The question for those on the progressive left now is how to respond to an era in which human classification is being moved deliberately out of their hands and back into the grip of the conservative right, writes Angela Saini. trib.al/gwOXcvt

“Many of my students deepen their political outlook through the clash of ideas in the classroom,” writes Gina Schouten in #CollegeTown. “Not the clash of theirs with mine but of theirs with one another’s and with those of the thinkers we study.” trib.al/x63V103

Editorial: In her fourth year in office, Maura Healey has yet to actually approve a commutation even as three remain on her desk. This would be a good time for her to act. trib.al/nQ2MBu4

The temptation to take the easy path of a third impeachment will be strong, and there are important reasons to hold Trump accountable, writes @davidmfaris. But Democrats will have time for only a handful of major initiatives before the 2028 cycle. trib.al/DAVDHEm

John Deaton’s bet is that if Massachusetts truly prides itself on progress, then voters should consider a candidate who might actually get things done in a divided Washington, writes @karabettis. trib.al/pZiemVO

It’s hard to see how things could get worse for Minogue and the Massachusetts GOP — or better for Healey and her bid for the kind of resounding reelection victory that would seal her image as a major player in the Democratic Party, writes @Joan_Vennochi. trib.al/BwAdr6g

Elections are complicated things that coordinate millions of people casting millions of votes, writes @derektmuller. But our election officials work diligently and tirelessly to ensure that qualified voters have the opportunity to cast a ballot. trib.al/DPwJs70

Editorial: The Globe editorial board urges voters to vote no on Question 8 and keep marijuana sales legal. trib.al/jqiPuLh

The pleasure of fall is built from ordinary ingredients: how learning shapes preference, how nature restores attention, how awe quiets the self, writes Kymberlee O’Brien. The practical takeaway needs no brain scanner. trib.al/RvmwMzQ

Just a few years ago you’d be hard pressed to find a college campus in worse shape than Roxbury Community College, writes @hilarysburns. Today, its president says that’s no longer the case. trib.al/0gH1CB5

The possibility that our government would livestream a killing into your home is its own danger, writes Matthew Gilbert. It’s another signal that the country is moving closer to a primitive, snuff-film ethos and away from civilized and humane thinking. trib.al/d1cQr21

If we are going to lock the clock, we should lock it on permanent standard time, writes Susan Kohl Malone. Standard time is the setting that keeps our schedules aligned with the sun and with our own biology. trib.al/yP4WbGs

New Hampshire is not New York City, nor is it Maine or Michigan. Instead of leaning on bold ideas, Chris Pappas is running a low-key campaign, precisely the kind of campaign that Democrats have been discouraged from mounting, writes @abdallah_fayyad. trib.al/a9hskRZ

“Not everyone will have the support and resources I had to combat their Parkinson’s,” writes Santhana Krishnan. “But I firmly believe that many people can still build, create, travel, and lead despite the disease.” trib.al/IjX5vsU

“A student newspaper is often the sole news organization with reporters on the ground and invested in what happens on a campus,” writes @GenMorrison_. “But we need the buy-in of other students, readers, and administrators to do our jobs well.” trib.al/oz8BAuX

Editorial: The two keys to turning around Hyannis were changing the area’s zoning to encourage more growth and an agreement by local businesses to fund improvements to the area — both strategies other cities could replicate. trib.al/6JMhr1c

The argument over what approach the Democratic Party and its various factions should take will be settled not by D.C. wonks, but by the voters in South Carolina and New Hampshire, writes @Bencjacobs in #GlobeIdeas. trib.al/45gunHM

“Watching an orchestra I couldn’t hear was too tantalizing. That silent video felt like another ‘what if’ about the Michael Dukakis campaign, except this one could be answered,” writes Parth Nobel. trib.al/GNLHKIc

The moment’s mightiest protest song has already been around for nearly 40 years, languishing like leftovers at the back of the fridge, just waiting for the right hankering, writes Grayson Haver Currin in #GlobeIdeas. trib.al/7HuiUyn

“DOGE worked out great for those who worked there, but not for the taxpayers it was meant to serve,” writes Kimberly Atkins Stohr. “I don’t know about you, but I’d love to know a lot more about how that was allowed to happen.” trib.al/2i0WHKI