This grief is mine, not yoursAll griefs are not similar, all grief is not predictable, all grief is not by the book, and your grief is not mine, writes Elissa Ely. Jan 24, 2025How do we make sense of a world that disregards sexual violence?Rape is the only thing that’s both a weapon of war and offered up for a sure-fire laugh at a comedy club, writes Michelle Bowdler. Time and again, when there...Jan 23, 2025A woman now leads a department in the Vatican. It's a big step, but not enoughPope Francis has said he wants to give women greater leadership roles in the Roman Catholic Church. If he really wants to make good on that vow, writes Rich Barlow,...Jan 23, 2025I did not watch the inaugurationAnita Diamant didn't watch the inauguration of Donald Trump on Monday. Instead, she went for a walk along Boston's Commonwealth Avenue Mall, visiting the monuments built to honor Americans who...Jan 22, 2025What will not burnEven the best memories are fallible, vulnerable to context, faulty interpretation and forces outside of our control, writes Cloe Axelson. But what happens when history is revised? Or dulled by...Jan 19, 2025AdvertisementWe ought to remember this: Martin Luther King, Jr. was a radicalToday's challenges — from educational inequality and economic disparity, to voter suppression and police violence — demand that we engage with King's full legacy, not just the portions that we’re...Jan 17, 2025Primary care physicians can help solve the current birth control crisisAnxiety around access to contraceptive healthcare is at an all-time high, writes Kirsten Meisinger, a family doctor. The reality is that the political climate will not improve soon. But contrary...Jan 16, 2025What we lost in the fireI lost many things in the LA fires, writes Andrea Meyer. My home, the pictures taken by my photojournalist grandfather after World War II and my grandma’s jewelry. But I...Jan 15, 2025The circle can be broken — and mended againMy sister Lauren was my champion, my sponsor and my artistic guide, writes Christopher John Stephens. She introduced me to many things during her short life, including my hero: Bob...Jan 15, 2025Put it in writingWhen I left Vienna, I packed up all of the aerogrammes, letters and postcards I had received from home in an empty Sachertorte box and flew to JFK with them...Jan 13, 2025I thought I was ready for fire. I was wrongJust after sunset on Wednesday, another spark caught in the Hollywood Hills. The fire had crept closer, now just on the other side of the canyon. We could wait no...Jan 10, 2025The land of my childhood is on fireAs horrifying as the spread of these fires has been, they are merely the latest in a long and harrowing catalogue, writes Steve Almond. Over the past decade, not a...Jan 10, 2025Farewell to Jimmy Carter, and a more innocent timeMadeleine Blais was a staff writer for the Trenton Times in 1976 when she was assigned to cover the Democratic Convention in New York City where Jimmy Carter claimed his...Jan 9, 2025My letter from Jimmy Carter's White HouseDecades later, I don’t remember what prompted 10-year-old me to write to President Carter, writes Jane Rosenzweig. But I do remember how excited I was when I received a response...Jan 8, 2025Not all monsters look like monstersMore than 50 men were found guilty of raping Gisèle Pelicot. In addition to her own husband, the rapists included a nurse, a journalist and a volunteer firefighter, and they...Jan 7, 2025Maybe making resolutions is a bit like prayingMaybe instead of stating our intentions for a specific thing, we ought to resolve ourselves to a certain way of being in the world — wise, patient, honest, compassionate, humble...Jan 5, 2025'Helpless fury': January 6, four years laterRather than being called to account for his crimes on Jan.6, Donald Trump arrives back on the Capitol steps triumphant and unscathed. His election to a second term dramatically shifts...Jan 3, 2025The triumphant and tragic life of Maria CallasThere is much to love about Netflix's “Maria”, a biopic about soprano Maria Callas, including the film’s visual splendor, writes Paul Wink. But the film misses opportunities to illuminate the...Jan 3, 2025Public trust in science is ebbing — and will have real-world consequencesAnti-science attitudes have historically encumbered societal progress in the U.S., often with serious ramifications, writes Frederick Hewett. The scientific community is now bracing for upheaval as the Trump administration prepares...Jan 2, 2025Jimmy Carter won my vote with his inspired idealism — he’d win it againAt times throughout his presidency, political and economic circumstances forced President Carter to subordinate his impulse to protect the living world. But his accomplishments outweigh his failures, writes Frederick Hewett,...Dec 30, 2024Next Page
This grief is mine, not yoursAll griefs are not similar, all grief is not predictable, all grief is not by the book, and your grief is not mine, writes Elissa Ely. Jan 24, 2025
How do we make sense of a world that disregards sexual violence?Rape is the only thing that’s both a weapon of war and offered up for a sure-fire laugh at a comedy club, writes Michelle Bowdler. Time and again, when there...Jan 23, 2025
A woman now leads a department in the Vatican. It's a big step, but not enoughPope Francis has said he wants to give women greater leadership roles in the Roman Catholic Church. If he really wants to make good on that vow, writes Rich Barlow,...Jan 23, 2025
I did not watch the inaugurationAnita Diamant didn't watch the inauguration of Donald Trump on Monday. Instead, she went for a walk along Boston's Commonwealth Avenue Mall, visiting the monuments built to honor Americans who...Jan 22, 2025
What will not burnEven the best memories are fallible, vulnerable to context, faulty interpretation and forces outside of our control, writes Cloe Axelson. But what happens when history is revised? Or dulled by...Jan 19, 2025
We ought to remember this: Martin Luther King, Jr. was a radicalToday's challenges — from educational inequality and economic disparity, to voter suppression and police violence — demand that we engage with King's full legacy, not just the portions that we’re...Jan 17, 2025
Primary care physicians can help solve the current birth control crisisAnxiety around access to contraceptive healthcare is at an all-time high, writes Kirsten Meisinger, a family doctor. The reality is that the political climate will not improve soon. But contrary...Jan 16, 2025
What we lost in the fireI lost many things in the LA fires, writes Andrea Meyer. My home, the pictures taken by my photojournalist grandfather after World War II and my grandma’s jewelry. But I...Jan 15, 2025
The circle can be broken — and mended againMy sister Lauren was my champion, my sponsor and my artistic guide, writes Christopher John Stephens. She introduced me to many things during her short life, including my hero: Bob...Jan 15, 2025
Put it in writingWhen I left Vienna, I packed up all of the aerogrammes, letters and postcards I had received from home in an empty Sachertorte box and flew to JFK with them...Jan 13, 2025
I thought I was ready for fire. I was wrongJust after sunset on Wednesday, another spark caught in the Hollywood Hills. The fire had crept closer, now just on the other side of the canyon. We could wait no...Jan 10, 2025
The land of my childhood is on fireAs horrifying as the spread of these fires has been, they are merely the latest in a long and harrowing catalogue, writes Steve Almond. Over the past decade, not a...Jan 10, 2025
Farewell to Jimmy Carter, and a more innocent timeMadeleine Blais was a staff writer for the Trenton Times in 1976 when she was assigned to cover the Democratic Convention in New York City where Jimmy Carter claimed his...Jan 9, 2025
My letter from Jimmy Carter's White HouseDecades later, I don’t remember what prompted 10-year-old me to write to President Carter, writes Jane Rosenzweig. But I do remember how excited I was when I received a response...Jan 8, 2025
Not all monsters look like monstersMore than 50 men were found guilty of raping Gisèle Pelicot. In addition to her own husband, the rapists included a nurse, a journalist and a volunteer firefighter, and they...Jan 7, 2025
Maybe making resolutions is a bit like prayingMaybe instead of stating our intentions for a specific thing, we ought to resolve ourselves to a certain way of being in the world — wise, patient, honest, compassionate, humble...Jan 5, 2025
'Helpless fury': January 6, four years laterRather than being called to account for his crimes on Jan.6, Donald Trump arrives back on the Capitol steps triumphant and unscathed. His election to a second term dramatically shifts...Jan 3, 2025
The triumphant and tragic life of Maria CallasThere is much to love about Netflix's “Maria”, a biopic about soprano Maria Callas, including the film’s visual splendor, writes Paul Wink. But the film misses opportunities to illuminate the...Jan 3, 2025
Public trust in science is ebbing — and will have real-world consequencesAnti-science attitudes have historically encumbered societal progress in the U.S., often with serious ramifications, writes Frederick Hewett. The scientific community is now bracing for upheaval as the Trump administration prepares...Jan 2, 2025
Jimmy Carter won my vote with his inspired idealism — he’d win it againAt times throughout his presidency, political and economic circumstances forced President Carter to subordinate his impulse to protect the living world. But his accomplishments outweigh his failures, writes Frederick Hewett,...Dec 30, 2024
