"I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us."
Op-Ed
SJC DECISION SAYS IF YOU CAN’T PAY RENT, YOU CAN’T FIGHT FORECLOSURE
“While we were fighting police brutality and COVID’s disproportionate impact on communities of color, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court put its knee on our necks.”
PARENTS, PAUSE!: TALKING RACE WITH WHITE AND NON-BLACK CHILDREN
There is an avalanche of resources flooding the Internet and the market to learn and teach about racism and anti-racism, especially to children. For many white and non-Black parents and caregivers, the past few days following the uprisings have meant that there is a surge of individual and collective ...
BRIDGING THE CHASM BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUSTICE
Part 1: How do we begin?
RESETTLED REFUGEES FROM BHUTAN HELP COMBAT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19
...and gain self-sufficiency
MARKET ORIENTATION, TV NEWS, AND THE AMPLIFICATION OF VIOLENCE
In 2017, we examined CNN and Democracy Now!’s coverage of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock, North Dakota, to understand how the market orientation of two news organizations influenced the production and distribution of their protest coverage.
IN SOME COMMUNITIES, THE SOCIAL BARRIERS TO ACCEPTING AID ARE REAL
By accepting aid from the food drive, people feel their class status is visible and for some men, their masculinity is exposed and denigrated. People are more vulnerable to feeling ashamed and disgraced as they may be incapable of taking care of their family during the pandemic. In the face of shame, one may feel trapped, powerless and isolated.
PRIDE CELEBRATES MILESTONE ANNIVERSARY VIRTUALLY DURING MULTIPLE CRISES
The continued distance between the white LGBTQ+ community and LGBTQ+ communities of color has a historical antecedent.
MIT’S COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER HAS HIS OWN CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL
It was MIT’s Commencement Day Friday May 24, a bit of a surreal event for a campus that’s largely been evacuated due the COVID-19 pandemic. By all accounts, this virtual event was a tour de force, with technical gimmicks and congratulations sent from space. But it was also held in the shadow of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and the ensuing protests.
ARLINGTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBER RESPONDS TO CRITICAL GUEST OPINION
The following was submitted by Arlington School Committee member Paul Schlichtman in response to "Arlington Parents Call Out School Committee Candidate, Note Racial Disparities," published May 20, 2020.