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Instead of being asked whether social media companies have a responsibility to police the content on their sites, a Cali...
08/20/2026

Instead of being asked whether social media companies have a responsibility to police the content on their sites, a California judge and jury are being asked to consider whether the social media platforms themselves are designed in a way that makes them dangerously addictive to kids, writes Kimberly Atkins Stohr.

A slew of lawsuits claiming addictive social media platforms harm children is piercing the shield Section 230 once offered.

“I am not dismissing the possibility that an Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez presidential campaign could catch fire; just injec...
08/20/2026

“I am not dismissing the possibility that an Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez presidential campaign could catch fire; just injecting a little skepticism into the media campaign to promote her,” writes Joan Vennochi.

She’s skillfully distancing herself from progressives without distancing herself from youth.

Editorial: For the past four-plus years, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden has helped keep this city and the...
08/20/2026

Editorial: For the past four-plus years, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden has helped keep this city and the communities of Chelsea, Winthrop, and Revere safe. He brought a steady hand to an office badly in need of it.

The incumbent has brought a steady hand to an office badly in need of it.

Trump has proven his power over TPS holders. Now he should show he also has mercy, writes Rebecca Spiess.
08/20/2026

Trump has proven his power over TPS holders. Now he should show he also has mercy, writes Rebecca Spiess.

The Department of Homeland Security has been constant in its justification for rescinding TPS: “Temporary means temporary.” This is an asinine argument.

“I don’t know a Black woman who doesn’t have a story about a co-worker, acquaintance, or even a stranger asking to touch...
08/20/2026

“I don’t know a Black woman who doesn’t have a story about a co-worker, acquaintance, or even a stranger asking to touch their hair,” writes Renée Graham. “Often, the person doesn’t ask, they just do it before you can react.”

The MBTA chief’s "insensitive" act evoked a long history of Black people, especially women, being objectified.

Despite numerous individual programs and clinicians, there is no systematic, streamlined approach to mental health suppo...
08/19/2026

Despite numerous individual programs and clinicians, there is no systematic, streamlined approach to mental health support in Ukraine, and preventive measures remain fragmented, writes Lilia Yapparova in .

How therapists are treating a traumatized Ukraine.

Editorial: On his proven courage in battle and in public life, in his ideas for modernizing Massachusetts, in his willin...
08/19/2026

Editorial: On his proven courage in battle and in public life, in his ideas for modernizing Massachusetts, in his willingness to push back against rigid ideology on both right and left, Seth Moulton is the right person for the job.

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People who train as pediatricians these days are taught that children are not supposed to die, that society’s priority i...
08/19/2026

People who train as pediatricians these days are taught that children are not supposed to die, that society’s priority is to prevent childhood deaths. Now it seems as though that priority is being increasingly undermined, writes Perri Klass in .

This summer has brought a special grief.

Rachael Rollins has found a provocative way to frame the race: If Mayor Wu is Boston’s President Trump, then she is runn...
08/19/2026

Rachael Rollins has found a provocative way to frame the race: If Mayor Wu is Boston’s President Trump, then she is running as the resistance, writes Marcela García. But calling Kevin Hayden a puppet is not the same thing as proving that he is one.

In the Suffolk DA’s race, Rollins is tying Kevin Hayden to the mayor to court voters frustrated with the Wu administration.

Editorial: Generational change is on the lips of many candidates this midterm season. Representative Seth Moulton is pro...
08/19/2026

Editorial: Generational change is on the lips of many candidates this midterm season. Representative Seth Moulton is promising that he can bring new vision and vigor to an aging, ailing, and deeply unpopular party.

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