EDITORIAL
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The state Senate needs to fund MCAS testing at the needed level.
EDITORIAL
The gift of life at Boston City Hall
Felix D. Arroyo is back at work, thanks to heroic action, and a new policy that placed a defibrillator on each floor of City Hall.
Opinion | Jill Abramson
Drew Gilpin Faust defied and transcended ‘first female’ typecasting
In her 11-year leadership of Harvard, Drew Gilpin Faust transcended “first female” typecasting and thrived.
Michael A. Cohen
The rhetoric and reality of the US-North Korea summit
A face-saving measure that will allow each side to claim victory is the best chance we have for this summit not ending in complete disaster.
JEFF JACOBY
America’s plummeting birthrate is an alarm we shouldn’t ignore
Americans seem less inclined than ever to be fruitful and multiply. That should trouble anyone who hopes our best days are yet to come.
EDITORIAL
If Nantucket has room for golf, it can tolerate housing
On Nantucket, a battle for housing flares between the workforce and the wealthy.
SCOT LEHIGH
Trump administration’s internal struggle: rule of law or law of ruler
If the president fires Robert Mueller, it will be an unmistakable indicator he has something to hide.
Opinion | Paul Tremblay
A new history of violence
The lockdown drill is at 12:45 p.m. The rest of the faculty and I know it is coming. The students do not.
EDITORIAL
More questions for Mount Ida’s former president
Barry Brown served as a trustee for a nonprofit that made a $16.5 million loan to the struggling Mount Ida College in Newton at the same time that he was the college president.
Opinion | Mary Robinson
How Massachusetts can blaze a trail for climate action
Ireland’s former president issues a call to action for the commonwealth on climate change.
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JOAN VENNOCHI
Governor Charlie Baker is a cautious hoarder of political capital.
Opinion | Jill Abramson
In her 11-year leadership of Harvard, Drew Gilpin Faust transcended “first female” typecasting and thrived.
Letters
Massachusetts is weighing what to do with prisoners who are near the end of life.
Letters
“Not everyone here is sorry to see Senator Rosenberg resign.”
Letters
“No one is above the law. This includes President Trump.”
Ideas | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
Frontier spirit? As if. It’s the quest for convenience and sameness that shapes the American psyche.
Ideas | Catharine Wang
Direct-to-consumer companies are generating some unintended spillover effects that consumers may not be prepared for.
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