Boston Globe Opinion

Police body cameras may be good to have. But they can be misleading in court. - The Boston Globe The legal system wrongly assumes that video always reveals objective truth.

With body cameras making headlines again - and the terrific @lastweektonight.com episode about it - I suggest that “if we want body cameras to make law enforcement more accountable, we must first ensure that the law is even-handed when it comes to cameras.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/04/o...

The Gavel - The Boston Globe Every week Globe Opinion columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr sends you insights and observations about the Supreme Court's docket, arguments, and rulings — and explains how the court's decisions will impa...

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With Iran attack, Trump abandons a core tenet of his foreign policy - The Boston Globe The government in Tehran is thuggish. But the president who denounced nation building is now calling for regime change without real planning.

Editorial: It’s possible the president’s call for regime change is a bit of Trumpian bluster. But his actions endanger thousands of innocent civilians in Iran, Israel, and the Gulf nations that host American military bases.

Lost and/or found: Ten weird but totally true Boston stories The legend of the Boston Garden Monkey. An alligator in the Charles River. Mysterious Sad Ghost graffiti. What other odd things are turning up?

There’s monsters in the waterways, mummified monkeys in the rafters, and all sorts of strange things stuffed up kids’ noses. Explore these weird — but totally true — stories of things lost and found around Boston:

Trump gives the court the cold shoulder - The Boston Globe How President Trump felt about the Supreme Court justices who curbed his power was no secret by the time he snubbed them at the State of the Union.

At a time when trust in the court is hovering near historic lows, the president reducing the court’s members to mere political actors is not a good look for the justices, @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social writes.

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Ending college affirmative action didn’t devastate minority enrollment but only shifted it - The Boston Globe Look beyond the Ivies to other schools where Black and Latino students can thrive.

The reality is that 70 percent of US college students attend public universities and colleges, and many of them achieve success, regardless of the reports out of New Haven, Rich Barlow writes in #GlobeIdeas.

Takeaway from the State of the Union address - © Chappatte in The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com via @globeopinion.bsky.social 👉 www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/25/o...

We want to hear from you: Should the city shovel your sidewalk? - The Boston Globe Should taxpayer money be used to clear snow from your sidewalk? Or can you handle it yourself, thank you very much?

Should the city use taxpayer money to plow snow from your sidewalk? Or can you handle it yourself, thank you very much?

Tell us what you think:

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Belichick wasn’t snubbed at taxpayer expense - The Boston Globe The Pro Football Hall of Fame picks its inductees on its own dime. Political parties should pick their nominees the same way.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is a private organization, @jeffjacoby.bsky.social writes. It sets its own rules. It decides who gets to vote. And it pays the bills.

The winter sport no one warned me about: Camp registration - The Boston Globe With weeks of summer to fill and camps selling out in minutes, parents are forced to plan ahead while scraping ice off their windshields.

“While I would much rather not spend my free time playing Tetris on my calendar and setting alarms on my phone so I can register for some summer camp at five in the morning, I’ve learned the hard way that I need to,” Susan Rigetti writes.

Jesse Jackson’s audacity of hope - The Boston Globe In his presidential campaigns, the civil rights leader championed an inclusive vision of America that’s under attack.

Jesse Jackson's audacity of hope. My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.

Let Olympians define America for themselves - The Boston Globe When athletes speak out, they’re exercising the very constitutional rights that define the nation they compete for — not betraying it.

The idea that US athletes should keep their politics to themselves is a troubling one, @scotteugene.bsky.social writes. It suggests that specific individuals are the definitive sources of what it means to be an American.

Hasty Pudding, Harvard must reckon with new Epstein revelations - The Boston Globe Friday’s festivities may be tainted by recent news about Epstein’s relationship with Hasty Pudding Institute chairman Andrew Farkas.

Andrew Farkas has not been accused of any crime or other wrongdoing, and he has insisted that his dealings with Epstein were strictly limited to business. But the files released by the Department of Justice tell another story, Jacob Roberts writes.

Buried in files - The Boston Globe An editorial cartoon by Patrick Chappatte.

Buried in files - © Chappatte in The @bostonglobe.com , USA, today via @globeopinion.bsky.social 👉 www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/o...

Sebastian Junger on the seven lives lost aboard Gloucester’s Lily Jean - The Boston Globe The oldest fishing port in America suffers another tragedy that is almost too much to bear.

The fishing industry is notoriously dangerous, and boats that have survived huge storms can sink in a dead calm if something goes wrong, Sebastian Junger writes.

Bad Bunny’s American dream - The Boston Globe Amid the turmoil of Trump’s immigration crackdown, the Puerto Rican megastar is the right artist at the right time for the Super Bowl halftime show.

There will be two Super Bowl halftime shows. Only Bad Bunny will embody the American dream. My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.

What one Seahawks fan said to a Patriots fan - The Boston Globe Will Seattle shake the ghost of Malcolm Butler? Does New England really deserve another Super Bowl win? Two fans talk smack ahead of the big game.

Logos, owners, the epic 2015 matchup — it’s all fair game for Jesse Singal for @globeopinion.bsky.social and Alex Fryer for @seattletimes.com.

Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, and other New England politicians need to quit X - The Boston Globe Elected officials should not be lending legitimacy to Elon Musk’s toxic social media site.

ICYMI: For @globeopinion.bsky.social, I make the argument that public officials ought to leave X.

In the piece I ask the New England governors, U.S. senators, congresspeople, and others who remain active there, "what would it take for you to finally delete your account?"

At the Washington Post, a mortal wound - The Boston Globe The Post’s excellence once inspired great work across the profession. Eliminating a third of its staff is a blow to journalism.

"On Thursday morning, the Post’s website hosted a story about the bloodletting — written by an Associated Press reporter. For this once-great media organization, the retreat from the news couldn’t be signaled any clearer." — Jill Abramson @globeopinion.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/05/o...

Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, and other New England politicians need to quit X - The Boston Globe Elected officials should not be lending legitimacy to Elon Musk’s toxic social media site.

New this morning: for @globeopinion.bsky.social, I argue that it's long past time for public officials to leave "X."

The essay will run in print in Sunday's "Ideas" section.

Don Lemon’s arrest was wrong, but his reporting raises questions - The Boston Globe Journalists should not be openly showing favoritism.

The First Amendment gives journalists wide protection to report on newsworthy events to keep the public informed. "But some of Lemon’s reporting techniques gave me pause," Jill Abramson writes.

California’s proposed billionaire tax has ultrarich in full panic mode - The Boston Globe The onetime 5 percent wealth tax has not yet qualified for the November state ballot, but already billionaires and their conservative allies are blowing rhetorical gaskets.

I cannot remember a time when a proposed initiative has been the subject of such intense and widespread freakout *before* it actually qualified for the ballot. My latest for @globeopinion.bsky.social
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Wu, City Council should make sure police watchdog has bite - The Boston Globe The mayor voted to create the Office of Police Accountability and Transparency. She should ensure that her police commissioner doesn’t ignore its findings.

Editorial: The problem is that the department’s reluctance to reach findings of police wrongdoing is the reason why an independent investigatory agency like OPAT was created in the first place.

My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column: The domestic terrorist in the White House.

Selma, Stonewall — and Minnesota - The Boston Globe Residents’ refusal to bend to Trump’s fascism may be the most unexpected rebellion in modern American history.

Selma, Stonewall — and Minnesota. My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.

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Don’t look to Germany for an analogy. The Minneapolis nightmare is uniquely American. - The Boston Globe In order to defeat the white nationalism that is at the core of ICE’s assault on American democracy, we have to see it and treat it as what it is.

In order to defeat the white nationalism that is at the core of the assault on American democracy, we have to see it and treat it as what it is, @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social writes.

And that requires all of us to let go of the lies about American exceptionalism that we’ve been fed all our lives.

Liberals have to reckon with the limits of protests - The Boston Globe Mass demonstrations can be worthwhile. But they also may be substituting for more useful forms of political participation.

“Expression is not, in itself, a political achievement,” Siddhu Pachipala writes in #GlobeIdeas.