Weldon: Did we learn or not? Why there can be no going back on COVID lessons.
Michele Weldon Five years ago this month, COVID-19 changed the world. The first pandemic in a century altered how Americans saw themselves, each other, work, health... Read more.
Jacobson: Focus on increasing buying power, not reducing prices
Sheldon H. Jacobson The recent Consumer Price Index report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that prices have risen by three percent from one year ago.... Read more.
Miele: Imagine how disabled people can, rather than assuming we can’t
Joshua A. Miele When I was a teenager, a professor my parents knew heard that I wanted to major in physics. Because I am blind, he told my parents that wouldn’t... Read more.
Sah: America thinks it’s a country of free thinkers. But we’re actually compliant.
Sunita Sah America has long been celebrated as the land of the free — a place where agency, independence and self-determination are enshrined in our national mythos.... Read more.
Vaughan: Teachers fail students by championing the Iditarod
Gemma Vaughan As you read this, hundreds of dogs are enduring almost unimaginable misery on the Iditarod trail. Subjected to biting winds, blinding snowstorms and... Read more.
Mastio: Trump’s balanced budget pledge to Congress is fantasy. Tax cuts will mean huge deficit
David Mastio In Donald Trump’s speech, personalities loomed large. Whether it was George Washington’s second best presidency or Elon Musk’s brilliant work... Read more.
Sah: America thinks it’s a country of free thinkers. But we’re actually compliant.
Sunita Sah America has long been celebrated as the land of the free — a place where agency, independence and self-determination are enshrined in our national mythos.... Read more.
Alvarez: Newcomers, join our community, don’t try to replace it
Briana M. Alvarez For as long as I’ve lived here, Lynn has been “gentrifying”— the city is becoming more “acceptable” for outsiders, I’m told. But... Read more.
Lippert, Benjamins, Buscemi, and Silva: Flu cases are unnecessarily on the rise. Policy failures are to blame.
Julia Lippert, Maureen R. Benjamins, Joanna Buscemi, and Abigail Silva According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been 33 million to... Read more.
Nature in the Neighborhood: There’s poetry in nature
Swampscott Conservancy Next month is National Poetry Month — 30 days to celebrate poets and poetry! New England has had its share of famed poets — Henry Wadsworth... Read more.