Opinion

Ortiz: Trash could pile up amid Republic contract fight

In addition to being a proud member of Teamsters Local 25, I work in sanitation for Republic Services. I’m now negotiating a new contract ...

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Frei: Tech is advancing, your standard of living isn’t

The world has started to deal with a surge of technological advancement beyond anything seen since the invention of the internet since OpenAI’s ChatGPT ...

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Tate: Northern border new illegal immigration hot spot

Voters in Massachusetts were largely shielded for decades from the worst effects of uncontrolled immigration at the US-Mexico border, which is more than 2,000 ...

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McNair: School’s out, but kids must continue to read

As the school year draws to a close and summer approaches, schools nationwide are worried about the coming year and the potential federal budget ...

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Bergman: ‘Globalizing the intifada’ targets Western Civilization

Take the Intifada worldwide. This is the evil catchphrase that Hamas sympathizers in America use to defend unlawful camps, property damage and vandalism, verbal ...

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Global imbalance of drug prices a growing sickness

President Trump just issued an executive order to rebalance the global pharmaceutical market — by tying U.S. drug prices to the artificially low, government-set prices in ...

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Schoen: Dems playing right into Trump’s hand on immigration

The détente between President Donald Trump and Governor Gavin Newsom, which had largely held for the first four months of Trump’s term, is now ...

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Small: Kids need access to sports, no matter their zip code

Across Massachusetts, school budgets are being slashed, and one of the first things to go is often the very thing that keeps kids connected, ...

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Hagler: Private credit fuels small biz, manufacturing

Small businesses and manufacturers are the twin engines of the U.S. economy — powering local communities, creating jobs, and onshoring critical industries and supply ...

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Howie Carr: Whitey Bulger’s pal Hank Brennan’s latest humiliation

Do you suppose Stevie Flemmi watched any of his old nemesis Hank Brennan’s latest courtroom humiliations in Dedham last week? Probably not — the ...

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