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06:13Jul 30, 2021

Simone Biles Can Fly, But She's So Much More Than Her Wings

I am constantly reminding myself that I don't have anything to prove, writes Theresa Okokon. Neither do you. And neither does Simone.

Simone Biles of Team United States smiles during the Women's Team Final on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on July 27, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Simone Biles' Competitive Glory Will Fade. But Her Message About Mental Health Will Endure

Jul 29, 2021

Demonstrators holding signs reading "end racism" and "The King is Dead, Long Live The King" gather on the Boston Common opposite the Massachusetts State House on April 5, 1968, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. (William Ryerson/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

'There Is Grave Danger In Proscribing The Narrative': Teaching America's Complicated History

Jul 29, 2021

Japan's Naomi Osaka returns the ball to Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova during their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women's singles third round tennis match at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo on July 27, 2021. (Tiziana FABI / AFP via Getty Images)

The 'Simultaneity' Of Naomi Osaka

Jul 28, 2021

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Jul 28, 2021

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After A Long Year Of Pandemic Parenting, Making It Through Is Enough

Jul 1, 2021

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In Defense Of The Quarantine 15

Jul 8, 2021

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Simone Biles competes during the gymnastics world championships on October 8, 2019 in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart, Germany. (Tom Weller/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Simone Biles Can Fly, But She's So Much More Than Her Wings

06:13Jul 30, 2021

Tinnitus is an age-related condition shared by 20% of the U.S. population, writes Julie Wittes Schlack. It’s also a symptom of long haul COVID. (Getty Images)

'The Phantom Hum': My Tinnitus Is Real. It's Also A Metaphor For Our Time

04:19Jul 16, 2021

Talking To Patients And Their Families, Even When There's Nothing To Say

03:34Mar 31, 2021

Nikole Hannah-Jones speaks on stage during the 137th Commencement at Morehouse College on May 16, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Marcus Ingram/Getty Images)

I Am A Black Woman In Academia. Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Tenure Saga Isn't Unique

04:36Jul 9, 2021

Politics

Jul 28, 2021

Fox News Targeted My Town’s Summer Reading List. Here's What They Missed

The conservative news outlet recently published a screed online against my town’s summer reading list for kids, writes Belmont's Rich Barlow. Here's what they got wrong.

A person takes a photo of someone receiving a vaccine at a clinic hosted by the Brazilian Workers Center in Boston's Allston on March 19, 2021. Whittier Street Health Center administered 200 vaccines to the community. (Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Mass. Should Expand Medicaid To Undocumented Immigrants

Jul 27, 2021

A 15-year-old receives a first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a mobile vaccination clinic at the Weingart East Los Angeles YMCA on May 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

A Plague Of Vaccine Skeptics

Jul 21, 2021

Pre-school teacher Jennifer Snow, center, speaks to the children in the classroom at Silverado Children's Center in Silverado Canyon on Thursday, January 12, 2017. (Leonard Ortiz/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

The State's $611 Million Plan Doesn't Do Enough For Our Youngest Children, Or Their Teachers

Jul 21, 2021

Jeff Bezos speaks after receiving the 2019 International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Excellence in Industry Award during the the 70th International Astronautical Congress at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC on October 22, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

Billionaires In Space Are Costing Lives On Earth

Jul 19, 2021

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The U.S. Women's fight for pay equity is the latest battle in a never-ending war to prove that women are good enough, writes Cloe Axelson.

Jul 23, 2021

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From Sarajevo To Athens, I've Covered 15 Olympic Games. Here's What We'll Miss In Tokyo

During his career with Sports Illustrated, E.M. Swift covered 15 Olympic Games. Most of the pleasantries of years past won't be present in Tokyo this summer, he writes.

Jul 23, 2021

Brian Boland, 72, died in a hot air balloon accident on Thursday, July 15, 2021. (Facebook)

'He Followed A Benign Beat': Remembering Balloonist Brian Boland

The balloonist Brian Boland, 72, died in an accident last week. The world will miss his jubilant take on self expression, writes Rich Barlow.

Jul 22, 2021

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Stories Help Me Cope With My Cancer. They Can Help Us Through The Pandemic

We’re not going to forget what we’ve been through, writes psychiatrist Adam Stern. Instead, our narratives will become part of us.

Jul 20, 2021

A woman walks by the Washington Elms Housing Development as high rise towers rise in Kendall Square nearby in Cambridge, MA on Feb. 13, 2021. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Want To Tackle Inequality? Start Local

Hyper-local zoning decisions have drawn the attention of the highest official in the land, writes Rich Barlow.

Jul 16, 2021

The author, pictured 12 miles into her walk to Walden Pond. (Courtesy Aube Rey Lescure)

I Walked 40 Miles — To Walden Pond And Back — In One Day. Here's Why

Immigration is about leaving home and daring to hope, writes Aube Rey Lescure. I walk because I can. I walk for those who don't have a choice.

Jul 15, 2021

The author and her father are pictured on a hiking trip in 1975. (Courtesy Jane Roper)

Just Before The Pandemic Began, My Father Died Of Cancer. Then, The World Disappeared

My father’s death was just one more strange, ungraspable thing among thousands of others, writes Jane Roper.

Jul 14, 2021

The author and her father in 1979, in their hometown of Maadi, Egypt. (Courtesy Jéhane Sedky)

30 Years After I Arrived In America, I Finally Feel Free To Speak My Mind

I'm coming to terms with what it means to become an American, writes Jehane Sedky.

Jul 9, 2021

People wait to buy ice cream from a vender on the National Mall as the DC area experiences a heatwave on June 30, 2021, in Washington, DC. - Climate change is causing record-setting temperatures to become more frequent. Globally, the decade to 2019 was the hottest recorded, and the five hottest years have all occurred within the last five years. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

The Surprising Case For Air Conditioning As Essential Infrastructure

Our contentious debate over the definition of “infrastructure” is about to heat up, literally. It appears we must add air conditioning to the mix, writes Rich Barlow.

Jul 9, 2021

Walden Pond beach in Concord, Mass in 2019. (John Greim/Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Walden Has Always Been For Everyone. Don't Make Swimming Across It A Crime

We should ensure that the freedom of access to Walden is restored, writes Miles Howard. Better yet, we must enshrine access to swimming as a right for everyone.

Jul 7, 2021

Bill Cosby listens to members of his team speak during a news conference outside his home in Elkins Park, Pa., Wednesday, June 30, 2021, after being released from prison. (Matt Rourke/AP)

Bill Cosby's Release Forces Us To Ask: How Far Can #MeToo Go?

How much can #MeToo accomplish given the entrenched power of patriarchy? asks Leigh Gilmore.

Jul 7, 2021

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks to members of the media during a press conference held on the still inundated I-94 in Detroit on June 28, 2021. After a weekend of heavy storms beginning on Friday night and lasting through the weekend rainwater flooded parts of I-94 in Detroit, Michigan forcing some motorists to abandon their vehicles and seek shelter from the heavy rains. (Matthew Hatcher/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Media Coverage Of Climate Change Is Improving. But That Alone Won't Stamp Out Disinformation

The media’s attention to climate change has risen over the last decade. But acceptance of the facts is not growing equally across the political spectrum, writes Frederick Hewett.

Jul 2, 2021

The author, second from left, and her family in 1970. (Courtesy)

'His Legacy Was His Patriotism': My Father's American Dream

Judy Bolton-Fasman thinks about her father a lot on July Fourth, a holiday he loved. Lately, she wonders whether his uncomplicated version of this country’s ideals holds up.

Jul 2, 2021

An MBTA Blue Line train at Orient Heights Station. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

The MBTA's New Board Should Include The People Who Know It Best — Riders And Workers

State legislators have a chance to lay the groundwork for a more equitable, democratic and well-functioning public transit system by reimagining the MBTA's board, write Dwaign Tyndal and Jim Evers.

Jun 30, 2021

Demonstrators display placards while marching during a protest, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, in the Nubian Square neighborhood of Boston, a day after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd. (Steven Senne/AP)

Police Reform On Paper Only Is Meaningless. We Need True Justice

If complaints against police languish, then police reform is an empty promise, write Sophia Hall and Iván Espinoza-Madrigal.

Jun 29, 2021

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Why Who Gets Twitter's Little Blue Check Matters

Since Twitter is a central platform for disseminating political and social information, its flawed policies have consequences, writes Kaivan Shroff.

Jun 28, 2021

For the first time since 2019, Fenway Park is open for full capacity and optional masking for the game between the Miami Marlins and the Boston Red Sox on May 29, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)

I'm Finally Back At Fenway, Where Things Feel Surprisingly Normal

A season ticket holder for more than 25 years, Jim Sullivan recently made his first trip back to Fenway since the pandemic. It was almost shockingly normal, he writes.

Jun 25, 2021

AIDS activist group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) protest at the headquarters of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on October 11, 1988 in Rockville, Maryland. The action, called SEIZE CONTROL OF THE FDA by the group, shut down the FDA for the day. (Photo by Catherine McGann/Getty Images)

For So Long, I Was Afraid To Come Out. It Got Better — Thanks To Activists Like My Friend

June marks 40 years since the first cases of what would later become known as AIDS were officially reported. B. Andrew Zelermyer writes, the activism of peers paved the way...

Jun 25, 2021

Family members mourn the death of Conrad Coleman Jr. following his funeral service on July 03, 2020 in New Rochelle, New York. Coleman, 39, died of COVID-19 on June 20, 2020, just over two months after his father Conrad Coleman Sr. also died of the disease. (John Moore/Getty Images)

You Can't Outrun Pandemic Grief

Now that things have improved, it’s tempting to push forward and forget about the past, writes Megan Devine. Grief has receded, but it hasn’t left our lives.

04:12Jun 24, 2021

US President Joe Biden (C) and First Lady Jill Biden (L) speaks with a priest as they leave St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington, Delaware, June 19, 2021. U.S. Roman Catholic bishops issued a challenge on June 18 to President Biden over his support for abortion rights, agreeing to draft a statement on the meaning of holy communion which could potentially be used to deny the sacred rite to the U.S. leader. (Olivier DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

If You Support Abortion Rights, You Might Soon Lose Communion — Even If You're Joe Biden

Threatening to deny the president the Eucharist on the basis of his support of abortion rights is the gasp of a shriveled Catholic right, writes Rich Barlow.

Jun 24, 2021