Baker: Idea Kid discovers Marblehead
Bob Baker Living in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, in the 1940s defined the problem and solution. Problem: Old Greenwich in the 1940s was stone-cold anti-Catholic.... Read more.
Flam: We just got a wake-up call from the time before dinosaurs
F.D. Flam Scientists have pieced together enough clues to Earth’s past climate to graph the average temperature from 485 million years ago to the present — back... Read more.
Sanger: Puppy Mill Awareness Day — It all starts with you
Melissa Rae Sanger Three tiny puppies born last year at an Ohio breeding facility were just 3 days old when they took their last breath. According to a U.S. Department... Read more.
Wilkinson: Springfield shouldn’t be a MAGA war zone
Francis Wilkinson “We cannot let the bad guys win,” Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said Monday. DeWine announced that he was sending 36 state police officers to patrol... Read more.
Ratcliffe: California must allow all eligible voters to vote
Antoinette Ratcliffe As Californians on parole prepare to vote in a presidential election for the first time, we have a pivotal moment to affirm our commitment to... Read more.
Omer: Will we let mpox spread, repeating devastating public health failures?
Saad B. Omer Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is back in the news. As of early September, the World Health Organization has reported more than 5,000 laboratory-confirmed... Read more.
Espinoza-Madrigal: Denying migrants housing only makes them more vulnerable
Iván Espinoza-Madrigal Marie-Louise stood in Boston’s Logan Airport, clutching her two young children. Behind them was a life shattered by violence in Haiti,... Read more.
Daley-Harris: Impactful advocacy requires moving past cynicism
Sam Daley-Harris Why does cynicism feel like a reasonable, inevitable, even smart posture these days? I think most of us have been there … ready to write off politics... Read more.
Cooper: America’s two-party system is failing us
William Cooper Are Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump really the two best candidates for America’s most demanding and important... Read more.
Prioritizing leadership and mentorship will prevent teachers from leaving the profession
Ashley A. Kannan Our eighth graders have a yearly tradition: They walk the hallways on their last day of school while the sixth and seventh graders and their teachers... Read more.