Lessons to prepare, grieve, console, help, learn, teach, and unite
Op-Ed
INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF BOSTON
Help them fight COVID-19
WHY WE PROTESTED FOUL PRISON CONDITIONS FROM OUR CARS DURING COVID-19
During this pandemic, Never Again stands in solidarity with detainees whose lives are imperiled by the insidious violence of the state’s refusal to act.
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.
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 CASE FOR NO MORE COPAYS
We cannot let this system continue. Our health is very important. We cannot be complacent and accept the health care system we have as the way things are.
HOW TRUMP EXPANDED POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT HARM LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE
It rolled back sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) nondiscrimination provisions in health care, employment, and housing, and expanded discriminatory religious refusal policies.
HOT TOPIC: WHY IS SOMERVILLE STILL INSTALLING TURF FIELDS IN INCREASINGLY HOT CLIMATES?
The “Living With Heat Report” explains that Somerville is especially vulnerable to urban heat island impacts because of our excessive pavement and lack of tree canopy and open spaces.
OCCUPIED: WHAT ARE YOU MISSING WHILE YOU’RE SCANNING INSTA?
The idea is hardly earth-shattering—just get a bunch of people socializing together who are all agreeing to set aside their devices for two hours.
REALITY CHECK
Massachusetts as a failed state, Boston as a failed city?