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Renée Loth

Renée Loth

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Friends of the Public Garden: ‘We are a democracy in trees and dirt’

Boston’s parks create space for people of all types to get out of their pixelated bubbles and, simply, be together.

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Taking stock of Truth Social

Several investment experts say Trump’s IPO is little more than a Ponzi scheme with a gloss of Wall Street legitimacy.

03.04.2024 10

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Another reason to end capital punishment

This country’s insistence on capital punishment poisons international treaties and agreements, complicates diplomacy, and limits America’s ability...

21.03.2024 10

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The threat of theocracy in the United States

Is it time to move on from the threat to America posed by autocracy and start taking seriously the threat of theocracy?

07.03.2024 10

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Will ‘The Holdovers’ return us to a time when exalted public school buildings were valued?

Fairhaven High School, the 1906 building in this South Coast town of 15,000, shines in the Oscar-nominated film.

26.02.2024 10

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A call for Americans to share their COVID-19 memories and experiences

The Library of Congress has launched a COVID-19 oral history project to preserve the experiences ordinary Americans had during the pandemic.

10.02.2024 10

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Letter from Ecuador: We flew into a national emergency

Is this a lesson — or preview? — in how a population can submit to authoritarian rule in the service of “order” so long as they’re not...

31.01.2024 2

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For Trump, every day is Opposite Day

The way Trump plays the game, it’s an insidious manipulation of the truth, a way to project upon his opponents the most noxious qualities of his own...

11.01.2024 5

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Nikki Haley, a she-wolf in moderate’s clothing. But Trump is worse.

It may feel like an act of desperation, but these are desperate times.

28.12.2023 6

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The trouble with Effective Altruism

Unlike causes that tug at the heartstrings to make an appeal, EA looks only at the most efficient way to improve the world. It all makes perfect,...

18.12.2023 7

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The advent of the 2023 Advent calendar extravaganza

No longer content with a simple piece of decorated cardboard, today’s shoppers can count down the days with treats from perfume samples to pet food.

30.11.2023 5

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Electric vehicles are a new flash point in the culture wars

Good luck finding a public charging station in the Deep South or the Great Plains.

16.11.2023 10

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Mike Dukakis, an exemplar of civic engagement

Through the decades, Dukakis has been a steady, spirited presence in policy circles, encouraging new generations of students to pursue public careers;...

03.11.2023 10

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Is Boston even capable of building big public works projects?

It needs the idealism of the Big Dig era.

18.10.2023 2

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A neighborhood lost, a purpose found

We were touring Lowell with one of the park rangers when she pointed to an aging triple-decker nearby, describing it as a fine example of “an...

21.09.2023 6

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How to ensure a fair trial for Trump: Allow cameras in courtroom

The public would be more likely to accept the outcome of the trial if they can see the strength of the evidence, and the credibility of the witnesses,...

07.09.2023 2

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