Carlos Prudencio and Damianny Garrido: Why not a BLM mural here in Lynn, too?
Last June large facets of the Lynn community, led by Lynn youth, joined together to advocate for and organize the installation of a “Black Lives Matter” (BL... Read more.
Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath: Building a healthy tomorrow
President Joe Biden is acting fast to tackle the health and economic crises that greeted him on inauguration day. The first 100 days of any new presidency are c... Read more.
Standing at the head of the class
At long last, Massachusetts public school students appear to be headed back to classrooms next month. This is a positive sign that we are winning the year-long ... Read more.
Robert E. Moffit: Don’t ignore the Medicare crisis
Official Washington, D.C., just got another early warning. The Congressional Budget Office recently confirmed the Medicare trustees’ 2020 report that the Medi... Read more.
Opinion: Dr. Seuss: Part Horton, part Grinch
Editorial from the Los Angeles Times editorial board Read Across America Day was celebrated Tuesday, as it is every year, on the birthday of the late Theodore G... Read more.
Sarah Morgan Smith: An International Women’s Day quiz
Today is International Women’s Day, which celebrates women’s achievements. With a woman vice president, a woman speaker of the House of Representatives, 141... Read more.
Opinion: How to improve the Affordable Care Act
Editorial from the Bloomberg Opinion editorial board Here’s some news from 2020 that seems almost good: Despite heavy job losses during the pa... Read more.
Pamela Garrison: The hard work of being poor
As Congress advances a COVID-19 relief package that calls for a $15 national minimum wage by 2025, I am aware that some people think that being poor is a person... Read more.
Why testing makes sense now
Editorial from the Los Angeles Times editorial board Last year, then-Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made one of the few good moves of her tenu... Read more.
Readers’ Advocate: Learning in a pandemic
(Editor’s note: The Readers’ Advocate’s role is to address the concerns of readers on a variety of matters, including the fairness of stories; what The It... Read more.