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boston

Globe targets assault rifles, Ayotte in editorial wrap

BOSTON – In a move reminiscent of its one-time parent, the Boston Globe put its editorial opinion front and center Thursday, wrapping the newspaper with a package urging tighter gun controls under a red-letter headline: "Make it stop." The paper's move reflected a Dec. 5 New York

Massachusetts

Baker, Walsh join forces to stop pot legalization

Governor Charlie Baker, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh have formed a bipartisan alliance to stop the effort to legalize marijuana in the Bay State. In an column published today in the Boston Globe, the governor, a Republican, and Healey and Walsh, both Democrats, address public

Massachusetts

Globe editorial implores Mass. voters to halt Trump

The Boston Globe is imploring Massachusetts voters not to reward GOP frontrunner Donald Trump for his vitriolic rhetoric. The Bay State paper of record published an editorial Monday titled "Massachusetts voters must stop Donald Trump," urging state Republicans to instead back Ohio governor John Kasich.

rape

Police, not bureaucrats, should handle charges of campus sex assault

A bill introduced last week in Congress has the right idea for addressing college sexual assaults. It would require universities to call the police when an allegation of sexual assault is received. Rape is a very serious crime, and once university officials learn of a complaint, they should not have

parents

Quality education starts at home

Many of America's children are back in school; many others return next week. We believe that there is no more important duty to our children and their future than the work of great teachers and involved parents; and make no mistake, it takes both. Students with parents seriously

Barack Obama

A victory for Big Labor, but not necessarily for workers

Last week, the National Labor Relations Board gave unions a big win — even by the Obama administration's labor-friendly standards. While that's good news for labor supporters, the so-called new joint employer rule could fundamentally harm a wide range of U.S. businesses. The NLRB, the independent

Education

Online learning offers another alternative

At one time, the public education system was a one-size-fits-all approach to getting students from kindergarten through high school. Now, there are nearly as many options as there are students — each one with strengths that might appeal to different students and their parents.

sanctuary city

On ‘sanctuary cities,’ local governments should not flout federal law

The shooting last month by an illegal immigrant of 32-year-old Kate Steinle, who died in her father's arms on a San Francisco pier, has focused the nation's attention on so-called "sanctuary cities" — local jurisdictions that, as a matter of policy, refuse to comply with