Artificial intelligence could be harnessed to analyze thousands of hours of police body cam recordings and provide valuable feedback on decision-making across the range of situations officers encounter each day.
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Mass. takes major step toward child care reform
With the funding and other provisions included in the 2025 state budget Gov. Maura Healey signed last week, Massachusetts is poised to become a national leader when it comes to child care reform.
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Could a rush to embrace new advances in cancer screening do more harm than good?
Scientists are racing to develop new screening tests for cancer, but there’s a risk that these tests will be approved for widespread use without knowing whether they save enough lives to justify any harm that may result from their broad adoption.
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Bike lane brouhaha a test of Boston’s resolve
The great Florentine observer of human nature, Nicolo Machiavelli, famously wrote, “There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” Boston leaders are learning that lesson anew as they push to end the era of automobile dominance in urban mobility.
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We’ll pay a steep price if climate bill doesn’t get done
The Massachusetts Legislature’s failure to pass comprehensive climate legislation and a major economic development bond bill is deeply concerning. We must recommit ourselves to moving both initiatives forward with great haste.
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A game plan for the new hybrid work reality
Boston provides an illustrative example of this principle. Characterized by a greater mix of office, residential, dining, and retail uses, the Back Bay and Seaport neighborhoods feel more vibrant than the Financial District, with its preponderance of office towers.
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Presidential election is not just about choosing a leader
Many argue that the activism of the global pandemic and the George Floyd racial awakening are over.
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Addressing inequities requires policy solutions, not elimination of standards
An economic development bill approved by the Massachusetts House of Representatives includes a proposed amendment that seeks to eliminate the examination requirement for social work licensure. While the amendment is intended to support social workers, the Association of Social Work Boards strongly opposes this proposal.
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Cancer early detection tests work; let’s deploy them
As the incidence of cancers continues to soar, advances in cancer detection tools have become just as important as the development of new treatments.
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For-profit medicine is ruining Massachusetts health care
While much of Massachusetts’ medical care system remains resolutely non-profit, the signs of for-profit encroachment are slow, silent, and everywhere.Â