
Carine Hajjar
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1 week ago |
bostonglobe.com | Joan Vennochi |Carine Hajjar
In the hands of a skilled political opponent, the scandal involving two City Hall staffers who were fired in connection with an alleged domestic-assault incident could be a problem for Mayor Michelle Wu. More than a lovers’ quarrel, it raises real questions about workplace culture, and ancillary questions about who is being hired. Segun Idowu, the head of Boston’s Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion, was also dragged into the mess.
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Rebecca Spiess |Carine Hajjar
Growing up, my family moved a lot, and I switched schools nearly every year. My educational experience ran the gamut, and I attended public and charter schools that swung wildly in their outcomes and expectations. At my public middle school in Arizona, I was taught Intelligent Design, which is a pseudoscientific alternative to evolution more akin to creationism. I was told that humans did not “come from monkeys,” and that to think so was insulting.
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1 month ago |
bostonglobe.com | Joan Vennochi |Carine Hajjar |Rebecca Spiess
At this moment, yes. There is purpose in that passion. Ocasio-Cortez is showing Democrats of all ages how to fight back from the overwhelming sense of despair that comes with watching Trump blow up government as they knew it. She is empowered by the progressive ideals the left holds dear – and by the hatred she stirs in the right.
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1 month ago |
bostonglobe.com | Joan Vennochi |Alan Wirzbicki |Carine Hajjar
On Monday, Mike Kennealy, a former adviser to the state’s most recent Republican governor, Charlie Baker, announced his candidacy for governor in the 2026 election. A well-known figure in Republican politics and a favorite of the moderate Baker camp, he faces two stiff challenges: first, winning the Republican primary, where conservative voters tend to dominate, and second, taking on the incumbent Democrat, Governor Maura Healey. Can he do it? Three Globe Opinion writers have thoughts.
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2 months ago |
bostonglobe.com | Carine Hajjar |James Dao
Governor Gavin Newsom, Democrat of California, surprised many people and outraged some of his most liberal supporters by saying recently that it was “deeply unfair” to allow transgender athletes to compete in women’s youth and college sports. Globe Opinion writer Carine Hajjar here argues that even if Newsom was simply bending to political winds after President Trump’s victory, he is prompting a useful debate for the Democrats.
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