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The Department of Education in Washington, D.C.

Democracy dies on the shadow docket

By allowing the Trump administration to decimate the Department of Education, the Supreme Court’s majority has elevated its own power while tying the hands of lower court judges.

Carine Hajjar

One reason why Newton public schools are losing students

The city’s schools are supposed to be among the state’s best. So why are families leaving?

RENÉE GRAHAM

Remember the real victims of Jeffrey Epstein

The focus shouldn't be on Trump's latest attempt to shield himself from responsibility. It should be on inching closer to justice for the survivors who've already waited too long.

Eugene Scott

Do we really want churches to become more political?

Many people don’t want their religious leaders to tell them how to vote. In the current deeply divided political moment, that could matter even more.

JEFF JACOBY

Tests used to be hard. That was the point.

How many questions can you answer correctly from 19th-century high school entrance exams?

op-eds

A Globe page from Feb. 10, 1971, shows Paul Couming, center, taking refuge at the Paulist Center.

Alex Beam

Divine intervention: A powerful podcast on Boston’s Catholic anti-Vietnam War protests

“All these zany Catholics brought a ferocity of love to everything to what they did that cannot be denied.”

Leonard Saxe

Polygraph tests are scientifically unreliable. Here’s why the Trump administration is using them anyway.

Even if polygraph tests are not accurate, the threat of a test can serve as a deterrent or as an interrogation tool to elicit admissions.

VISUAL ESSAY

Texting with my landlord

What I text and what my landlord reads are two very different things.

JILL ABRAMSON

The conservative weapon bringing down university presidents and law reviews

The Washington Free Beacon is publishing scoops that have left blood on the floor at Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, Duke, and other prestigious corners of academia.

Dr. Jhilam Biswas

How cellphone-free schools can work for everyone

Time away from devices during the school day offers young minds the rare room to breathe — space for deeper thinking, social connection, and a daily digital detox in a world where digital input rarely takes a pause.

editorials

Casandra Xavier, who is visually impaired and uses a cane when walking, navigated Richmond Street while walking home from work, in Boston on March 21.

EDITORIAL

This most walkable of cities trips up when it comes to fixing sidewalks

Complaints mount as Boston faces an $800 million repair backlog.

EDITORIAL

Boston’s schools don’t have to be mediocre

Voters should press the mayoral candidates to debate detailed solutions to the district’s major problems.

EDITORIAL

One big disaster for Massachusetts health care

Approximately 326,000 Mass. residents are expected to lose insurance coverage under Trump’s big tax and spending cuts bill.

EDITORIAL

Mass. shouldn’t rely on RFK Jr.’s appointees for vaccine advice

The state has long deferred to a federal vaccine panel. But that’s no longer wise.

EDITORIAL

Trump is doing the right thing in pushing back on Putin to support Ukraine

His arms deal with NATO should be just the start. Now Congress needs to give him a “sledgehammer” to sanction Russia.

ideas

IDEAS | Mary Beth Terry

More young women are getting diagnosed with cancer than ever. Why are we investing so little in prevention?

The federal government has cut funding for research on women’s health even as we stand on the cusp of major breakthroughs.

IDEAS | Sarah Darghouth

Going to therapy while the world is on fire

Some of my patients feel guilt over the privilege of spending a 50-minute hour talking about themselves. But therapy can have political power, too.

IDEAS | Francesco Bertolucci & Stefano Morelli

‘Here lies Florence, dead of overtourism’

Short-term rentals have pushed out longtime city residents and created not just a housing problem in the Tuscan city, but an identity crisis.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Trump’s new list of enemy countries could be a self-fulfilling prophecy

The BRICS coalition is challenging America’s economic dominance. The president’s angry response may drive them closer together.

IDEAS | Laura Petrovich-Cheney

‘Jaws’ — the unlikely glue that binds my estranged siblings and me

Sometimes, the experience that terrifies is the one that unites, even if only for a season.

letters to the editor

Harvard would be unwise to negotiate with Trump

How to make collision-prone Boston safer for all

Let’s put this Sox hot streak in perspective

So, the Sox are pretty, pretty good. Nice of a sportswriter to admit it.

The endless quest to see an end to suffering in Gaza

Mass. K-12 plan to address antisemitism is flawed

Editor's picks

President Trump wore a pin with the flags of Canada and the United States at a session of the G7 Summit on June 16 in Kananaskis, Canada.

LETTERS

‘Dear American neighbours’: Canadian paper’s readers would like to send us a message

The Montreal news outlet La Presse and Boston Globe Opinion are collaborating to facilitate a citizen dialogue amid tensions between Canada and the United States.

Social media influencer and podcaster Alex Cooper walked on the field to deliver the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Park on June 26, 2024.

Jenny Rossman

What the former soccer players supporting ex-BU coach Feldman seem to misunderstand about sexual harassment

When “Call Her Daddy” podcast host Alex Cooper went public with claims of sexual harassment in the BU soccer program, nearly 100 alumni signed a letter of support for former coach Nancy Feldman.

Karissa Korman, Carine Hajjar, and Rebecca Spiess

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are breaking up. Here’s a playlist to help them cope.

How else will two of the world’s most powerful men manage?

A student worked in the library at Boston Latin School in Boston on April 17.

EDITORIAL

Wanted: An exam school admission system that can stand the test of time

Boston Public Schools has used a slightly different admission system in each of the past six years. Families and students need more predictability.

Zohran Mamdani greeted voters on June 24 in the South Bronx in New York City.

Carine Hajjar

Bowdoin nepo baby as class warrior: Zohran Mamdani embodies the left’s ‘luxury beliefs’

The New York City mayoral candidate’s platform, if implemented, would yield the type of dysfunction that only an elite could afford to weather — or to move away from.

IDEAS | TED WIDMER

The legacy of the Revolution is still up for grabs

The War of Independence brought the United States together. Today we're divided over what it all meant.

CARTOONS

SAGE STOSSEL

Harvard’s been here before

CHRISTOPHER WEYANT

Beginning of the end

KATHRYN BAECHT AND ERIN MCREYNOLDS

Animal folklore for predicting the weather without NOAA

CHRISTOPHER WEYANT

Big beautiful boom

PATRICK CHAPPATTE

The beautiful bill: Ugly for the poor

PAUL KARASIK

Dam it or bust

May I have a word: Nobody asked you

A word for the blowhards among us whose advice is both uninformed and unsolicited.

Trump is doing the right thing in pushing back on Putin to support Ukraine

His arms deal with NATO should be just the start. Now Congress needs to give him a “sledgehammer” to sanction Russia.

The conservative weapon bringing down university presidents and law reviews

The Washington Free Beacon is publishing scoops that have left blood on the floor at Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, Duke, and other prestigious corners of academia.

‘No Me Quiero Ir De Aquí’: Bad Bunny’s 30-night homecoming that’s powering Puerto Rico

Bad Bunny is boosting the island’s economy, drawing attention to its culture, and delivering a powerful political message simply by staying put.

How cellphone-free schools can work for everyone

A newcomer State Police head looks to salvage his agency’s reputation

Scandals, the botched Read investigation, and a recruit’s death spotlighted problems with the Massachusetts State Police. The new chief is starting to fix them.

IDEAS | Laura Petrovich-Cheney

Queueing up to see "Jaws" in New York City in August 1975.

‘Jaws’ — the unlikely glue that binds my estranged siblings and me

Sometimes, the experience that terrifies is the one that unites, even if only for a season.

School cellphone bans won’t turn back the clock

Instead of banning cellphones, we should be looking for ways they can help our kids.

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