We Can Boost Low Vaccination Rates The Same Way We Raise Voter TurnoutWe use traditional get-out-the-vote tactics to vaccinate people in the hardest-hit communities: text messaging, phone banking and door-knocking, write David Velasquez and Alister Martin. CognoscentiMay 10, 2021
My Mother Was More Than Either Of Us KnewIt took me a long time to understand that many of my most treasured ways of being come from my mother, writes Janna Malamud Smith. CognoscentiMay 7, 2021
Remembering My Mom By Restoring Her CoatAfter Kate Peltz's mother died, a tailor helped restore her mother's wool coat. They shared a connection over the memories held by fabric and the pain of missing mothers who...CognoscentiMay 7, 2021
In Praise Of The Mother’s Day Gifts We’ll Never Actually UseInspired by glossy ads in magazines, Laura Shea Souza once bought her mother a bottle of Estée Lauder’s White Linen. While her mom never actually wore the perfume, she kept...CognoscentiMay 6, 2021
Trump And Facebook Are Still Partners In CrimeNo democracy can function with a cultural and political discourse that is routinely polluted by wild conspiracies and violent agitation, writes Steve Almond.CognoscentiMay 6, 2021
When We Couldn’t Meet On The Soccer Field, We Danced — 8,000 Miles ApartJean Duffy learned to play soccer at age 45, and she connected with a team of "Soccer Grannies" in South Africa. When the pandemic canceled their tournament, they shared hope...CognoscentiMay 5, 2021
What The U.S. Can Do Right Now To Help Vaccinate The World The American proclivity for profits prevented effective AIDS treatment from reaching African patients for years, and millions of people died, writes Dr. Joia Mukherjee. The Biden administration can avoid a...CognoscentiMay 4, 2021
What We Lose When Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Leaves BostonHannah Harlow worked at HMH for 17 years before leaving to run her own bookstore. She had a close-up view as authors, including Jhumpa Lahiri, launched their careers, and championed...CognoscentiMay 3, 2021
Want To Be Nice? Don't Stay SilentShalene Gupta grew up in Minnesota, the paradise of small talk and steering away from the inflammatory. After the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, she writes, I’m learning when your...CognoscentiApr 30, 2021
School's Back! Now Can We Please Keep Some Lessons From Hybrid Learning?A year ago, we were handed an unexpected experiment in crisis-era education, writes Joanna Weiss. Will we have learned anything from it, in the end?PlayCognoscenti02:32Apr 29, 2021
Don't Get Caught Up In 'Infrastructure' Semantics: Biden's Plans Are Essential InvestmentsThe definition of “infrastructure” has always evolved with technology, writes Rich Barlow. Congressional moderates should try to improve Biden's proposals to invest in physical and human infrastructure.CognoscentiApr 29, 2021
Biden's Speech Made Progressives Happy. But There's More Work To DoTo hear the president acknowledge science, exhibit compassion and aspire to inclusion was a refreshing contrast to the divisive bile spewed by the prior occupant of the White House, writes...CognoscentiApr 29, 2021
Why We're Terrible At Weighing The Risks Of The J&J VaccineSkipping medical treatments or preventions that offer great benefits for minimal risks is always a costly error, write Abraar Karan, Ingrid Katz and Richard Zeckhauser.CognoscentiApr 28, 2021
My Year In Masks Early on in the pandemic, covering your nose and mouth felt like an emergency. Now, as the end of mask-life dawns, Anita Diamant wonders what we'll remember from this long,...CognoscentiApr 28, 2021
I’m A Physician. Don’t Legislate Health Care For Transgender PatientsRepublican legislators are targeting transgender young people, including pushing for medical bans denounced by the American Academy of Pediatrics. These bans hurt transgender children, writes Dr. Jessica Kremen.CognoscentiApr 27, 2021
'Late, But Not Too Late': What Biden's Recognition Of The Armenian Genocide Means To My FamilyArmenians' pain was deepened by a lifetime of waiting in vain for the world to officially acknowledge that what happened to them was genocide, writes John Christie.CognoscentiApr 27, 2021
Republicans Want To Make Voting Harder. Corporate America Doesn't AgreeBig business generally aligns itself with the Republican Party. Not so on the GOP's efforts to restrict voting, writes Rich Barlow. CognoscentiApr 26, 2021
Derek Chauvin Was Convicted. But The Racist Story Of His Defense RemainsThe social narrative of the trial is not only about justice served or denied but also about racist ideas deep in the culture, write Fern L. Johnson and Marlene G....CognoscentiApr 23, 2021
My Disabled Daughter Showed Me That None Of Us Are IndependentAimee Christian had long pushed independence for her 9-year-old daughter, Freyja, who has a neurological disorder. Then a conversation made Christian question that goal for her daughter -- and herself....CognoscentiApr 23, 2021
I'm Not Celebrating The Chauvin VerdictI fear that congratulatory celebration may lead to complacency -- a complacency that does not fully acknowledge that there have been and will be many George Floyds, writes Lee Pelton.CognoscentiApr 22, 2021
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