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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Earlier this year, I asked my husband of 20 years if he would mind if I purchased an AI 'boyfriend' for research purposes," writes social psychologist Denise Marigold. "Surely an AI chatbot couldn’t rival a genuine human connection. Or could it?"
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I asked my husband if I could get an AI boyfriend. He said yes. - The Boston Globe
I’m a social psychologist who studies relationships. I thought I knew the difference between human connection and artificial intimacy. Then I met Nate.
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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“I’m not an asshole, but sometimes I acted like one,” says Matt Siegel on #SayMore. Listen to the episode:
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‘I was an idiot’: Matty in the Morning wants to make amends - The Boston Globe
We put former Kiss 108 radio host Matt Siegel in front of a microphone for 30 minutes. This is what he said.
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Chappatte Cartoons @chappatte.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Free speech, my way - © Chappatte in The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com via @globeopinion.bsky.social 👉 www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/24/o...
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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column:
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The vulgar sound of a man laughing at a woman’s humiliation - The Boston Globe
College football star Arch Manning apologized for giggling at an AI-generated video depicting an assault on a woman journalist. It was too little, too late.
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Chappatte Cartoons @chappatte.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Contortions at the Republican Convention - © Chappatte in The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com via @globeopinion.bsky.social 👉 chappatte.com
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If you have to explain a joke, it doesn’t work. This one was even less effective because it played into the stereotype of a wealthy candidate who is trying to buy an election, writes Joan Vennochi.
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Mike Minogue’s bad joke raised a serious question about Springfield courthouse award - The Boston Globe
The issue has something to do with Massachusetts politics, not MAGA politics.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Editorial: Experienced judges have the expertise to weigh the evidence and to see all of the possible sentencing outcomes and consequences in a way jurors, who have been thrown into the legal system often for the first time in their lives, can’t.
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If DA retries Lindsay Clancy and Latarsha Sanders cases, he should downgrade charges - The Boston Globe
Whether the two moms who killed their kids were insane or criminally liable is far too difficult a determination for jurors to make. A trial before a judge would be a better outcome.
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Marcela Garcia @marcelagarcia.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A powerful incumbent, a crowded open seat, a lawmaker facing federal charges, and a 41-vote rematch make these the legislative races to watch in Massachusetts on Tuesday. MY LATEST @globeopinion.bsky.social column: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/01/o... #Massachusetts #mapoli #bospoli
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The four races I’m watching Tuesday night - The Boston Globe
A powerful incumbent, a crowded open seat, a lawmaker facing federal charges, and a 41-vote rematch make these the legislative races to watch on Tuesday.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Editorial: If you want a say in the future, make sure to vote Tuesday. Sure, it’s “just” the primary. But make no mistake, this is the vote that counts. See here how the Globe endorsed before heading to the polls:
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Here are the Globe’s endorsements in Tuesday’s primary - The Boston Globe
Tuesday is primary day in Massachusetts. Here is a recap of the Globe editorial board's endorsements in some of those races.
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Chappatte Cartoons @chappatte.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#Canada stands its ground - © Chappatte in The @bostonglobe.com via @globeopinion.bsky.social 👉 www.chappatte.com/en/images/ca...
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Marcela Garcia @marcelagarcia.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My @globeopinion.bsky.social latest is on #DollyParton, motherhood, and my diamond engagement ring: Dolly Parton never became a mother, and yet she mothered millions anyway — and showed the rest of us that a legacy doesn’t require descendants. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/28/o... #Dolly
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On Dolly Parton, motherhood, and my diamond engagement ring - The Boston Globe
She never became a mother, and yet she mothered millions anyway — and showed the rest of us that a legacy doesn’t require descendants.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Editorial: Generational change is on the lips of many candidates this midterm season. Representative Seth Moulton is promising that he can bring new vision and vigor to an aging, ailing, and deeply unpopular party.
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The Globe editorial board endorses Seth Moulton for Senate - The Boston Globe
Moulton has proven leadership skills that will serve him well if he reaches the Senate, and his positions on major issues — including health care, the cost of living, and foreign policy — have been co...
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Marcela Garcia @marcelagarcia.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My NEW @globeopinion.bsky.social column: Why is Rachael Rollins casting Michelle Wu as Boston’s Trump? In the Suffolk DA’s race, Rollins is tying Kevin Hayden to the mayor to court voters frustrated with the Wu administration. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/18/o...
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Why is Rachael Rollins casting Michelle Wu as Boston’s Trump? - The Boston Globe
In the Suffolk DA’s race, Rollins is tying Kevin Hayden to the mayor to court voters frustrated with the Wu administration.
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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A high-ranking state official pulled a Black woman's hair at an agency event. Even if we didn’t know it at the time, countless other Black women like me felt the indignity of it. My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.
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Why Phil Eng’s hair-pulling incident hits differently for Black women - The Boston Globe
The MBTA chief’s "insensitive" act evoked a long history of Black people, especially women, being objectified.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Editorial: We are endorsing Adam Deitch because while the Sandra Birchmore and John O’Keefe cases have dominated headlines, they are unlikely to dominate the next four years for whoever is elected DA.
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Adam Deitch for Norfolk DA - The Boston Globe
A former federal prosecutor, Deitch stands out among a field that includes several well-qualified candidates seeking to succeed Michael W. Morrissey.
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Marcela Garcia @marcelagarcia.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
My new @globeopinion.bsky.social column is about the new immigrant protections law that Mass. Governor Maura Healey signed last week. Healey called it "the strongest law in the country" — but is it? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/18/o...
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The truth about the ICE law Healey just signed - The Boston Globe
What the PROTECT Act actually does — and doesn’t do.
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Chappatte Cartoons @chappatte.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The art of the negotiation - © Chappatte in The @bostonglobe.com via @globeopinion.bsky.social 👉 www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/13/o... 👉 www.chappatte.com/en/images/ar...
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Marcela Garcia @marcelagarcia.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
MY LATEST is on the border lesson Trump is missing in #Ceuta: The president seized on the brief migration surge in Spain to warn of an ‘invasion’ at the US-Mexico border, but the reality is far more complicated. @globeopinion.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/03/o...
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The border lesson Trump misses in Ceuta, Spain - The Boston Globe
Trump seized on a brief migration surge in Spain to warn of an “invasion” at America’s southern border. The reality is far more complicated.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Higher education is in trouble. Schools are under unprecedented pressure to reinvent themselves. There’s never been a better time for bold ideas about the ways forward. Sign up for #CollegeTown, a weekly newsletter from Hilary Burns. Subscribe: globe.com/collegetown
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"Sometimes we avoid art because it may be too good. With Argos, I’m worried — terrified — that Nolan will get it exactly right and I know what it will awaken in me," writes @marcelagarcia.bsky.social.
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Everybody is watching ‘The Odyssey.’ I can’t. - The Boston Globe
Christopher Nolan’s epic confronts me with Argos, Odysseus’s faithful dog — and with the anticipatory grief of losing my nearly 13-year-old lab.
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Marcela Garcia @marcelagarcia.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
My @globeopinion.bsky.social latest: Tram Nguyen is being outspent in the MA-06 race. Don’t count her out. The Vietnamese immigrant is betting that women voters, her refugee story, and a legislative record can beat money and political connections. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/28/o...
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Tram Nguyen is being outspent. Don’t count her out. - The Boston Globe
Tram Nguyen is betting that women voters, her refugee story, and a legislative record can beat money and political connections.
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Chappatte Cartoons @chappatte.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
In today’s Opinion pages of The @bostonglobe.com , USA, via @globeopinion.bsky.social > www.chappatte.com/en
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Unlike Ivy League schools maintaining the status quo, innovative HBCUs are seizing the opportunity to become larger, better institutions, writes Hilary Burns. Subscribe to #CollegeTown:
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Who’s really changing the world? While elite colleges stay small, HBCUs are in growth mode. - The Boston Globe
Predominantly Black universities are among the few higher ed institutions making the case that bigger is better.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
“Are any of us really safe if one of the most experienced cyclists in the city was killed doing the thing she loved?” writes Rami Abou-Sabe.
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My bicycle could save the world … if you’d all just stop trying to kill me - The Boston Globe
I used to think that my experience on the road made me safe. But the tragic death of Louisa Gag has shaken my confidence.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“Welcome to American sports,” says Ben Volin on #SayMore. “This is one of the least offensive commercializations I’ve seen in a while. At least they don’t have the kickoff sponsored by Arby’s or Doritos.”
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How Boston came down with World Cup fever - The Boston Globe
"No Scotland, no party," says sports writer Ben Volin. "I literally have not stopped chanting that in my head for the last week."
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
When Joe Biden, the oldest president in this nation’s history, suspended his reelection campaign, scrutiny should have shifted to Trump, the oldest person ever elected president, writes @rygraham.bsky.social.
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The White House’s latest weapon of mass distraction: Biden’s mental state - The Boston Globe
But it’s Trump’s apparent decline that needs greater scrutiny.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
From Kenneth L. Marcus: What does it say about our society if the burden falls on marginalized students to accommodate discrimination rather than on institutions to prevent it?
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Williams College prided itself on residential life — until an Orthodox student arrived - The Boston Globe
A top college’s policy forced a student to choose between faith and accessing his dorm.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
One thing Anthropic can do right now — the most important thing, perhaps — is to drop its military contracts, writes Michael Brown. All of them. #GlobeIdeas
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It’s time for Anthropic to get out of the business of killing people - The Boston Globe
The AI giant won’t allow the military to use its technology for autonomous weapons. That’s a good step. But it’s not enough.
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Chappatte Cartoons @chappatte.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The art of the Iran deal - In today's Opinion pages of The @bostonglobe.com via @globeopinion.bsky.social 👉 www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/17/o...
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Even those who would never consider whacking their jawline or cheekbones with a metal tool still take what measures they deem necessary to look their best, writes @rygraham.bsky.social.
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We are all looksmaxxers - The Boston Globe
Rosie O’Donnell is talking about her recent facelift. Who doesn’t want to look their best?
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
"To avoid pain, the dying and their families do not need to end lives sooner; we need those in power to fix the system so that final days are defined by comfort, not administrative cruelty," writes Jane Swift.
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What my husband’s death taught me about assisted suicide - The Boston Globe
The problem isn’t that dying patients lack options. It’s that our health care system too often abandons them when they need support most.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"There’s a fine line between belt tightening and excessively depriving yourself of experiences and possessions — which let’s face it, cost money — that bring us joy," writes Jason Margolis.
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The math — and mind-set — of retiring early - The Boston Globe
How much money do I really need to retire? Are we actually working too long, cheating ourselves out of some of our best years?
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
If Netanyahu is actually unafraid of the truth, then Israel wouldn’t be going to court against The New York Times, @abdallahfayyad.bsky.social writes.
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Don’t dismiss Nicholas Kristof’s reporting on Israeli prisons - The Boston Globe
Israel is threatening to sue The New York Times for an article exposing the sexual abuse and torture of Palestinians. But the new allegations fit a long, disturbing pattern.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Editorial: If this is a power squabble, work it out. Disagreements happen, but dysfunction on display this summer would be a reputational embarrassment.
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The clock is ticking: Boston and the T need to sort out the World Cup safety plan - The Boston Globe
The city and state are arguing about whether to close a block of traffic near South Station to help ensure the safety of foreign visitors boarding trains bound for Foxborough.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“One person read this book, and they just called it a great American bar crawl,” says @isaacfitzgerald.bsky.social. Listen to the author discuss his newest book “American Rambler” on #SayMore:
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Isaac Fitzgerald and Johnny Appleseed are Massachusetts dirtbags - The Boston Globe
The bestselling author discusses his new book, “American Rambler,” which follows the footsteps of Johnny Appleseed from New England to Indiana.
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Chappatte Cartoons @chappatte.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A federal slush fund to reward Trump allies - © Chappatte in The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com via @globeopinion.bsky.social 👉 www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/20/o...
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Crime pays - The Boston Globe
An editorial cartoon by Patrick Chappatte.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
“It was a model of a legislative process the way it should happen, and I hope it will be repeated. I am confident Barney would agree,” writes former Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd.
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Barney Frank was the perfect partner during the financial crisis - The Boston Globe
His wit, courage, and legislative skill helped guide the nation through economic catastrophe.
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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Read more in @globeopinion.bsky.social: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/06/o...
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Brown University School of Public Health @brownpublichealth.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
"The Trump administration correctly diagnosed that Americans pay two to three times what peer nations pay for the same drugs. Its 'most favored nation' initiative...hasn’t moved the needle." Prof. Irene Papanicolas & @ashishkjha.bsky.social have 3 ways to lower drug prices @globeopinion.bsky.social
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Drug prices in US are too high. Here’s how to lower them. - The Boston Globe
The gap between US drug prices and those abroad is not a market outcome — it is the result of deliberate political and regulatory choices.
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Chappatte Cartoons @chappatte.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The #Hantavirus Cruise - © Chappatte in The @bostonglobe.com via @globeopinion.bsky.social 👉 www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/07/o...
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Cruise turns crisis - The Boston Globe
An editorial cartoon by Patrick Chappatte.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
“There was always this little bit of weirdness for people telling you they were originally from Dorchester,” author @praddenkeefe.bsky.social says on #SayMore. “They were proud they were from there, but also proud to have it in their rearview mirror.”
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‘All that feels very close to home’: How Patrick Radden Keefe’s crime stories took him from Dorchester to Belfast and London - The Boston Globe
The "Say More" author’s new book "London Falling" unravels the mysterious death of an English teenager.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
For many disgruntled Boston sports fans, a year without a ring is like living in a world turned inside out, @rygraham.bsky.social writes.
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Boston sports fans are the sorest sore losers - The Boston Globe
The Bruins and Celtics suffered early playoff exits. Their supporters did not take it well.
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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Justice Alito is big mad after Justice Jackson called out the majority for rushing its final judgement in the ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act. My take: Stay mad, Sam. Stay mad. My @globeopinion.bsky.social column: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/06/o...
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Supreme war of words erupts in voting rights case - The Boston Globe
How the Supreme Court’s ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act brought the tensions within the court out in the open.
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Chappatte Cartoons @chappatte.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
How Black women instigate for democracy: An interview with @atimaomara.bsky.social about her new book, "The Instigators." My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.
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How Black women instigate for democracy - The Boston Globe
Atima Omara’s new book delves into the lives of women dedicated to liberty and justice for all.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Mike Vrabel gets to duck the tough questions with the argument that what is a clear ethical line for a journalist is fuzzier for a coach, Joan Vennochi writes.
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Why is Mike Vrabel skirting the fallout of those Page Six photos? - The Boston Globe
There’s a double standard when it comes to questions about his relationship with the reporter and how it might have affected her coverage of the Patriots and its rivals.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
“Allow me to work on my property with my own two hands that God gave me,” John Carbin wrote in a letter to the Supreme Court justices, who declined to hear his case.
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He can build aircraft engines. Massachusetts won’t let him install a toilet. - The Boston Globe
Massachusetts’ ban on DIY plumbing serves no clear public good; lawmakers should scrap it.
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Boston Globe Opinion @globeopinion.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
“High costs are now the existential crisis in health care,” write @massgovernor.bsky.social and Mitt Romney. “And with inaction at the federal level, it is up to states to lead once again.”
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Massachusetts health reform at 20: A model for what government can do - The Boston Globe
The 2006 reform law showed what’s possible when leaders put people ahead of politics. That lesson is more urgent than ever.
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Rebecca Ostriker @rebeccaostriker.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
"Every time I walk through that entrance, my heart races. My hands clench. The muscles in my body contract": The call to dename Harvard's building named after billionaire donor Les Wexner, longtime close associate of Epstein. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/14/o... @globeopinion.bsky.social
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I am a survivor of sexual abuse. Here’s why Harvard must dename the Wexner building. - The Boston Globe
The billionaire donor was a longtime close associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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