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Letters

Students with disabilities face inequities in access to bilingual classes

English learners with disabilities face startling inequities in educational outcomes that have widened significantly due to the disproportionate impact of COVID-19.

OpEds

Trying to close the gender pay gap — 60 years after the Equal Pay Act

Before becoming parents, men and women earn about the same. But after becoming parents, men earn 60 percent more than women.

OpEds

Clarence Thomas was a beneficiary of race-based admissions at my school

He will probably be among the Supreme Court’s majority in the next few weeks when it is expected to strike down the use of affirmative action in college admissions.

Columns

Don’t call my breasts ‘boobs.’ It’s degrading.

The tone of the word “boobs” is jaunty and jokey and a little bit tough: women taking back and wielding a word that was once used to demean us. But the word is still degrading.

OpEds

When professional white women say they aren’t focused on social activism

White women are the biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action in the United States. They also have more wealth than Black and Latina women, are more likely to be married, and are more likely to be admitted as legacy students to Ivy league universities.

Columns

The mayor, the business community, and so many fragile egos

A certain part of Boston’s business community is freaking out.

OpEds

Stop bailing out the rich and their banks

Confidence in the financial industry and the government has been lost, and it is time for a change.

OpEds

Women are prepared to lead as CEOs. Why won’t boards hire them?

A new research report found that among the largest 75 public companies in Massachusetts, only six CEOs are women — a mere 8 percent.