These are also the first AI elections, where many feared that deepfakes and artificial intelligence-generated misinformation would overwhelm the democratic processes. The dreaded “death of truth” has not materialized – at least, not due to AI.
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It’s time to end legacy admissions
Banning legacy admissions is long overdue, but it’s even more imperative now after seeing the harm to campus diversity that has resulted from Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard, the Supreme Court’s landmark 2023 decision that banned race-based affirmation action programs in college admissions.
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Tuition waiver is least we can do for ‘grandfamilies’
The tuition and fee waiver program would be an enormous financial relief to grandparents, who are often struggling to finance their own retirement, while now assuming the costs of caring for a grandchild.
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The Allston I-90 project: once again off the rails
It was disappointing when Secretary of Transportation Monica Tibbits-Nutt announced that the Massachusetts Department of Transportation was embarking on a path forward for Allston Landing that backtracked on prior commitments to the impacted communities and may jeopardize (and in some ways reverse) the project’s commitment to providing important environmental, economic, and social justice outcomes.
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Question 1 delivered a harsh verdict on the Legislature
Overwhelming public support for Question 1 suggests state legislators may need to do some soul-searching about how to address the public’s concerns about state government.
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A right turn for Democrats is a wrong turn
As progressive stalwarts like Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont have emphasized, lack of trust or goodwill from voters stems from the Democratic Party’s history of not delivering on its promises to working people.
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Scrapping its use as graduation requirement won’t improve MCAS. Here’s what will.
Both sides of the Question 2 debate have said the MCAS test itself isn’t perfect. It is time for a serious conversation about a better approach.
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We can fix what ails our community hospitals
The Steward Health Care crisis has left many Massachusetts residents with the belief that when a hospital enters bankruptcy, it is never to emerge again. Heywood Healthcare – the nonprofit community hospital and health care system that I lead – is proof that this doesn’t have to be the case.
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Trump’s mass deportation order would create a disaster for communities – and a crisis of legitimacy for local police
Trump’s promise to deport one million undocumented residents per year will compromise public safety and create a crisis of legitimacy for many municipal police departments in the Commonwealth and across the US.
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Always broke: The MBTA’s long-running theme
History offers important lessons to learn, or at least not repeat, as the T approaches yet another budget year with a projected deficit looming.