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Editorial: Experienced judges have the expertise to weigh the evidence and to see all of the possible sentencing outcomes and consequences in a way jurors, who have been thrown into the legal system often for the first time in their lives, can’t.

If DA retries Lindsay Clancy and Latarsha Sanders cases, he should downgrade charges - The Boston Globe

Whether the two moms who killed their kids were insane or criminally liable is far too difficult a determination for jurors to make. A trial before a judge would be a better outcome.

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A high-ranking state official pulled a Black woman's hair at an agency event. Even if we didn’t know it at the time, countless other Black women like me felt the indignity of it. My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.

Why Phil Eng’s hair-pulling incident hits differently for Black women - The Boston Globe

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

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My @globeopinion.bsky.social latest: Tram Nguyen is being outspent in the MA-06 race. Don’t count her out. The Vietnamese immigrant is betting that women voters, her refugee story, and a legislative record can beat money and political connections. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/28/o...

Tram Nguyen is being outspent. Don’t count her out. - The Boston Globe

Tram Nguyen is betting that women voters, her refugee story, and a legislative record can beat money and political connections.

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"To avoid pain, the dying and their families do not need to end lives sooner; we need those in power to fix the system so that final days are defined by comfort, not administrative cruelty," writes Jane Swift.

What my husband’s death taught me about assisted suicide - The Boston Globe

The problem isn’t that dying patients lack options. It’s that our health care system too often abandons them when they need support most.

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