Plague Journal 1: It is at once a detailed narration of human dynamics within a quarantined and imperiled population, and a metaphor for the moral choices presented by human existence. For Camus, the plague is the human condition in which random death can be visited on any of us at any time, without reason, and regardless of our virtues.
COLUMNS
MASSACHUSETTS WAS NOT READY FOR THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
But we can be ready for the next one
HOW TO TALK TO YOUR FAMILY ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Including a Q&A that you can show to your loved ones
MASS: EXPAND PAID SICK TIME & START MEDICAL LEAVE NOW
More state support needed to help stem the coronavirus tide
TELL CONGRESS: IT’S TIME TO INVESTIGATE AMAZON’S SURVEILLANCE EMPIRE
We need lawmakers to intervene. A Congressional hearing will help to expose Amazon’s invasive data harvesting practices and restrict it from acting as a paid informant for the surveillance state.
KENNEDY IS YOUNGER THAN MARKEY. WHAT ELSE?
The first debate, for me, didn’t demonstrate a compelling reason to replace Markey—to swap an older straight white male for a younger one.
ENDORSEMENT: WHY I AM VOTING FOR BERNIE SANDERS
Because no one should have to go through the health care debacle my family just did
HOW TO GET MY SUPPORT: THE SCRAMBLE FOR BLACK VOTES NEEDS TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT MATTER TO US
Although most African Americans are Democrats today, our disaffection from the GOP only led us to FDR’s Democratic party after Republicans reneged on their formerly strong civil rights plank.
THE CANOPY ECONOMY: WHERE CANNABIS OVER-CAPACITY MEETS THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY
Recompose perfected a process where the recently deceased body is cleaned, wrapped in a shroud, and placed in a tube on a soft bed of wood chips, straw, nitrogen, and alfalfa sprouts.
EDITORIAL: RESIST ICE & BORDER PATROL IMMIGRATION RAIDS
Sadly, appeals to reason don’t stop reactionary media outlets like the Boston Herald from telegraphing the falsehoods being spread by ICE and pals.