RacismA Big Night For RacismNaked racial animus -- liberated by Donald Trump from the dark shadows in which it once dwelled -- set the tone for too many of these midterm races, writes Eileen...Nov 7, 2018Do You Think You're 'Woke?' It's Not A ComplimentFor people of color, being "woke" means entering every situation, no matter how mundane, with eyes wide open, writes John Vercher.Aug 2, 2018Advertisement What’s 'Offensive' Art? The Answer Isn’t Black And WhiteVincent Valdez's provocative painting, which depicts a modern-day gathering of the Ku Klux Klan, has reignited the debate about intention and appropriation in art.Jul 26, 2018The 'Roseanne' Reboot Should Never Have HappenedThe idea, which should never have made it out of the boardroom, instead took off and enabled Barr’s worst tendencies.May 30, 2018Flagging The NFL’s New Policy: What's Next? Loyalty Oaths To The Stars And Stripes?By allowing on the field only players who’ll do as they’re told, the NFL owners have collaborated in an attack on one of the most significant rights necessary to our...May 24, 2018Lynching Memorial Forces Us To Confront Our Racist Past — And PresentRestoring justice means uncovering the truth about what really happened, writes Margaret Burnham.May 2, 2018The First Step In Eliminating Implicit Bias? Admit It ExistsFor those wondering what they can do to help change the culture of racial bias, Alaina Beverly suggests a place to start.Apr 27, 2018White Men With GunsOur view of mass shootings is occluded by systemic racism, writes Steve Almond. Apr 26, 2018Why I’m Breaking Up With You, BostonYou're too expensive, you lack social skills and you're really segregated, writes Anya Weber. I’m ready for a change. What about you?Jan 4, 2018After The Protests And The PSAs, Turning Racism Awareness Into ActionHow can sports use its many platforms to tackle social issues on a sustained rather than an incident-driven basis?Oct 3, 2017Isaiah Thomas Writes A New Chapter In Boston's Long History Of Racism In SportsWhile Boston remains haunted by its racism, Isaiah Thomas’s love speaks volumes, writes Shira Springer.Play02:51Sep 12, 2017I Am The Descendant Of White Supremacists. Here Are Some Thoughts On Recent EventsPerhaps this is a chance to know ourselves in a more measured way; to recognize how thin the line is between civilization and barbarism, even in America, writes Julie Lindahl....Aug 30, 2017Sad, Angry, But Not Surprised About Charlottesville And Our Enduring History Of RacismWhite privilege is the ability to be astonished about the state of race relations in our country -- to be in denial that things have always been this way, writes...Aug 24, 2017Let’s Rename Yawkey Way For The Man Who Ended Segregated Baseball: Pumpsie GreenGreen not only broke the last disgraceful color line in the majors, writes James F. Smith, he effectively ended segregated baseball. Aug 24, 2017Here’s How To Remember The ConfederacyYou don’t remember a moral cancer like slavery with memorials exalting the men who fought for it, writes Rich Barlow. Aug 23, 2017In Boston, We Marched To Muffle The Voices Of Hate. Now What?If those who cared enough to protest the hate speech of outsiders now turned their attention to Boston's own racial inequities, writes Kevin C. Peterson, the city could become a...Aug 22, 2017John Henry Is Right. Yawkey Way Should Be RenamedThe late Red Sox owner has been gone for decades but Tom Yawkey's baneful legacy on matters of race still lingers.Aug 22, 2017It's Finally Out In The Open: This Is Donald Trump's AmericaThe image of a snaking horde of white men carrying torches while chanting “Jews Will Not Replace Us” now symbolizes the Trump Administration, writes Susan E. Reed. Aug 18, 2017The Week That Was: Fallout From Charlottesville, Boston Braces For Its Own 'Free Speech' Rally And MoreIt was the week when a protest in Virginia made us forget about North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. All that and more from Tom Keane’s weekly news roundup.Aug 18, 2017Donald Trump Is Incapable Of Being The President We NeedTalking points have their place, writes Joanna Weiss, in those times when we need a leader -- and those times when we need to talk like human beings.Aug 17, 2017 Previous PageNext Page
A Big Night For RacismNaked racial animus -- liberated by Donald Trump from the dark shadows in which it once dwelled -- set the tone for too many of these midterm races, writes Eileen...Nov 7, 2018
Do You Think You're 'Woke?' It's Not A ComplimentFor people of color, being "woke" means entering every situation, no matter how mundane, with eyes wide open, writes John Vercher.Aug 2, 2018
What’s 'Offensive' Art? The Answer Isn’t Black And WhiteVincent Valdez's provocative painting, which depicts a modern-day gathering of the Ku Klux Klan, has reignited the debate about intention and appropriation in art.Jul 26, 2018
The 'Roseanne' Reboot Should Never Have HappenedThe idea, which should never have made it out of the boardroom, instead took off and enabled Barr’s worst tendencies.May 30, 2018
Flagging The NFL’s New Policy: What's Next? Loyalty Oaths To The Stars And Stripes?By allowing on the field only players who’ll do as they’re told, the NFL owners have collaborated in an attack on one of the most significant rights necessary to our...May 24, 2018
Lynching Memorial Forces Us To Confront Our Racist Past — And PresentRestoring justice means uncovering the truth about what really happened, writes Margaret Burnham.May 2, 2018
The First Step In Eliminating Implicit Bias? Admit It ExistsFor those wondering what they can do to help change the culture of racial bias, Alaina Beverly suggests a place to start.Apr 27, 2018
White Men With GunsOur view of mass shootings is occluded by systemic racism, writes Steve Almond. Apr 26, 2018
Why I’m Breaking Up With You, BostonYou're too expensive, you lack social skills and you're really segregated, writes Anya Weber. I’m ready for a change. What about you?Jan 4, 2018
After The Protests And The PSAs, Turning Racism Awareness Into ActionHow can sports use its many platforms to tackle social issues on a sustained rather than an incident-driven basis?Oct 3, 2017
Isaiah Thomas Writes A New Chapter In Boston's Long History Of Racism In SportsWhile Boston remains haunted by its racism, Isaiah Thomas’s love speaks volumes, writes Shira Springer.Play02:51Sep 12, 2017
I Am The Descendant Of White Supremacists. Here Are Some Thoughts On Recent EventsPerhaps this is a chance to know ourselves in a more measured way; to recognize how thin the line is between civilization and barbarism, even in America, writes Julie Lindahl....Aug 30, 2017
Sad, Angry, But Not Surprised About Charlottesville And Our Enduring History Of RacismWhite privilege is the ability to be astonished about the state of race relations in our country -- to be in denial that things have always been this way, writes...Aug 24, 2017
Let’s Rename Yawkey Way For The Man Who Ended Segregated Baseball: Pumpsie GreenGreen not only broke the last disgraceful color line in the majors, writes James F. Smith, he effectively ended segregated baseball. Aug 24, 2017
Here’s How To Remember The ConfederacyYou don’t remember a moral cancer like slavery with memorials exalting the men who fought for it, writes Rich Barlow. Aug 23, 2017
In Boston, We Marched To Muffle The Voices Of Hate. Now What?If those who cared enough to protest the hate speech of outsiders now turned their attention to Boston's own racial inequities, writes Kevin C. Peterson, the city could become a...Aug 22, 2017
John Henry Is Right. Yawkey Way Should Be RenamedThe late Red Sox owner has been gone for decades but Tom Yawkey's baneful legacy on matters of race still lingers.Aug 22, 2017
It's Finally Out In The Open: This Is Donald Trump's AmericaThe image of a snaking horde of white men carrying torches while chanting “Jews Will Not Replace Us” now symbolizes the Trump Administration, writes Susan E. Reed. Aug 18, 2017
The Week That Was: Fallout From Charlottesville, Boston Braces For Its Own 'Free Speech' Rally And MoreIt was the week when a protest in Virginia made us forget about North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. All that and more from Tom Keane’s weekly news roundup.Aug 18, 2017
Donald Trump Is Incapable Of Being The President We NeedTalking points have their place, writes Joanna Weiss, in those times when we need a leader -- and those times when we need to talk like human beings.Aug 17, 2017
