Vicki Shabo and Marcia St. Hilaire-Finn: COVID exposes dire need for child care and paid leave
When we were testifying last month at a congressional hearing, one of us as a paid leave and gender equity expert and the other as the owner of a small and growing... Read more.
Swampscott should embrace the future
If anyone deserves to be labeled a “final authority” on a subject, it is Lois Longin with her outlook on the plan to replace three aging Swampscott elementary... Read more.
Letter: Thank you, Mary
To the editor: Dear Mary Manzi, You are a wonderful nurse and a front-line worker in the battle against a killer virus. You recently retired after 30 years working... Read more.
Patricia Murphy: Don’t clobber compromise
When I tell people that I cover politics for a living, the response I almost always hear is that people want Congress or the Legislature or fill-in-the-blank-government-entity... Read more.
A not nearly-sufficient deal
Editorial from the Los Angeles Times editorial board After weeks of negotiations, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate finally found a way to agree on a $579... Read more.
More needs to be done on affordable health care
Editorial from the Baltimore Sun Editorial Board If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught Americans anything, it’s surely the necessity of making sure everyone has... Read more.
Catherine E. Semcer: Americans Can Unite Around America the Beautiful
The Biden administration recently released its recommendations to follow through on the president’s pledge to conserve 30 percent of America’s land and waters... Read more.
Franklin Lee: Social perceptions of race matter
The U.S. House of Representatives sent the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act to President Joe Biden’s desk recently, requiring the Department of Justice to establish hate... Read more.
Community college makes a difference
Community college is a life-changing experience that can boost incomes for students who earn certificates or associate degrees. The Boston Foundation and MassINC... Read more.
John M. Crisp: Community college should be ‘free’
Six years ago President Barack Obama announced a proposal to provide “free” tuition for 9 million community college students. It was more concept than concrete... Read more.