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Govs. Weld And Patrick: This Is Why We Support Ranked-Choice Voting

Ranked-choice voting -- Question 2 on the Mass. ballot -- would help to dismantle the hyperpartisanship that has soured our politics for too long, write former Mass. Governors Bill Weld and Deval Patrick.

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Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation Brings An Uninvited Guest To My New Marriage: Fear

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In 2020, Is Fairness Dead?

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I'm Praying For Donald Trump, Even Though I Don’t Want To

Oct 2, 2020

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The Climate Voters Are Coming

Sep 25, 2020

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Why Landing On The 'Best Schools' List Is Not Something To Celebrate

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‘Losing The Thread Of What We’ve Lost’: A Postcard From The Pandemic

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Activist Tamika Mallory marches with a child during a demonstration on September 23, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. Protesters marched in the streets in response to Attorney General Daniel Camerons handling of the Breonna Taylor case and the grand jury verdict indicting one of three officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor, who was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police officers at her apartment on March 13, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Deval Patrick: 'Policing In America Has To Change For Peace In America To Exist'

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RBG Didn't Do It For Notoriety. She Wanted People Like Me To Be Free

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Mass. Should Become A Reproductive Health Care Sanctuary State

We must create a safe place in Massachusetts for those who are being unjustly persecuted by state or federal governments gone rogue, writes Ben Jackson.

In this July 17, 2019, file photo, migrant children sleep on a mattress on the floor of the AMAR migrant shelter in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. (Marco Ugarte/AP)

545 Children May Never See Their Parents Again. That Symbolizes Everything Wrong With Our Country

Oct 23, 2020

Demonstrators calling for a delay in filling the seat of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg until after the election, are seen during a protest at the Court on third day of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday, October 14, 2020. Groups supporting the confirmation of Coney Barrett, and those opposed, gathered at the Court to express their views. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Overturning The Affordable Care Act Would Be Catastrophic — Especially For People With Disabilities

Oct 23, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump participates in the final presidential debate against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at Belmont University on October 22, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. This is the last debate between the two candidates before the election on November 3. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

'They Are So Well Taken Care Of': The Worst Moment Of The Debate Reminded Us Exactly Who Donald Trump Is

Oct 23, 2020

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If You’re Fighting Climate Change, You Must Also Fight Voter Suppression

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Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett arrives to the U.S. Capitol on October 21, 2020 in Washington, DC. Senate Republicans are looking to hold a confirmation vote for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Monday, October 26, approximately one week before the presidential election. (Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)

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Ranked Choice Voting Can Make Government Look More Like Us

Now the deck is stacked against refreshing upstart candidates, and often women and candidates of color, due to a lack of name recognition, donor connections and cash, write Tanisha M....

Oct 15, 2020

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Amy Coney Barrett May Be An ‘Originalist.’ But It’s Not 1787, And The Text Isn’t Always The Text

There has never been a difficult constitutional question in our history that could be decided by the text alone, writes Kent Greenfield. The constitution is written at a level of...

Oct 14, 2020

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American History Records Our Struggle Toward Freedom. Trump Shouldn’t Erase The Failures

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Oct 13, 2020

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Say It, Massachusetts: Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day (Not That Other One)

Gov. Charlie Baker should put his political muscle behind legislation to rename Columbus Day, writes Rich Barlow.

Oct 12, 2020

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Other Presidents Have Lied About Their Health. But Trump’s Cover-Up Is Immoral

Grover Cleveland had a cancerous lesion removed; Woodrow Wilson had a stroke, writes Larry Tye. They and other presidents hid their medical maladies from the public.

Oct 9, 2020

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Oct 9, 2020

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Mike Pence Filibusters His Way Through The VP Debate

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