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Our View: Coronavirus pandemic edges toward grim milestone

by The Editorial Board September 13, 2021October 27, 2021

For more than a century, the influenza pandemic of 1918-19 was the deadliest in our history, a record that will soon be broken by COVID.

by The Editorial Board September 11, 2021September 11, 2021

The attacks brought out our worst selves, and we’re still suffering from it 20 years later.

by The Editorial Board September 10, 2021September 9, 2021

Along with the nationwide shortage of tests, the backlog of positive results is making it harder to fight the virus.

by The Editorial Board September 9, 2021September 8, 2021

There’s nothing funny about the ridiculous claims still being made by supporters of Donald Trump, 10 months after the polls closed.

by The Editorial Board September 8, 2021September 7, 2021

After a disappointing summer, it’s more clear than ever that masks and vaccines are the best path to normalcy.

by The Editorial Board September 7, 2021September 7, 2021

Everyone should have a safe, comfortable place to live in their later years.

by The Editorial Board September 6, 2021September 5, 2021

The late Charles Scontras reminded us how we all benefit from the victories of ordinary people who took on the rich and powerful.

by The Editorial Board September 5, 2021September 4, 2021

Regulators should look first at the actual cause of whale deaths, and not focus on the lobster industry.

by The Editorial Board September 3, 2021September 2, 2021

It’s the persistent stress at hospitals that is hurting nurses and others, not the vaccine mandate.

by The Editorial Board September 2, 2021September 2, 2021

Women in Texas are being denied their constitutional rights, and that’s OK with a majority of justices.