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A columnist for the Metro section, Abraham’s work appears on Thursdays and Sundays. She previously covered state and national politics, and immigration at the Globe. She came to the paper in 1998 from the Boston Phoenix.
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A long time coming
By Yvonne Abraham , Globe Columnist
Sometimes, it takes longer than expected to graduate from college. It took Pat Lundin, who graduated from Northern Essex Community College Saturday, 45 years.
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After side-swipes, 77-year-old driver gives up driving
By Yvonne Abraham , Globe Columnist
After a lifetime of liberty behind the wheel, Nancy Lawton reached the point where she couldn’t drive any more.
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Three years later, no answers
By Yvonne Abraham , Globe Columnist
The person who killed Stacey Burns gets to walk around, while five motherless kids, a shattered family, and countless friends try to hold themselves together.
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Debasing the debate
By Yvonne Abraham , Globe Columnist
Elizabeth Warren gave Scott Brown a gift with her claims of Native American heritage. But Brown’s reach for the dog-whistle politics of race has been something else.