C. Quince Hopkins and Marissa Neuman Jachman: Prevent sexual assault by focusing on middle schoolers
“One in five women will experience completed or attempted rape during their lifetime.” If this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistic sounds familiar,... Read more.
Todd Furnis: Creating better affordable healthcare
President Joe Biden’s American Families Plan (AFP) includes a number of value transfers (not “benefits”, “entitlements,” or other baggage-laden terms)... Read more.
Llewellyn King: Where are all the restaurant workers?
Across the country, restaurants are open or beginning to open. Cheers! But there is something amiss. Something unexpected and as-yet-unexplained is going on: There... Read more.
We must confront Black maternity death rates
Editorial from the Los Angeles Times editorial board Childbirth has always been perilous for women. Before the advent of modern medicine, a breech birth was often... Read more.
Divorce and our desire for something more
Editorial from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Lots of ink has been spilled over the announced divorce of Bill and Melinda Gates, the software billionaire couple who... Read more.
Stuart Rothenberg: A 2024 Senate problem for Democrats
While campaign junkies everywhere are focused on the 2022 midterm elections, I’m already thinking about the fight for the Senate in 2024. Sure, what happens in... Read more.
Lisa Gilbert: Biden’s opportunity for greatness
It’s not too early to think about legacy, and Joe Biden is doing so. The Biden administration took office faced with some of the biggest challenges a new president... Read more.
Tree bylaw chopped in Lynnfield
Thinking globally and acting locally hit a big bump with the Select Board’s May 12 decision to keep the proposed tree preservation bylaw off June’s Town... Read more.
Learn to swim to save lives
Spring will give way quickly to summer and the warmer weather will bring the tragic litany of drownings in ponds, lakes, the ocean and swimming pools. Two Brockton... Read more.
Letter: Thanks for supporting Above the Influence
To the editor: I’m writing to thank Essex Media Group for supporting the Above the Influence campaign that A Healthy Lynnfield ran this spring. The enthusiastic... Read more.