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Oct 5, 2022

College is one way to get ahead. It shouldn't be the only one

A strong and productive workforce includes people with a variety of skills and experiences -- not just four-year degrees, writes Maria Flynn.

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Love football? Tua Tagovailoa reminds us all — it's more than a game

Oct 4, 2022

Prudential and John Hancock Buildings reflect sunset over Charles River, Boston, Massachusetts in 1976, the year after Anita Diamant started calling the city home. (Spencer Grant/Getty Images)

After 48 years, it’s official: Boston you’re my home

04:41Oct 4, 2022

Celebrating 10 years of Cognoscenti

Sep 30, 2022

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My sister’s death was hard enough. The silence afterwards was unbearable

After 48 years, it’s official: Boston you’re my home

'I Just Wish I Could Stay A Little Longer': Jack Thomas Considers The End Of His Life

College is one way to get ahead. It shouldn't be the only one

Love football? Tua Tagovailoa reminds us all — it's more than a game

Why we should care about Herschel Walker

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I'm a high-risk OB-GYN: Abortion helps me save lives

Jul 1, 2022

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The staggering cost of unpaid art internships

Aug 2, 2022

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'Happily ever after': In praise of guests who see beyond the big day

Aug 5, 2022

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10 years after the massacre in Oak Creek, I remain committed to my faith — and my country

Aug 8, 2022

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Don't despair the end of summer

06:36Sep 9, 2022

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'Just When You Think It's Over, It Comes On Again': My Year With Long-Haul COVID

03:13Mar 10, 2021

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At the pool, my boy can enjoy summer like everyone else

06:19Aug 12, 2022

Grace Segran with her two grandchildren, Lily and Ella. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

'I have loved and am loved': I am at peace

07:32Aug 12, 2022

Politics

Sep 29, 2022

How do we fathom the Holocaust's devastation? One name at a time

Ken Burns’ new documentary reaffirmed my responsibility to humanize the incomprehensible number of 6 million murdered, writes Karen Kirsten, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor.

The New York Times and other newspapers are displayed at a newsstand in the Times Square subway station in New York City. (Michael Brown/Getty Images)

Good journalism doesn't mean covering Biden and Trump equally

Sep 27, 2022

Yemeni people, from families who were affected by the war and blockade, flock to receive free lunch meals, provided by a charitable kitchen at Mseek area on June 29, 2021 in Sana'a, Yemen. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

In Yemen, our collective sin goes beyond indifference

Sep 22, 2022

The author, age 4, and her father's family in about 1965, before they left Cuba. (Courtesy Ana Hebra Flaster)

How I became the matriarch of my Cuban family in New England

Sep 21, 2022

The stakes of these midterms are far more profound than which party controls Congress, writes Steve Almond. (Getty Images)

The stakes in the midterms couldn't be higher

Sep 20, 2022

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My sister’s death was hard enough. The silence afterwards was unbearable

Writer Lynne Reeves Griffin's sister, Cheryl, died by suicide seven years ago. When people become uncomfortable at any mention of my sister, she writes, I feel excluded from the mourning...

Oct 3, 2022

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Art reminds me that illness is part of our shared landscape

Illness is a part of every life, in one form or another, writes Jodie Noel Vinson. We just have to be open to seeing it.

Sep 30, 2022

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NASA crashed into an asteroid! Nerds like me are in heaven

We've been dreaming about blasting space rocks from the sky for decades, writes Ethan Gilsdorf. Sci-fi and reality have truly collided.

Sep 28, 2022

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I've loved driving for 76 years, but it's time for my 'moving kingdom' to leave the road

Pat Lowery Collins was 14 when she got her driver’s license, so she could drive herself to acting jobs in Hollywood's radio studios. Many years -- and many cars --...

Sep 28, 2022

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Why you're never too old to build 'castles in the air'

While that yearning to hear the rustle of Lego pieces in a fresh, soon-to-be-opened box lingered, Miles Howard hadn’t bought a set in two decades, not since he was a...

Sep 23, 2022

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College is overpriced. Debt relief won't fix that fact

As the father of a high school senior, I know the salience of this issue will endure beyond the midterms, writes Rich Barlow. It’s clear that forgiving debt does not...

Sep 20, 2022

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The outrage over migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard is justified. But we're missing the bigger story

When systems to help vulnerable people secure their rights fail, we don’t give up, writes Katie Peeler. We ask for help.

Sep 19, 2022

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As we fight monkeypox, we must remember the somber lessons of HIV

White men are getting a disproportionate share of monkeypox vaccines, writes Josiane Martinez. Unless health leaders act, those disparities could get worse.

Sep 19, 2022

A birds-eye view of the procession escorting the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II in Edinburgh, Scotland on September 12, 2022. (Courtesy Julie Wittes Schlack)

A letter from Edinburgh: I watched the Scots mourn their Queen with 'extraordinary generosity'

Julie Wittes Schlack happened to be in Edinburgh when the procession accompanying Queen Elizabeth's coffin arrived. She finds reverence for the monarchy perplexing, but the respect strangers showed each other...

Sep 16, 2022

Andrea Campbell, candidate for Attorney General is flanked by United States Rep. Ayanna Pressley, left, and Attorney General and candidate for governor Maura Healey during a canvassing event at America's Food Basket in the Hyde Park neighborhood on September 3, 2022. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Voters could turn the old boys' club of Beacon Hill into the new girls' network

Representation is about more than numbers. Representation is about seeing and being seen. Seven women on the Mass. ballot this November is something to be excited about, writes Jesse Mermell.

Sep 15, 2022

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Welcome back to school — now, please put down your phone

I hope our classroom can be a space where we make room for raggedy feelings and inconvenient emotions, writes Kendra Stanton Lee -- instead of simply reaching for the nearest...

Sep 14, 2022

Attorney General Maura Healey made her first campaign appearance for governor with her new running mate Kim Driscoll at the Worcester Public Market on September 7, 2022. (Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Maura Healey may win in a walk — but that's not good for her or Mass. voters

I suspect there will come a day when even the attorney general may realize that a vigorous race would have served her well, writes former Gov. Jane Swift.

Sep 13, 2022

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What the attack on Salman Rushdie tells us about extremism

Hate is a drug of choice, and the resulting extremism can work in ways similar to addiction, writes Myrieme Churchill.

Sep 13, 2022

LONDON: A well-wisher kisses the hand of King Charles III during a walkabout outside Buckingham Palace to view messages and tributes following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. (Yui Mok - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Charles is finally king. It’s time to think beyond gender in power

Because he is a man, many assume it will be challenging for King Charles III to hold such a ceremonial role, writes Arianne Chernock.

Sep 12, 2022

The author's son, Hardy, in his dorm room at Yale University. (Courtesy Bill Eville)

I didn't cry when I took my son to college. Then I got home

I pull into our driveway and see the house listing, as it prepares to welcome back three, not four, writes Bill Eville.

Sep 8, 2022

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Who are we when we don't do the thing we love anymore? Serena is brave enough to find out

Serena Williams wants to be more the greatest tennis player of all time, writes Theresa Okokon. She wants to define who she is, and she wants that definition to be...

Sep 7, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks before signing The Inflation Reduction Act in the State Dining Room of the White House August 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Joe Biden is winning. The 'Tony Soprano' effect makes that hard to see

Our free press has made a mob boss the nation’s leading man, and in so doing has obscured the remarkable job being done by the actual president, writes Steve Almond.

Sep 6, 2022

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College changed my life. I want the same for my students — with less debt

There is hardly a part of me today that wasn’t shaped in a significant way by the things I learned between the ages of 18 and 22, writes Jonathan Fitzgerald.

Sep 6, 2022

Employees of HarperCollins Publisher participate in a one-day strike outside the publishing houses offices in Manhattan on July 20, 2022 in New York City. Salary, a commitment to diversity and union security rights are some of the demands the workers have presented to the company. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

America's seeing a historic surge in worker organizing. Here's how to sustain it

America is in the midst of a potentially historic increase in worker organizing, write Thomas Kochan and Wilma Liebman. Here are four things that must happen to make it a...

Sep 5, 2022

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I've been working hard — on doing less

Rest was not a concept I was raised with, writes Neema Avashia. In the past year, that changed. It had to.

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College is one way to get ahead. It shouldn't be the only one

Love football? Tua Tagovailoa reminds us all — it's more than a game

After 48 years, it’s official: Boston you’re my home

Celebrating 10 years of Cognoscenti

My sister’s death was hard enough. The silence afterwards was unbearable

After 48 years, it’s official: Boston you’re my home

'I Just Wish I Could Stay A Little Longer': Jack Thomas Considers The End Of His Life

College is one way to get ahead. It shouldn't be the only one

Love football? Tua Tagovailoa reminds us all — it's more than a game

Why we should care about Herschel Walker

I'm a high-risk OB-GYN: Abortion helps me save lives

The staggering cost of unpaid art internships

'Happily ever after': In praise of guests who see beyond the big day

10 years after the massacre in Oak Creek, I remain committed to my faith — and my country

Don't despair the end of summer

'Just When You Think It's Over, It Comes On Again': My Year With Long-Haul COVID

At the pool, my boy can enjoy summer like everyone else

'I have loved and am loved': I am at peace

How do we fathom the Holocaust's devastation? One name at a time

Good journalism doesn't mean covering Biden and Trump equally

In Yemen, our collective sin goes beyond indifference

How I became the matriarch of my Cuban family in New England

The stakes in the midterms couldn't be higher

My sister’s death was hard enough. The silence afterwards was unbearable

Art reminds me that illness is part of our shared landscape

NASA crashed into an asteroid! Nerds like me are in heaven

I've loved driving for 76 years, but it's time for my 'moving kingdom' to leave the road

Why you're never too old to build 'castles in the air'

College is overpriced. Debt relief won't fix that fact

The outrage over migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard is justified. But we're missing the bigger story

As we fight monkeypox, we must remember the somber lessons of HIV

A letter from Edinburgh: I watched the Scots mourn their Queen with 'extraordinary generosity'

Voters could turn the old boys' club of Beacon Hill into the new girls' network

Welcome back to school — now, please put down your phone

Maura Healey may win in a walk — but that's not good for her or Mass. voters

What the attack on Salman Rushdie tells us about extremism

Charles is finally king. It’s time to think beyond gender in power

I didn't cry when I took my son to college. Then I got home

Who are we when we don't do the thing we love anymore? Serena is brave enough to find out

Joe Biden is winning. The 'Tony Soprano' effect makes that hard to see

College changed my life. I want the same for my students — with less debt

America's seeing a historic surge in worker organizing. Here's how to sustain it

I've been working hard — on doing less