RacismWe can’t control guns or the internet. But we can watch kids for signs of extremismTeachers, mental health professionals and parents might be our best defense for stopping hate crimes committed in the name of white supremacy, writes Meredith Ganser. May 20, 2022Want To Tackle Inequality? Start LocalHyper-local zoning decisions have drawn the attention of the highest official in the land, writes Rich Barlow. Jul 16, 2021Advertisement I Am A Black Woman In Academia. Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Tenure Saga Isn't UniqueThe fiasco that ensnared Hannah-Jones is "old and ongoing," writes Kellie Carter Jackson. The number of Black women in tenured positions remains disproportionately low. Play04:36Jul 9, 2021Trump Lost. So Why Is The Media Still So Fixated On His Supporters?At a moment of profound consequence for rebuilding norms around civic discourse, writes Leigh Gilmore, why are we asked to listen to the people who are least interested in that...Nov 19, 2020Escaping Headlines Of Death, Amid Memorials To The DeadA recent walk in a Belmont wildlife sanctuary got Rich Barlow thinking about life's potential and its fragility.Nov 17, 2020Housing Is A Human Right. Our President DisagreesBoston Mayor Martin J. Walsh responds to another "cruel and backwards decision coming out of Washington." This time, the Trump administration is repealing an Obama-era rule aimed at combating racial...Jul 31, 2020It’s Time To Make Juneteenth A National HolidayIt is time we declare -- once and for all -- that the emancipation of Black people is worthy of celebration and recognition in every corner of our country, writes...Jun 19, 2020A Dual Degree From Oxford. A Medical Degree From Harvard. Neither Protected Me From RacismFrequent subtle and less-subtle messages betray the assumption that I’m lacking in smarts, untrustworthy or even a threat, writes Tafadzwa Muguwe.Play03:12Jun 18, 2020Black Bostonians Fought For Freedom From Slavery. Where Are The Statues That Tell Their Stories?Contrary to the image of the kneeling slave, Black abolitionists did not wait passively for the "Day of Jubilee," writes Kevin M. Levin. They led the charge. Jun 16, 2020Why I Said Nothing When My Med School Professor Made Racist RemarksThese issues are far more complicated than creating stricter policies or having one colleague reprimand another, writes Dr. Abraar Karan.Jan 22, 2020If You Must Think Of Lynching, Think Of ThisThis is the history that should come to mind when “lynching” is invoked, writes Jabari Asim. If instead, you conceive of a petulant president and bickering partisans, think again.Oct 24, 2019Your Shock And Horror Over Trump's 'Lynching' Comments Aren't HelpingOn Tuesday, the president took to Twitter to call the impeachment inquiry a "lynching." John Vercher says we shouldn't be surprised. Surprise distracts.Oct 23, 2019The MAGA Hat Is Not Campaign Swag. It's An Emblem Of HateTrumpism is racism, blatant or latent, writes Rich Barlow. That makes the cap no different than a Confederate flag. Aug 29, 2019Let's Stop Pretending These Mass Shootings Are A CoincidenceThe president didn’t invent racial demagoguery or white supremacy, writes Steve Almond. He has simply triggered the deadly leap from ideation to action.Aug 5, 2019My Response To The Woman Who Told Me To 'Go Back'Four days after Trump's racist attacks against four congresswomen, Kanwar Singh was in Boston’s Downtown Crossing, when a woman yelled, "Go back to your country!"Play03:40Jul 22, 2019Teaching Our Children To Fight 'Baseless Hatreds'I’ve shouldered the burden of confronting anti-Semitic slurs, writes Roger Brooks, but sometimes I’ve just blushed, feeling powerless to do or say anything.Mar 19, 2019The Toxic Myths Of White SupremacyThe mythology of "whiteness" not only informs the perpetrators of racist violence, writes Julie Wittes Schlack, it fuels the simmering grievances of ordinary white people, who adhere to essentially the...Mar 18, 2019The Direct Line Between Slavery And Racism In BostonIn Massachusetts we're quick to praise our abolitionist history, but often fail to reckon with the role our ancestors played in helping slavery take root and develop.Feb 22, 2019What Good Is Republicans' Rebuke Of Steve King If They Remain Silent On Trump?Steve King’s thoughts on white supremacy are the latest in a series of bigoted and incendiary comments that spout from him like sewage from a broken pipe. Jan 17, 2019Hate Crimes Are Multiplying In Massachusetts But We Can't Blame TrumpWe must grapple with our own personal biases, unconscious or otherwise, write Lauren Sampson and Iván Espinoza-Madrigal.Jan 4, 2019Next Page
We can’t control guns or the internet. But we can watch kids for signs of extremismTeachers, mental health professionals and parents might be our best defense for stopping hate crimes committed in the name of white supremacy, writes Meredith Ganser. May 20, 2022
Want To Tackle Inequality? Start LocalHyper-local zoning decisions have drawn the attention of the highest official in the land, writes Rich Barlow. Jul 16, 2021
I Am A Black Woman In Academia. Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Tenure Saga Isn't UniqueThe fiasco that ensnared Hannah-Jones is "old and ongoing," writes Kellie Carter Jackson. The number of Black women in tenured positions remains disproportionately low. Play04:36Jul 9, 2021
Trump Lost. So Why Is The Media Still So Fixated On His Supporters?At a moment of profound consequence for rebuilding norms around civic discourse, writes Leigh Gilmore, why are we asked to listen to the people who are least interested in that...Nov 19, 2020
Escaping Headlines Of Death, Amid Memorials To The DeadA recent walk in a Belmont wildlife sanctuary got Rich Barlow thinking about life's potential and its fragility.Nov 17, 2020
Housing Is A Human Right. Our President DisagreesBoston Mayor Martin J. Walsh responds to another "cruel and backwards decision coming out of Washington." This time, the Trump administration is repealing an Obama-era rule aimed at combating racial...Jul 31, 2020
It’s Time To Make Juneteenth A National HolidayIt is time we declare -- once and for all -- that the emancipation of Black people is worthy of celebration and recognition in every corner of our country, writes...Jun 19, 2020
A Dual Degree From Oxford. A Medical Degree From Harvard. Neither Protected Me From RacismFrequent subtle and less-subtle messages betray the assumption that I’m lacking in smarts, untrustworthy or even a threat, writes Tafadzwa Muguwe.Play03:12Jun 18, 2020
Black Bostonians Fought For Freedom From Slavery. Where Are The Statues That Tell Their Stories?Contrary to the image of the kneeling slave, Black abolitionists did not wait passively for the "Day of Jubilee," writes Kevin M. Levin. They led the charge. Jun 16, 2020
Why I Said Nothing When My Med School Professor Made Racist RemarksThese issues are far more complicated than creating stricter policies or having one colleague reprimand another, writes Dr. Abraar Karan.Jan 22, 2020
If You Must Think Of Lynching, Think Of ThisThis is the history that should come to mind when “lynching” is invoked, writes Jabari Asim. If instead, you conceive of a petulant president and bickering partisans, think again.Oct 24, 2019
Your Shock And Horror Over Trump's 'Lynching' Comments Aren't HelpingOn Tuesday, the president took to Twitter to call the impeachment inquiry a "lynching." John Vercher says we shouldn't be surprised. Surprise distracts.Oct 23, 2019
The MAGA Hat Is Not Campaign Swag. It's An Emblem Of HateTrumpism is racism, blatant or latent, writes Rich Barlow. That makes the cap no different than a Confederate flag. Aug 29, 2019
Let's Stop Pretending These Mass Shootings Are A CoincidenceThe president didn’t invent racial demagoguery or white supremacy, writes Steve Almond. He has simply triggered the deadly leap from ideation to action.Aug 5, 2019
My Response To The Woman Who Told Me To 'Go Back'Four days after Trump's racist attacks against four congresswomen, Kanwar Singh was in Boston’s Downtown Crossing, when a woman yelled, "Go back to your country!"Play03:40Jul 22, 2019
Teaching Our Children To Fight 'Baseless Hatreds'I’ve shouldered the burden of confronting anti-Semitic slurs, writes Roger Brooks, but sometimes I’ve just blushed, feeling powerless to do or say anything.Mar 19, 2019
The Toxic Myths Of White SupremacyThe mythology of "whiteness" not only informs the perpetrators of racist violence, writes Julie Wittes Schlack, it fuels the simmering grievances of ordinary white people, who adhere to essentially the...Mar 18, 2019
The Direct Line Between Slavery And Racism In BostonIn Massachusetts we're quick to praise our abolitionist history, but often fail to reckon with the role our ancestors played in helping slavery take root and develop.Feb 22, 2019
What Good Is Republicans' Rebuke Of Steve King If They Remain Silent On Trump?Steve King’s thoughts on white supremacy are the latest in a series of bigoted and incendiary comments that spout from him like sewage from a broken pipe. Jan 17, 2019
Hate Crimes Are Multiplying In Massachusetts But We Can't Blame TrumpWe must grapple with our own personal biases, unconscious or otherwise, write Lauren Sampson and Iván Espinoza-Madrigal.Jan 4, 2019
