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Renée Loth

Renée Loth

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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...

24.01.2025 10

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Celebrating small wins: Positive news from Greater Boston

There are many reasons to love Greater Boston: the intellectual vibrancy, the natural and built beauty, the respect for facts and history, the...

26.12.2024 8

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Bike lanes save lives, so why are you still complaining?

Ultimately, peaceably sharing the streets comes down to mindset. A city is a community, and everyone needs to give a little.

12.12.2024 3

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Obesity’s stubborn political divide

The bitter irony is that Republican policies in states with high obesity rates only exacerbate the gaps in health outcomes.

29.11.2024 10

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Welcome to the world of influencer media

We are in an antiestablishment, almost countercultural era, marked by rejection of traditional institutions and a breakdown of trust in expertise....

18.11.2024 5

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Your results may vary: the trouble with polls (again)

After nearly a century of missed calls, flawed methods, and mea culpas, why follow presidential polls at all?

01.11.2024 20

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A prescient report on where America went wrong on economic equality

Many of the inequities that Donald Barlett and James Steele highlighted in 1991 have only gotten worse.

18.10.2024 7

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Renée Loth

Despite GOP claims, noncitizens aren’t voting

No offense to Harris or Trump, but why exactly would undocumented immigrants expose themselves to fines, imprisonment, and deportation just to cast...

04.10.2024 3

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Living without air conditioning: The heat is on

I’m a soldier in the climate wars, cranky and enervated.

24.07.2024 2

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Renée Loth