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Shira Schoenberg

Former senator Dean Tran faces new legal woes

The FBI is investigating him, and he already faces state charges in gun case.
NEWSLETTERS

The thin line between ‘fans’ and ‘fanatics’

Performers are finding themselves dodging — if reflexes prevail — all kinds of projectiles.
SCOT LEHIGH

Republicans make conspiracy theories their go-to explanation

What was once an occasional impulse has become a knee-jerk reflex.
JEFF JACOBY

The scandal at the Harvard morgue is not a reason for more government

Changes in the body donation system must be made. Bringing in the feds is not the best way to make them.

op-eds

Arthur Caplan, Michael Pourfar, and Alon Y. Mogilner

Should we fear or encourage mind control?

Despite the hype surrounding Elon Musk’s announcements of potential mind/brain interfaces, the actual science of brain modification is far from being ready to support sharing our thoughts in the cloud much less transmitting them to an AI Chatbot intent on eliminating human life.
Rachelle G. Cohen

All that is right with South Africa — and all that is wrong

A concert in Soweto is a perfect metaphor for all that is hopeful and joyful and all that is dysfunctional.
Kaivan Shroff

Hunter Biden shows he isn’t above the rule of law

For a young voter like me, that is inspiring.
Kevin C. Peterson and Robert Lewis Jr.

Why you should visit Boston’s ‘murder triangle’

People who would otherwise never go to these neighborhoods saw with their own eyes what was working and what the needs were.

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Kaivan Shroff

Hunter Biden shows he isn’t above the rule of law

For a young voter like me, that is inspiring.

NEWSLETTERS

They can’t win. Why do they run?

Francis X. Suarez wasn’t the only candidate with no realistic chance of winning who jumped this month into the race for the White House.

Kevin C. Peterson and Robert Lewis Jr.

Why you should visit Boston’s ‘murder triangle’

People who would otherwise never go to these neighborhoods saw with their own eyes what was working and what the needs were.

JEFF JACOBY

In rejecting affirmative action, Justice Thomas is no hypocrite

Judges vow to uphold the Constitution “faithfully and impartially,” without regard to their personal history.

RENÉE GRAHAM

William Barr’s infuriating redemption tour

Speaking the truth about Trump is fine. What the former AG won’t talk about is how he once served as Trump’s chief enabler and henchman.

NEWSLETTERS

The Golden Age of transit-building had its challenges, too

Charles A. Ufford spent 30 years as a one-man evangelist for the Dorchester tunnel plan.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Mayor Wu shouldn’t move the O’Bryant school

Moving the O’Bryant, which has been unceremoniously pushed around and relocated before, not only disrespects it once again but also It disrespects the community that makes it what it is.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Turmoil in Haiti reaches catastrophic levels. Where is the outrage?

Gangs are controlling more and more territory, and gang-related violence is increasing. Inflation is soaring, and food has become expensive; nearly half of the population — 4.9 million — are suffering from acute hunger. Schools and hospitals have shut down due to the widespread violence.