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Written by DELAINEY LAHOOD-BURNS Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
“When you’re riding the wave, it all seems to go away and you’re just really connected with the ocean and the nature and the elements.”
Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"The score ... is simply a measure of who is a good test taker."
Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"If your community instead comes out and said, 'we are with you, we see you', that's a really powerful message."
Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"It has never been about our community. It has never been about what we need or want."
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
Recently, CommonWealth Magazine published an opinion piece by Rachel Silber Devlin, the daughter of former Boston University Chancellor John Silber, who published a book about her father last year and is giving a talk about him at BU today.
Her article paints a picture ... read more
Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"We can't prevent what we're unwilling to acknowledge."
Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"We need a criminal legal system that is grounded in rehabilitation."
Written by TALKING JOINTS MEMO Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
State report highlights seizures in booming illicit market, quantifies revenue loss
Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"We're seeing changes in the frequency, in the destructiveness, even in where disasters are occurring."
Written by JON LAMSON Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
As gas prices and heating costs skyrocket across Massachusetts, fossil fuel producers and providers are spending hundreds of thousands to promote their political agendas to state officials and lawmakers.
The state’s five for-profit utilities, which function as regulated ... read more
Written by KEIKO HIROMI Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Photos
Several hundred people gathered in Copley Square on Sunday to recognize the one-year anniversary of Russian troops entering Ukrainian territory in 2022
Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"Everyone has a right to breathing clean air."
Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"This is good for everybody, because it ultimately creates a stronger economy within our state."
Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
“Late adolescents are particularly likely to be sentenced based on systemic racism and implicit biases in policing, prosecution, and sentencing.”
Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"As one of the wealthiest states in our nation, there's definitely some glaring and growing gaps ... "
Written by TRICIA THOMAS, RN Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed
What systems are in place to stop executions of Black people by way of ignorance, hate, jealousy, outright savagery, and police brutality?
Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"Just like our roads and bridges, just like our airports and railroads, child care is essential to a healthy, inclusive economy."
Written by DAN ATKINSON Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
Company hired to run Transit Police dispatch service under-delivered, charged extra, and kept inadequate records, according to inspector general's report
Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"It's about taking care of kids and making sure they have adequate nutrition"
Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"We have a commitment to make sure that Massachusetts speaks as loud as it can to make sure that everybody is represented."
Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"It is about the right to parent a child in a safe and healthy community."
Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"The police can use the technology to help them solve very serious crimes."
Written by CICI YU Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
“A college degree is one of the best ways to help a student from a low-income background become economically stable.”
Written by JAKIRA ROGERS Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed
When these factors are not explicitly named and acknowledged, one demonstrates a gap in understanding that racism perpetuates disproportionate outcomes for Black and Brown populations.
Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"We're thinking about reimagining our system in a way that creates healthy, resilient and vibrant communities."
Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"This new funding revenue hopefully gives us the chance to be innovative and think outside the box."
Written by JON LAMSON Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
Shortcomings in the state’s greenhouse gas inventory pose issues for energy planning
Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"People are living in the state of almost constant, precarious insecurity."
Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
“Stepping into this house made me feel better … She has a way of transforming pain into passion.”
Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
“We’ve got a system in place where it’s just, grab this money from mostly poor people, but don’t have mechanisms in place to really account for what’s taken.”