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Trump’s new immigration playbook

When it comes to immigration, the president and his team are not holding back — and they have learned from the past.

yesterday 1

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Marcela García

La segunda embestida migratoria de Trump

Las propuestas de Trump 2.0 pueden parecer radicales y crueles, pero también son calculadas y deliberadas. Están diseñadas no sólo para provocar,...

yesterday 1

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Marcela García

Why Trump’s kneecapping of DEI may actually save it

DEI isn’t going away. Not because of the moral imperative but out of economic necessity.

yesterday 2

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Colette A.m. Phillips

Will Trump’s power flower or sour over time?

Persuasion will soon matter more than formal authority.

yesterday 9

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Scot Lehigh

Democrats have a new tool to fight Trump: federalism

For decades, "states’ rights” was the scourge of liberals. But when Washington itself is hostile to civil rights and liberties, a check on...

yesterday 9

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Renée Loth

The battle to protect LGBTQ rights is winnable — but will take a fight

Legal advocates are gearing up to challenge Trump’s executive orders, and they have the law and the Constitution on their side. But to succeed,...

previous day 10

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Harvard’s new approach to antisemitism is dangerous

The Israeli-Palestinian situation merits the freest possible discussion. Harvard made a mistake by adopting a definition of antisemitism that has a...

previous day 10

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Kenneth Roth

How to prevent the next Steward Health Care crisis

A first-of-its-kind Massachusetts law will rein in private-equity greed in health care, offer hope that the state can avoid similar future crises,...

previous day 20

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Eileen Appelbaum And Rosemary Batt

Why there are no reader comments on my Globe columns

I don’t mind when people disagree with me — that’s part of a journalist’s job. But disagreeing with a viewpoint is not an open invitation to...

previous day 1

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Renée Graham

Presidential pardon power shouldn’t include amnesty

Monday’s pardons by two presidents violate the spirit of the pardon power and suggest the need for constitutional reform to eliminate...

wednesday 9

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Bernadette Meyler

Josh Kraft wants to be mayor. Where does he stand on the issues facing Boston?

Right now, I know more about Mike Vrabel’s take on the Patriots than I do about Kraft’s take on Boston.

wednesday 2

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Joan Vennochi

‘It’s not just illegal immigrants’: 3 columnists on Trump’s executive orders

The rush of sweeping executive orders President Trump signed on Monday, sharply curbing immigration, didn’t catch anyone off guard. Here's what...

wednesday 2

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Marcela García

What backlash? Moulton reports huge fund-raising haul after trans comments.

“Most Democrats want to put this issue to bed, so that we don’t keep losing on it,” the North Shore congressman, who was targeted by...

wednesday 2

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Carine Hajjar

America’s most enduring bipartisan tradition: political hypocrisy

Each party has a lenient standard for itself and a much more stringent one for its opponents.

21.01.2025 8

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Jeff Jacoby

Trump’s American carnage, part II

From pardoning insurrectionists to abandoning a climate agreement, Trump is again putting millions at risk.

21.01.2025 2

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Renée Graham

The Trump inaugural: MAGA’s magical hopes vs. rational real-world fears

A divided nation begins a fraught journey with Trump.

21.01.2025 1

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Scot Lehigh

Why Trump should save the whales

Massachusetts politicians were fine with the economic costs of protecting endangered species – but only when it meant destroying the livelihoods...

21.01.2025 1

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Alan Wirzbicki

‘A pitch for unity?’: 4 writers react to Trump’s inauguration

If you are one of the approximately 75 million who voted for Harris, Trump’s return is depressing and the tone of his inaugural address was even...

20.01.2025 6

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From Griswold to Comstock: The battle for birth control returns

Who in conscience would want to take away what few medical safeguards there are? Enter JD Vance.

20.01.2025 9

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Alexandra Marshall

Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and leaning into our power

With Donald Trump returning to the White House, we can honor King’s legacy by choosing community over chaos.

20.01.2025 10

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Ayanna Pressley