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The sharks threatening Cape Cod don’t have fins

Large companies that buy up homes to offer as short-term vacation rentals are driving up prices and making it hard for year-round residents and workers to stay.
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Why Secretary of State Blinken’s meeting with China’s president was important

US-China tensions have been running alarmingly high, and the first step to cooling them is talking. Next comes the hard part.
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Beacon Hill would be right to repair ‘right to repair’ law

State should address the cybersecurity concerns that prompted the federal government to block the 2020 law.
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Chris Christie charts a path for Republicans

Unlike most of his opponents in the Republican primaries, Christie is making a forceful and direct case for the party to move on from Trump.

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Court leaves no room for racism or bias in judicial system
Public defender made anti-Muslim, anti-Black comments.

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Want to cut the police budget? This isn’t how.
Boston does spend too much on police overtime. But the way to tackle that overspending is through renegotiating union contracts, not a $31 million budget cut that the councilors know full well the city can’t follow through on.

Finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing

A battle for affordable housing in Massachusetts

The Globe editorial board's 2020 series on the need for inclusive housing reform in Newton and across the Commonwealth.

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Healey’s refreshing approach to pardons

The governor’s move to recommend pardons for seven people this early in her administration is a stark and promising contrast to her predecessors.

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Facing a shortage of doctors and nurses, Mass. should open door wider for foreign-trained providers

Changing the medical residency requirement would help immigrants use their skills.

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Why are drug prices so high? Mass. should press for answers.

Lawmakers should make pharmaceutical companies, pharmacy benefit managers, and wholesalers explain themselves at cost-trend hearings.

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The shadow docket does clear harm in voting rights case

It’s good the Supreme Court upheld the Voting Rights Act in an Alabama case. But it did so only after letting the 2022 election take place under the map now ruled unlawful.

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Why can’t nursing schools meet the growing demand for nurses?

Lack of faculty and clinical placements create bottlenecks.

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PGA deal with Saudi funder lands golf in the rough

Morally bankrupt merger brings shame to a once proud organization.

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Republicans wanted law and order — until Trump was indicted

Senior Republican officials are undermining the integrity of the justice system by fueling conspiracy theories about the former president’s indictment. What happened to their calls for law and order?

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Writing Madison Park’s next chapter

Employers can’t find enough qualified workers. Now’s the time to invest in vocational education.