christmas - The Boston Globe
Deck the halls with holiday-themed ICE memes and fewer toys under the tree because of Trumpâs tariffs.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/16/opinion/trump-war-christmas/
10 days ago
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Before Brian Walshe was found guilty on Monday of murdering his wife, he had the best defense money could buy â and Massachusetts taxpayers will be picking up the tab, writes Joan Vennochi.
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The Walshe murder verdict was a win for justice. The bill is another story. - The Boston Globe
Walshe, a man with a relish for the high life, qualified for two seasoned, well-regarded defense lawyers. It may be justified. But it would be nice to know exactly how.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/15/opinion/brian-walshe-murder-verdict-public-defender/
10 days ago
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âThe horrors of American gun violence are so banal that even the observation that theyâre banal is boring, and it has been for years,â writes
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RUN, HIDE, FIGHT is not a policy - The Boston Globe
My most upsetting feeling that night â sheltering in place, manhunt underway â was tedium. This story has been seen, digested, and repeated with such regularity that itâs now rote.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/15/opinion/brown-mass-shooting/
11 days ago
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The Trump administration isnât just cracking down on illegal immigration; itâs also attacking legal immigration by undermining the process, writes
@abdallahfayyad.bsky.social
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The shameful Faneuil Hall immigration crackdown - The Boston Globe
Plucking people out of the line for their citizenship oaths sends a message: The federal government canât be trusted.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/11/opinion/fanueil-hall-immigration-trump-ice/
15 days ago
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Chappatte Cartoons
15 days ago
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Restaurant owners have designed their spaces in ways that donât support comfortable conversation, writes Chris Berdik. Read on Substack:
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How restaurants got so noisy
In an era of vanishing conversation, the experience of dining out is being diminished.
https://globeopinion.substack.com/p/how-restaurants-got-so-noisy?r=38uuk8
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Editorial: Gerrymandering battles produce no real winners, only a loss for democracy. And the courtâs ruling will only cause the already escalating redistricting race to the bottom to get worse.
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The Supreme Court just escalated the redistricting war. Congress must end it. - The Boston Globe
The best solution would be to increase the size of the House of Representatives from its current 435 members.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/opinion/gerrymandering-texas-california-congress/
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Editorial: Even if you accept Trumpâs rationale for the murder of shipwrecked sailors in the Caribbean, it follows that if this is a war, then the militaryâs actions must obey the laws of war.
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âAmounting to murderâ: US killing of shipwrecked sailors raises urgent questions for Congress - The Boston Globe
Two people survived the Pentagonâs first strike against drug boats in the Caribbean in September. Clinging to the wreckage, they were no longer a threat. Why were they killed?
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/opinion/hegseth-boat-strikes-caribbean/
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The Supreme Court has not yet issued its ruling on whether President Trumpâs emergency tariffs regime is legal or constitutional. But some companies want their money back now,
@kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social
writes in
#TheGavel
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Companies hit by Trump tariffs: We want a refund now - The Boston Globe
Companies like Costco and Bumble Bee Foods aren't waiting on the Supreme Court's tariff ruling to sue for refunds.
http://bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/opinion/the-gavel-tariff-refunds/
22 days ago
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âIf democracy dies in darkness, our ability to engage with the world also dies in silence," says
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Marco Werman thinks international news is Americaâs secret weapon - The Boston Globe
Marco Werman discusses the importance of a global perspective and why he loves his public radio program at GBH.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/opinion/marco-werman-say-more-podcast/
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Spotify Wrapped is, by all accounts, a viral marketing stunt, David Amorim writes. But this data dump is actually one of the most important personalized medical records we can create for the future. Read more:
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22 days ago
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Congressman Bill Keating
22 days ago
The American public should see what happened during the second strike of a suspected Venezuelan drug boat - my op-ed in today's Boston Globe:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/03/opinion/strike-drug-boat-hegseth/
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A lot can change in the next two years, but at the moment, Gavin Newsom is the one to beat, writes Mariel Garza. No other prominent Democrat has taken on MAGA and won. Read on Substack:
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Gavin Newsom isnât running for president (yet), and heâs already winning
Is his front-runner status a blessing or a curse?
https://globeopinion.substack.com/p/gavin-newsom-isnt-running-for-president
23 days ago
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âThe only path to peace in Ukraine is to arm Ukraine to the teeth â give it drones, missiles, and heavy weapons,â writes one reader.
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Ukraine peace plan is âimperfectâ indeed â and unacceptable - The Boston Globe
Monsters like Vladimir Putin donât cease their aggression until they are stopped by a superior power.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/03/opinion/letters-ukraine-peace-plan-decried/
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The bar on presidential behavior has gotten damnably low with Trump back in the White House, but Mark Kelly has recently emerged as a fierce moral counterweight to this administration, writes
@rygraham.bsky.social
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Mark Kelly in 2028? - The Boston Globe
By forcefully taking on Trump and MAGA, the Democratic senator from Arizona looks like a potential White House contender.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/opinion/mark-kelly-2028-presidential-run/
23 days ago
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Rebecca Ostriker
24 days ago
Opinion | Newsroom unveils bold new ethics code: Sleep with your sources, but take notes
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/o...
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Newsroom unveils bold new ethics code: Sleep with your sources, but take notes - The Boston Globe
Any and all sources are to be considered for their romantic potential, especially politicians, and especially married scions of political dynasties with dangerously fringe public health positions and ...
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/opinion/newsroom-ethics-code-nuzzi-lizza-rfk-jr-satire/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
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"What Ben & Jerryâs proved is that itâs possible for a business to work to improve the quality of life for people, work to address injustices, and to make money at the same time,"
@yobencohen.bsky.social
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Ben Cohen wants to #FreeBenAndJerryâs - The Boston Globe
Shirley Leung talks to Ben & Jerryâs cofounder Ben Cohen about what makes his company stand apart.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/27/opinion/ben-cohen-say-more-podcast/
24 days ago
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As with most other developments in the Republican Party, support for the death penalty can be traced back to Donald Trump, writes Theo Zenou.
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Donald Trumpâs death penalty obsession - The Boston Globe
The presidentâs bloodlust is filtering down to red-state America.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/opinion/donald-trump-desantis-death-penalty/
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It has been almost totally forgotten that Harvard Universityâs campus hippies, radicals, and communists were also fighting the nanny state, writes Tommy Barone.
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What made Harvard get softer on its students - The Boston Globe
Campus battles over DEI and free speech are part of a much larger change in philosophy that took hold over decades. Will the administration show tough love now?
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/30/opinion/harvard-dei-grade-inflation-trump/
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Mariel Garza
25 days ago
My latest missive from California in
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Gavin Newsom isnât running for president (yet), and heâs already winning - The Boston Globe
Is his front-runner status a blessing or a curse?
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/01/opinion/gavin-newsom-2028-presidential-race/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
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RenĂ©e Graham đłïžâđ
about 1 month ago
Since I didn't post this yet, now's as good a time as any: My recent
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column.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/o...
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Note to Democrats: Marjorie Taylor Greene is not your friend - The Boston Globe
After criticizing Trump, the Republican representative got death threats â and an invitation from across the aisle.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/opinion/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-democrats/
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"We love veterans on Veterans Day. We love those who served and died on Memorial Day,â says Kevin Cullen on
#SayMore
. âFor those 363 other days, we don't give a shit about these people.â
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A Boston veteranâs 57-year journey to find peace - The Boston Globe
Kevin Cullen shares the story of one Boston veteran who spent decades finding peace after a devastating experience in Vietnam.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/20/opinion/vietnam-veteran-say-more-podcast/
about 1 month ago
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Senator Bernie Sanders
about 1 month ago
Republicans admit their plan to double ACA premiums & throw 15M off health care is a disaster. Trumpâs âbig ideaâ â a one-time check of AT MOST $6,500 â won't even cover cancer treatment or childbirth. Health care is a human right. It's time to expand Medicare & cut drug prices.
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Republicans finally want to talk about health care. Thatâs good â but their ideas are absurd. - The Boston Globe
Their proposals would take our already broken health care system and make it even worse. Hereâs what we should do instead.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/20/opinion/trump-health-care-reform-bernie-sanders/
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Rebecca Ostriker
about 1 month ago
SATIRE: After the Allston Car Wash raid, a college studentâs ICE tip line voicemails into the void, by
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You have reached the ICE tip line. Your delusion is important to us. - The Boston Globe
SATIRE: After the Allston Car Wash raid, a college studentâs voicemails into the void.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/19/opinion/ice-allston-car-wash-college-student/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
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Zac Segal fits an all-too-odious pattern: the self-anointed defender of law and order â or morality, or national security â who convinces himself that informing on others is not only justified but virtuous, writes
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The Allston Car Wash raid and what it means to be a neighbor - The Boston Globe
The raid was harsh. The self-righteousness of a College Republican was worse.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/19/opinion/allston-car-wash-raid-neighbors/
about 1 month ago
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The lines not to be crossed are clear: Reporters must keep a journalistic distance from sources and people in the news, writes Jill Abramson.
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Epstein, RFK Jr., and journalismâs week of shame - The Boston Globe
The lines not to be crossed are clear: Reporters must keep a journalistic distance from sources and people in the news.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/opinion/jeffrey-epstein-rfk-jr-reporters-sources/
about 1 month ago
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Ben & Jerryâs co-founder Ben Cohen will join "Say More" host Shirley Leung to discuss the future of corporate activism â and the challenge of balancing profit and purpose in a polarized era â at Globe Summit on November 19. Register and watch live:
globesummit2025.splashthat.com
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about 1 month ago
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Based on Cambridgeâs liberal reputation, a candidate like Elizabeth Hudson shouldnât have had a chance in School Committee elections,
@rebeccaspiess.bsky.social
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Is Cambridgeâs equity-based school system finally facing a reality check? - The Boston Globe
Elizabeth Hudson has tapped into public frustration that, despite lavish spending on schools, persistent achievement gaps in Cambridge remain.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/opinion/cambridge-schools-elizabeth-hudson/
about 1 month ago
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The story of the penny is about government dysfunction: how America continued to make a zombie coin that nobody wanted or needed anymore, and which cost taxpayers more than it was worth.
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Rage over a lost penny - The Boston Globe
The president wanted to look bold by eliminating the penny. But shouldnât the administration have planned ahead for the consequences?
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/13/opinion/penny-mint-trump/
about 1 month ago
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Law enforcement isnât the only tool for reducing crime â or making people feel safe,
@abdallahfayyad.bsky.social
writes. By focusing on streetscapes, city governments can do a lot to close the gap between crime statistics and the publicâs overall perception of crime.
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How to make streets feel safer without adding police - The Boston Globe
Urban planning and good city management can change your state of mind.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/16/opinion/streets-safe-crime-urban-planning/
about 1 month ago
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Chappatte Cartoons
about 1 month ago
#Epstein
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Itâs troubling that a court that has, time and time again, protected the rights of major religions â especially claims brought by conservative Christians â canât bring that same energy to give some recourse to Damon Landor,
@kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social
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#TheGavel
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Religious rights, but not for all - The Boston Globe
The First Amendment is meant to protect even minority religions. The justices donât seem to get that.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/13/newsletters/the-gavel-religious-rights-supreme-court/
about 1 month ago
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From the man who accuses Democrats of being soft on crime, Trumpâs reckless presidential pardons have created a revolving door of recidivism,
@rygraham.bsky.social
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#OUTTAKES
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All the presidentâs offenders - The Boston Globe
Trumpâs pardons are a middle finger to anyone who refuses to forget the myths that reached a violent coda on Jan. 6, 2021.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/13/opinion/trump-january-6-pardons/
about 1 month ago
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"You have more people in the upper class, you have more people in the lower class, and everyone in the middle feels squeezed on either side," Mara Kardas-Nelson says on
#SayMore
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Itâs affordability, stupid: A conversation about the disappearing middle class in Massachusetts - The Boston Globe
As the rich get richer in Massachusetts, the middle class is falling further behind.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/13/opinion/massachusetts-middle-class-say-more-podcast/
about 1 month ago
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Since Trump returned to the White House, too many Democrats have operated with the kind of magical thinking that skews closer to theater of the absurd,
@rygraham.bsky.social
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The Democrats defeat themselves again - The Boston Globe
Is a craven betrayal of their base any way to resist an authoritarian president?
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/11/opinion/democrats-government-shutdown-defeat/
about 1 month ago
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Erick Trickey
about 1 month ago
My new article for
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: New restaurants in Boston neighborhoods can finally get liquor licenses â but the city still makes it too hard just to open a restaurant.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/13/o...
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Itâs ridiculously hard to open a restaurant in Boston - The Boston Globe
The city is trying to fix its notorious liquor license problem. But thatâs just the start.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/13/opinion/boston-restaurants-liquor-licenses/
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âIf the American people do not insist that public officials obey court orders, I think that American democracy is doomed,â former US District Court Judge Mark World tells
@kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social
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âAll power is in the peopleâ - The Boston Globe
What former Judge Wolf told me about Trumpâs attack on democracy, and why heâs speaking out now.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/12/opinion/mark-wolf-judge-trump-resign/
about 1 month ago
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Editorial: Americans need both a functioning government and the subsidies â and itâs a mistake to pit them against each other.
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The shutdown deal divided Democrats but is the right call - The Boston Globe
Todayâs pain trumps tomorrowâs rising health insurance premiums.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/11/opinion/government-shutdown-endgame/
about 1 month ago
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âIf the electorate that turned out in New Jersey foreshadows the landscape Republicans will have to navigate in next yearâs midterm elections, the GOP should anticipate a drubbing,â Noah Rothman writes.
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Message from New Jersey: Itâs not too early for Republicans to panic - The Boston Globe
Gains that Donald Trump made in 2024 in the Garden State were reversed in the governorâs race.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/09/opinion/new-jersey-governor-election-republican-loss/
about 2 months ago
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Voters want to hear about how we can get to a brighter future,
@abdallahfayyad.bsky.social
writes. And that vision doesnât tend to come from candidates who keep lecturing people on whatâs not possible.
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Zohran Mamdani and the politics of trying - The Boston Globe
Voters are tired of hearing politicians talk about what they canât do. The newly elected mayor of New York has offered something different.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/opinion/zohran-mamdani-new-york-mayor/
about 2 months ago
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Editorial: Over the next four years, the task for Mayor Michelle Wu will be to stay laser-focused on Bostonâs fundamental challenges and not to mistake her easy victory on Tuesday for a blanket endorsement of the status quo.
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How Mayor Wu should spend her considerable political capital - The Boston Globe
The mayor won big, including in the City Council. She should focus her power on addressing the cityâs biggest needs: housing and education.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/opinion/michelle-wu-second-term-housing-education/
about 2 months ago
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The trick for an elastic party is not to stretch too far in one direction, David Scharfenberg writes. And in recent years, Democrats have done just that, reaching way out to the left and damaging their brand in the process.
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Mamdani won. So did Democrats in New Jersey and Virginia. Their brand is still toxic. - The Boston Globe
There is only one way to solve the partyâs enduring problem.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/opinion/new-york-new-jersey-virginia-elections-democrats/
about 2 months ago
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Tune in to a live episode of
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@leungboston.bsky.social
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@abdallahfayyad.bsky.social
as they discuss Michelle Wu, Zohran Mamdani, and the mayorâs races in Boston and New York today at 12 p.m. on our Substack:
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LIVE SOON: âSay Moreâ Live with Shirley Leung and Abdallah Fayyad
Starting Nov 5 at 12:00 PM EST
https://trib.al/AaC5F4c
about 2 months ago
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Tune in to a live episode of
#SayMore
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@leungboston.bsky.social
and
@abdallahfayyad.bsky.social
as they discuss Michelle Wu, Zohran Mamdani, and the mayorâs races in Boston and New York tomorrow at 12 p.m. on our Substack:
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LIVE SOON: âSay Moreâ live with Shirley Leung and Abdallah Fayyad
Starting Nov 5 at 12:00 PM EST
https://open.substack.com/live-stream/75522?r=38uuk8
about 2 months ago
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Through all of her husbandâs racist ramblings, Usha Vance has chosen to stay by his side,
@rygraham.bsky.social
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Donât feel sorry for Usha Vance - The Boston Globe
Like Melania Trump, the second lady knows exactly who she married and what she signed up for.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/opinion/usha-jd-vance-marriage-erika-kirk/
about 2 months ago
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In much of Boston, the race for the four at-large City Council seats is the only real contest on Nov. 4. The Globe editorial board endorses these four candidates, who articulated the clearest, most persuasive visions for Boston and the council:
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Globe endorsements for City Council: Ruthzee Louijeune, Erin Murphy, Marvin Mathelier, and Will Onuoha - The Boston Globe
Voters can pick up to four at-large candidates on the Nov. 4 ballot.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/14/opinion/city-council-endorsement-at-large/
2 months ago
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A cartoon by
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about 2 months ago
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The death penalty has gone on since time immemorial, but the means of execution in places where itâs allowed must be humane,
@kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social
writes. Far too often, executions are shown to be anything but.
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Death penalty case paints clear high court divide - The Boston Globe
Exactly how much suffering is too much?
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/newsletters/the-gavel-death-penalty/
about 2 months ago
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