Letter to the Editor: Mayors advocate for vote-by-mail program
Editor’s note: Massachusetts mayors, including Lynn Mayor Thomas M. McGee, addressed this letter to state Senate President Karen E. Spilka and Massachusetts... Read more.
Congress must scrap or rewrite spy law
Editorial from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial board The FBI apparently makes a habit of violating policies meant to protect U.S. citizens from unwarranted... Read more.
Coronavirus’ psychological toll
Editorial from the Los Angeles Times editorial board In the midst of a pandemic, sometimes a single death can bring home the vast scope of the crisis. Dr. Lorna... Read more.
Commentary: Truly a teaching moment
This is a moment in time that we should never forget. There are still many unknowns about how widespread and over what time frame the coronavirus will impact ourselves,... Read more.
Letter to the Editor: Grateful for Epstein Hillel
In response to the April 23rd article, “Lesson Learned: Reading and Writing the Remote Way,” we were pleased to read about Lynnfield schools’ progress... Read more.
Commentary: Attorney General decision upheld Town Meeting vote
I write in response to the article that appeared in The Daily Item, April 23, under the headline, “Attorney General rejects Nahant zoning amendment changes.” ... Read more.
When smartphones can save us
Editorial from the San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board A month after Singapore responded to the coronavirus pandemic by encouraging residents to put an app on... Read more.
Commentary: How we should spell relief
The new $484 billion COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress on April 23 takes some useful steps, but it still fails to deliver substantive relief to tens of millions... Read more.
Real first ladies
Editorial from the Dallas Morning News When former first ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush teamed up on April 18 to help raise private dollars for global health... Read more.
Commentary: When can we reopen?
The notion that there is a date in the near future when we’ll be as safe from COVID-19 as we were before it appeared is utterly unrealistic, whether your state... Read more.