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Shame on Mayor Marty Walsh! In an interview with Boston Globe reporter Joshua Miller on Tuesday, he implied that President-elect Donald Trump won last month partly because of racial animus against President Barack Obama. The quote from the Globe story Wednesday is a little muddled, but the implication, sadly, is
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Editor's note: This editorial was first published on Thanksgiving 2015. Our modern Thanksgiving narrative harkens back to the 1621 autumnal feast at Plimouth Plantation in celebration of the harvest.
Immigration
Immigration is an issue that is not going away. It has dominated the coverage of the early stages of the 2016 presidential campaign and is likely to continue to do so. And with good reason. Today, there are more than 11 million people living in America illegally. And although a
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Will "Taxachusetts" soon join the undead? On Wednesday, lawmakers on Beacon Hill have an opportunity to drive a stake through the heart of that long-derided state nickname, by refusing to vote for a new 4 percent surcharge on million-dollar incomes. If legislators give the proposed constitutional amendment the
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Inquiring minds want to know: What's The Donald trying to hide? At least, that's the implied question in mounting media demands for Donald J. Trump, the billionaire Republican presidential contender, to release his voluminous tax returns.
Abortion
In 1983, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote that abortion was on "a collision course" with technology. Back then, O'Connor could hardly have known the extent to which advances in neonatal science, sonogram technology, and video recording would debunk the claim of abortion
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Next month, education policy makers in Massachusetts will decide whether to keep the highly regarded Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) or adopt the controversial Common Core-aligned test, developed by the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC). About half of Massachusetts public school students transitioned to
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Should physician-assisted suicide be legal in Massachusetts? Some say the measure helps people seeking to avoid a painful death, others believe unintended consequences could easily arise when insurers are left to choose expensive, life-prolonging treatments or cheap, fatal drugs. What do you believe? YES NO UNDECIDED