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Tuesday, November 18, 2025


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Money, Power, Inequality


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For people striving to break into the middle class, hard work is no longer enough

With costs soaring, jobs increasingly insecure, and safety nets shrinking, climbing the ladder toward prosperity – or even stability – has become an increasingly precarious journey.
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Investigations


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‘Your first shipment is not 8 kilos.’ Cocaine bust tied to governor’s aide suggests well-oiled operation, experts say.

Experts said no rookie or low-level player would be receiving drug deliveries of that magnitude and frequency.
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Lifestyle


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In Newton, the Thanksgiving philosopher king issues annual rules. Does your holiday meet his standards?

He’s the sheriff of Thanksgiving. Dinner after 3. No fruit in the stuffing. Vegans are on their own.
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Politics


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With enhanced health care subsidies set to expire, Trump again wants to replace Obamacare. He still doesn’t have a plan.

The inability of Republicans to produce a comprehensive proposal further complicates the effort to address the subsidies before they expire on Dec. 31.
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Judge scolds Justice Department for ‘profound investigative missteps’ in Comey case

The 24-page opinion is the most blistering assessment yet by a judge of the Justice Department’s actions leading up to the Comey indictment.
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Nation


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NIH grant cuts leave hundreds of clinical trials, 74,000 patients in limbo, study finds

Trials on prevention and infectious-disease, as well as those conducted outside the United States, were the hardest hit among the more than 380 affected studies.
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Nation


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Trump says he would sign measure to release Epstein files if it comes to him

The president’s remarks reinforced a sharp reversal he made late Sunday night, when he called on House Republicans to support the measure after resisting such a move for weeks.
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Nation


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New passport rule sends blunt message to transgender Americans

Passports must now reflect the sex on a person’s original birth certificate, regardless of whether that matches the person’s gender identity.
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The World






World


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Ukraine’s cash is running low, and Europe has no good Plan B

European Commission acknowledged that there is a risk that the frozen asset loan to Ukraine would be “incorrectly perceived” as a confiscation of Russia’s savings.
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World


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They can’t criticize Putin. So they focus on recycling or clean air.

Low-level activism helps many Russians channel their grievances and feel at least some “political agency,” researchers from the Berlin-based Hannah Arendt Research Center said in a study.
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UN Security Council adopts US peace plan for Gaza

The council’s vote was also a major diplomatic victory for the Trump administration.
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Editorials


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After scandals, Senate bill would make needed changes to cannabis commission

Voters legalized marijuana in 2016, but the entity tasked with regulating recreational cannabis has proven to be dysfunctional.
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OpEds


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Liberals need to think beyond the Beltway and go local

Democrats’ biggest successes can be found not in D.C., but in local politics instead.
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Letters


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Suit over LGBTQ+ content in Lexington schools is a lesson in intolerance

Books about families with two moms or dads or LGBTQ+ family members are books about families. The characters celebrate birthdays and weddings, they welcome new siblings, they make friends, they eat breakfast.
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Metro






Crime & Courts


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State Police must pay millions after jury finds agency discriminated against women, minorities in promotions

The lawsuit, first filed in 2016, involved allegations that the overwhelmingly male and white State Police brass routinely pass over female and minority troopers for promotion.
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K-12


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Boston proposes three new school closures, reconfigurations for three more

The proposal would impact nearly 850 students whose schools would be closed, plus another 1,500 enrolled in schools that would be reconfigured.
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Politics


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‘Ashamed’: Larry Summers to step back from public commitments amid criticism over Epstein ties

Former Harvard University president Larry Summers said Monday that he will step back from his public commitments “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me.”
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Sports






Patriots


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Mike Vrabel will look to collective Patriots defensive effort to make up for injured DT Milton Williams

The big-impact play inside of Williams will be missed for at least the next four games, against Cincinnati, the Giants, Buffalo, and Baltimore.
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Bruins


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Second-period collapse proves Bruins’ undoing in loss to Hurricanes

A tepid, tired, too-blah-for-Boston second, with the Bruins outshot, 13-7, and outscored, 2-0, set the stage for the loss.
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Patriots


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NFL suspends Ja’Marr Chase for spitting at opponent, removing top Bengals receiver from matchup vs. Patriots

Chase leads the NFL with 79 receptions, and his absence for Sunday in Cincinnati will free up Patriots cornerback Christian Gonzalez to focus on Tee Higgins.
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Business


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Jeff Bezos creates AI startup where he will be co-CEO

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.
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Business


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High hamburger prices? White House blames Biden and migrants.

With beef prices approaching $10 per pound, the Trump administration is scrambling to bring them down, including by lowering tariffs on beef imports and trying to address a shortage of cows.
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Bold Types


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United Way CEO says federal cuts should prompt rethinking of social service safety net

Aviation startup Merlin lands new CFO as it prepares to go public; Todd & Weld celebrates arrival of former federal judge Mark Wolf; Representative Neal takes a stand amid federal shutdown.
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Obituaries






Obituaries


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Homayoun Ershadi, 78, dies; ‘Kite Runner’ and ‘Taste of Cherry’ star

“A lot of actors rely on their technique,” director Marc Forster said, “and he only relies on his heart.”
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Obituaries


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Bill Ivey, 81, dies; quelled conservative ire over US arts agency

Mr. Ivey, a guitar-playing folklorist who quelled conservative opposition to the National Endowment for the Arts during three years as chair of the agency, died Nov. 7 at his home in Nashville.
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Arts & Lifestyle






Love Letters


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I want the friendship back

... even though this friend stole my partner.
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Television


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‘Being Eddie’ gives Murphy the final word on his feud with ‘SNL’

For decades, Eddie Murphy stayed away from "Saturday Night Live," the show that first made him a superstar and that he helped keep afloat during some of its leanest years in the 1980s.
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Movies


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From ‘Titanic’ to two Tarantino titles, catch these upcoming screenings at Boston cinemas

If "Bugonia" gave you a taste for paranoid alien conspiracy dramas, there are picks for you.
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