The MCAS debate deserves better than our polarized politics Whether or not Massachusetts students should be required to earn a passing score on MCAS to earn a high school diploma is a complicated issue, writes Jack Schneider, a professor...Mar 18, 2024Picking up sticks in troubled timesThe news is so bleak, it can feel difficult to do even basic tasks like going to work, filing your taxes and folding laundry, writes Holly Robinson. Her antidote? The...Mar 15, 2024An unexpected ally in therapy: my patient’s dogI knew my patient loved her dog, writes Oona Metz. But I didn't anticipate how important the dog would become to me.Mar 14, 2024No, Alexa, don’t curate my news for meWe live in the age of algorithmic everything, writes Jonathan D. Fitzgerald. 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But I could only change so much about myselfWhen you form a new relationship as an older person, you have the chance to choose how you’re going to live, writes Henriette Lazaridis. I had the zany idea to...Mar 8, 2024Why is Joe Biden's age an indictment?There is zero evidence that Joe Biden’s age has compromised his ability to serve as president. But that hasn't stopped the media from obsessing over it, writes Steve Almond. In...Mar 7, 2024ICE's wanton use of solitary confinement defies even its own standardsDetained immigrants spent an average of 27 days in solitary confinement, well beyond the 15 days that the U.N. considers torture, write Katie Peeler, Anand Chukka, Brian Benitez and Natalie...Mar 6, 2024It’s Super Tuesday. Focus on the race, not the wreckIt wasn’t long ago that political veterans like me felt their hearts racing as Super Tuesday approached, writes former Gov. Jane Swift. But this year I can’t find anyone who’s...Mar 5, 2024At the end of my mother's life, I could finally see herLiz Vago’s relationship with her mother was flipped. For decades, I was the responsible one and she was the impulsive one, Vago writes. I didn’t appreciate her outsized joy for...Mar 1, 2024I want my students to stand on their own two feet. But I also want them to understand joyI love anything that makes my students happy, but I also hold them accountable, says Shaumba-Yandje Dibinga, the founding creative director of OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center. It's not just tiptoeing...Feb 29, 2024What gets lost in the immigration debateRecent studies have tallied how much the surge in immigration has contributed to the U.S. economy, reduced the federal deficit and potentially, headed off a recession, writes Sasha Chanoff. 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We humans are better for itAs an attorney, Steven Wise fought for personhood rights for his clients, who were captive chimps, elephants and whales. You may scoff at some of his arguments, writes Rich Barlow,...Feb 22, 2024Why a private mission to the moon is still a win for AmericaA successful moon landing by Odysseus Thursday would be the first by a private company, writes Joelle Renstrom. It would also be a victory for the U.S., which hasn’t landed...Feb 21, 2024My brother died in a car accident decades ago. Now I’m teaching my son to driveKevin’s death forever scarred my parents, my surviving older brother and me, writes Linda K. Wertheimer. I’m determined not to pass on that scar to my son. Feb 20, 2024Next Page
The MCAS debate deserves better than our polarized politics Whether or not Massachusetts students should be required to earn a passing score on MCAS to earn a high school diploma is a complicated issue, writes Jack Schneider, a professor...Mar 18, 2024
Picking up sticks in troubled timesThe news is so bleak, it can feel difficult to do even basic tasks like going to work, filing your taxes and folding laundry, writes Holly Robinson. Her antidote? The...Mar 15, 2024
An unexpected ally in therapy: my patient’s dogI knew my patient loved her dog, writes Oona Metz. But I didn't anticipate how important the dog would become to me.Mar 14, 2024
No, Alexa, don’t curate my news for meWe live in the age of algorithmic everything, writes Jonathan D. Fitzgerald. But, of all the things we’ve allowed the algorithm to manage — movies, music, and shopping — news...Mar 13, 2024
Mass.’s health insurance for undocumented immigrants provides a model other states can followIt may seem counterintuitive, writes Sarah Brown, but providing insurance options for undocumented people would save money and improve the patient experience for everyone by diverting care for these immigrants...Mar 12, 2024
The real winners at the Oscars this yearThe Oscars this year reminded us that the glamorous trappings of Hollywood are stitched together out of very thin thread, writes Joanna Weiss. The real victors are the people who...Mar 11, 2024
'Are you a gal or a mouse': Iris Apfel changed my sartorial lifeAnita Diamant never met fashion icon Iris Apfel in person, but she did spend an afternoon among the many delights of Apfel's storied closet at a Peabody Essex Museum exhibit...Mar 8, 2024
I found love after divorce. But I could only change so much about myselfWhen you form a new relationship as an older person, you have the chance to choose how you’re going to live, writes Henriette Lazaridis. I had the zany idea to...Mar 8, 2024
Why is Joe Biden's age an indictment?There is zero evidence that Joe Biden’s age has compromised his ability to serve as president. But that hasn't stopped the media from obsessing over it, writes Steve Almond. In...Mar 7, 2024
ICE's wanton use of solitary confinement defies even its own standardsDetained immigrants spent an average of 27 days in solitary confinement, well beyond the 15 days that the U.N. considers torture, write Katie Peeler, Anand Chukka, Brian Benitez and Natalie...Mar 6, 2024
It’s Super Tuesday. Focus on the race, not the wreckIt wasn’t long ago that political veterans like me felt their hearts racing as Super Tuesday approached, writes former Gov. Jane Swift. But this year I can’t find anyone who’s...Mar 5, 2024
At the end of my mother's life, I could finally see herLiz Vago’s relationship with her mother was flipped. For decades, I was the responsible one and she was the impulsive one, Vago writes. I didn’t appreciate her outsized joy for...Mar 1, 2024
I want my students to stand on their own two feet. But I also want them to understand joyI love anything that makes my students happy, but I also hold them accountable, says Shaumba-Yandje Dibinga, the founding creative director of OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center. It's not just tiptoeing...Feb 29, 2024
What gets lost in the immigration debateRecent studies have tallied how much the surge in immigration has contributed to the U.S. economy, reduced the federal deficit and potentially, headed off a recession, writes Sasha Chanoff. The...Feb 27, 2024
I was the first baby born via IVF in the U.S. For the first time in my 42 years, ‘I feel like an endangered species’No one understands better than the infertility community that embryos are not children, writes Elizabeth Carr. Success in IVF means bringing home a baby, not solely creating embryos. Resume03:56Feb 26, 2024
Why our family still makes time for church on SundaysWe are drifting away from one another, writes Amy Julia Becker. And from the institutions that connect us — institutions like church — even though we desperately need them.Feb 23, 2024
Jon Stewart’s ‘calm-down’ paternalism isn’t funny in 2024Jon Stewart remains devoted to a lazy brand of false equivalency in which all political candidates are suspect, writes Steve Almond. But the political fate of this country isn’t a...Feb 22, 2024
Steven Wise fought tirelessly for animal personhood. We humans are better for itAs an attorney, Steven Wise fought for personhood rights for his clients, who were captive chimps, elephants and whales. You may scoff at some of his arguments, writes Rich Barlow,...Feb 22, 2024
Why a private mission to the moon is still a win for AmericaA successful moon landing by Odysseus Thursday would be the first by a private company, writes Joelle Renstrom. It would also be a victory for the U.S., which hasn’t landed...Feb 21, 2024
My brother died in a car accident decades ago. Now I’m teaching my son to driveKevin’s death forever scarred my parents, my surviving older brother and me, writes Linda K. Wertheimer. I’m determined not to pass on that scar to my son. Feb 20, 2024