Terms of Unemployment: Examining the youth work crisis
Unemployment among young people is the societal panic of late, and the numbers can prove it. A Time magazine story from October cited data from the Bureau of Labor... Read more.
Negro Election Day comes back to Lynn as exhibit
LYNN ― Doreen Wade, president and founding member of Black heritage organization Salem United, surveys a wall of artifacts she provided to the Lynn Museum. It’s... Read more.
Grandma goes the extra mile
A mother’s work is never done, and that goes double for grandmothers. In times of strife that overcome even a mother’s capacity to keep her young ones... Read more.
COVID-19 has Salem’s psychics detecting change
SALEM ― In 2021, the city’s businesses successfully bounced back from a COVID-19-induced lull (Item, Oct. 12), which was a relief to proprietors and the... Read more.
Swampscott homeowners facing $79 tax increase
SWAMPSCOTT ― The average single-family homeowner will see a $79 hike in their tax bills next year. At a joint meeting between the Select Board, Board of Assessors,... Read more.
Yarin: Knowledge is power when it comes to sex education
The state Senate’s passage of the Healthy Youth Act, a sexual-education reform bill approved in late September, might seem like gilding the lily to some. As... Read more.
Christmas joy for small family’s smallest member
You hear it everywhere: These are trying times. Unprecedented times. Unfortunate times. Bewildering, uncertain, scary times. The shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic... Read more.
Yarin: Fellow Jewish people, it’s time to get over Hanukkah
I used to be the kind of person who’d get mad when someone wished me a merry Christmas instead of a happy Hanukkah. I’m proud of my Jewish identity,... Read more.
She wants her kids to stay kids
Watching one’s young children grow up is never easy. Watching them grow up in times of strife can sometimes feel like too much to take. A local mother wanted... Read more.
So. What’s the real reason I can’t get a Christmas tree?
The nation’s hand wringing over supply-chain disruption has kicked into high gear during the holiday season, and anyone who watches or reads the news has likely... Read more.