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Editorials are opinions of The Boston Globe's Editorial Board.

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Working on the railroad shouldn’t mean working all the livelong day

A federal audit revealed T train dispatchers working 20-hour shifts. The short-staffed agency must do a better job training its future workforce.
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Wu shouldn’t burden next BPS superintendent with more drama

The state’s proposal for the Boston Public Schools will satisfy no one.
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A travesty foretold

For the first time in memory, Americans’ inalienable rights have been curtailed.
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Extreme heat is coming. Boston needs to prepare — now.

‘Cool roofs,’ more trees, and names for heat waves.

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Suspending the gas tax is a gimmick
The only real answer to rising gas prices is the slowest, but it would also have the greatest long-term effect — reducing the US’s dependence on oil.

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Southie convention center no ‘field of dreams’
Expansion at a time of economic uncertainty would be an act of fiscal malpractice by lawmakers.

Finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing

A battle for affordable housing in Massachusetts

The Globe editorial board's 2020 series on the need for inclusive housing reform in Newton and across the Commonwealth.

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City shouldn’t pick a new school superintendent just yet

The search for a new superintendent is entering its final stages, but the city and state should agree to an improvement plan before the School Committee selects the leader to execute it.

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Does the city have the ability — and willingness — to fire the next Patrick Rose?

No police officer should remain on the force if the city sustains a finding of grave misconduct like sexual abuse of a child.

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There is no question: Merrick Garland must put Trump on trial

If the former president and his allies can get by with nary a scratch after plotting an overthrow of the US government, then what message will that send?

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With Juneteenth, some hope in a time of racial strife

A joyous celebration of freedom — and a path to a reckoning.

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House committee seeks the enemies within

A GOP lawmaker’s “tour” group was obsessed with photographing stairwells and security checkpoints.

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The train kept a-rollin’. Too bad it wasn’t supposed to.

Runaway trains, derailments, and other safety lapses at the MBTA have caught the eye of federal regulators, whose demands for improvement put the Baker administration on the spot.

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Pandemic voting reforms here to stay

Expanding access to the ballot is a way to counter the ‘Big Lie’ of voter fraud.

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A good first step on gun safety

Bipartisan agreement in Senate bodes well for progress in the fight to prevent mass shootings.