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Ideas

Lynn is trying to reinvent itself. Will inertia at the MBTA derail its plan?

The city is building new, affordable housing near the commuter line — only to have the transit agency close the station.

OpEds

Will Boston spiral into the ‘urban doom loop’? Not if we act.

Remote and hybrid work are here to stay, office towers are half empty, and downtowns are turning into ghost towns. Boston is less vulnerable but its relative security could pose its own danger: complacency.

OpEds

Installing bike and bus lanes requires public debate

The problem isn’t with the concept of bike lanes but, rather, the lack of public conversation or transparency.

Columns

Somerville shows how to be civically engaged

A Harvard case study on Somerville’s efforts at civic engagement offers important lessons at a time of increasing distrust in government at all levels. It can also be a guidepost for the future of citizen participation.

OpEds

Massachusetts needs a housing moon shot

The state needs an approach that puts the burden and the responsibility not only on government but on all of us as concerned citizens.

Letters

Boston’s planning apparatus has to change. Keep at it, Mayor Wu.

Developers have overbuilt Boston’s office and luxury condo market. They are crying now to the media that their uncertain future is Wu’s fault for trying to clean up the BPDA.

Columns

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

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

OpEds

‘Yellowstone,’ Utah-style

Throughout the Mountain West, real-life Dutton ranches are being gobbled up by the mile. Some of these new arrivals are bringing with them Democratic-leaning politics, which I welcome. Other Utahns clearly do not.