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The Globe’s Take
Editorials are the opinions of The Boston Globe’s Editorial Board.
EDITORIAL

State aid should focus on helping low-income students obtain college degrees

Free community college proposal raises questions about adequacy, effectiveness.
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US dithering over aid, policy, pilots for Ukraine costs lives

G-7 meeting may be last, best chance for world’s leading democracies to get it right.
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16-year-old Acton girl’s tragic death was preventable

Five years after an SJC justice called for a legislative fix, the loophole that prevents dangerousness hearings for some types of defendants has still not been closed.
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How can new fareboxes be this expensive?

Contactless payments for bus and subway riders will be nice to have. But is the T’s long-delayed new fare collection system really the best use of nearly $1 billion?

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No-heavy-lifting committees a symptom of a bigger problem in Beacon Hill
Extra pay for lawmakers has helped concentrate power in the hands of a very few at the top.

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House’s $6.5 billion housing bill goes big on new development
MWRA expansion needs careful consideration.

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It’s time for Ticketmaster’s monopolistic band to break up

Though the remedy of breaking up a company should only be granted in the rarest circumstances, for Live Nation-Ticketmaster, it is the right outcome and long past due.

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The state says a program to house people with addiction worked. So why is it going away?

"It’s really hard to expect people to achieve sobriety and find stability if they don’t have a safe place to lay their head at night," a state official said.

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What friends of Israel and the Palestinians should be demanding now

The fighting needs to stop. Hostages must return home. Israel and the Palestinians both need new leaders. And the diaspora of both sides should be pressing for lasting peace in the form of a two-state solution.

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Get ready for the Beacon Hill logjam

Instead of debating and passing legislation through the course of the legislative session, the Legislature typically waits until the last minute.

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For too many, the path to overdosing starts at work

A new study suggests that workers who get injured on the job are more likely to later die of overdoses.

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Trump the convicted felon finally makes history

A jury of his peers finds the ex-president guilty of conspiring to deceive the American public as election day neared.

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Getting a grip on health care costs

Changes would affect hospital reimbursements and health care benchmarks.

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BPS families deserve better

The Wu administration is avoiding tough decisions and moving too slowly on addressing Boston’s dysfunctional school system.