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Renée GrahamBoston Globe |
At a high-profile event, Daniel Penny, who killed Jordan Neely, took a public victory lap with the next president.
After another year of violence, the trans community feels as if it’s been left to fend for itself.
Nikki Giovanni was as fine a poet as any nation has ever produced. She also was an activist, a teacher, an intellectual, and a social commentator.
And no, Donald Trump should not get one.
Trump’s election win is heightening fears that anti-trans laws and violence will increase.
By 8 to 1, there are more billionaires than there are Black people in Donald Trump’s proposed Cabinet.
There’s a grotesque scramble to appease Trump’s good side — even though he doesn’t have one.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m looking forward to spending time with friends over the next few days. My misery craves company, and both will be abundant.
With a second Trump presidency weeks away, the GOP will again be defined by its cowardice.
This isn’t a presidential transition. It’s a national stress test to see if democracy will continue to bend or finally break.
Representative Nancy Mace’s anti-trans bathroom crusade is about hate, not bathrooms.
With Trump’s election, this nation has retreated into a swamp infested with rancor and division.
With a weaponized Justice Department, Trump’s retribution agenda won’t stop with political opponents and their families.
Ideally, we'd all flee social media entirely, but I know that's not going to happen.
When marginalized groups speak up, they’re accused of playing the identity card. But white voters and politicians always get a pass.
The legendary producer often talked about how checking his ego and letting go of anger made him a better collaborator, artist, and person.
A majority of American voters have spoken. And they have chosen this nation’s demise.
Trump had a four-year head start on the vice president’s campaign.
A small plastic pumpkin has given my mind both a safe place and a different appreciation of a day that means so much to so many.
And he will ultimately destroy it if he’s elected president again.
We don’t get rallies, coffee shop stops, or selfies with this nation’s next president.
It’s sadly predictable that women who accuse men of sexual assault aren’t as readily believed as men who make similar allegations.
Call it normalizing or "sanewashing," but covering the former president as if he’s an ordinary nominee is journalistic malpractice.
After keeping a low profile, the former first lady will reportedly campaign for the vice president in Atlanta.
It is impossible to explain the indelible harm inflicted on those who were punished simply because they wanted to both serve their country and be true...
Like the Democrats, my NY Mets are in a position that seemed impossible in the spring — a shot at victory this fall.
Long gone are "jelly bean" tests. The latest voter suppression tactics are openly endorsed by the Republican presidential nominee.
With Election Day only weeks away, Republicans will continue the sexist and racist attacks on Harris that began when she announced her candidacy.
Politicizing a tragedy isn’t enough for Donald Trump. He’s spewing false and outlandish claims about the federal response.
Selflessness defined the basketball star’s life. The legacy of baseball’s hit king is more complicated.
James personified the Black man’s struggle in America in a way previously unseen by TV audiences.
In less than three months, the vice president has already surpassed all expectations and proven many of her most ardent doubters wrong.
Sadly, Republicans’ relentless demonization of a multicultural nation may be working.
Jackson should show a little grace to Harris by apologizing for mischaracterizing the vice president’s well-established racial identity.
Perhaps — just perhaps — it’s a sign that the former president is losing his grip as his party’s standard-bearer.
From Bill Cosby to Donald Trump, powerful men accused of sexual assault often have many supporters. Not in this case.
Springfield, Ohio, is only the latest casualty of the former president’s lies and hateful pursuit of power.
The CMAs left out 2024′s best-selling country album. That's bad business.
Few films of its day have offered such a heartrending and honest portrayal of everyday Black people as "Claudine".
There’s no line the former president won’t cross, no lie he won’t spread, and no threat of political revenge too extreme.
Immigration and the economy have dominated the presidential race. Gun violence should be back on the ballot too.
Ticket prices and sleazy scams are making this indelible part of loving music nearly impossible for too many.
Donald Trump’s behavior is so abhorrent that his age has been reduced to nothing but a number.
Beyoncé has the BeyHive. Taylor Swift has Swifties. I am a Rockford-phile.
The old adage that no one pays attention to elections until after Labor Day evaporated faster than Donald Trump’s lead in the polls.
By showing the vice president in a relatable light, her affable husband is an asset in her political rise.
Now it’s Trump who’s coming undone even more than usual.
Even silenced by illness, the civil rights icon again brought a convention crowd to its feet and to tears.
After much of the year in the doldrums, it feels good to be cautiously optimistic about Kamala Harris’s chances.
Even in a moment of sudden provocation, an antigay slur doesn’t find it’s way to the tip of an angry tongue unless that term is regularly used or...