Hospitals are shortchanging Black cancer patients
Lisa Jarvis A new analysis from researchers at the American Cancer Society suggests that the distressing disparity in outcomes for Black and white colon ...
To reduce workplace injuries, make jobs safer
Jessica E. Martinez and Peter Dooley Antonio Flores, a Cincinnati construction worker, still suffers the effects of a severe workplace injury from last D...
Msgr. Garrity: Never again
Msgr. Paul V. Garrity Oct. 7 was the day that a Hamas terrorist called his mother from Israel and told her that he was a hero because he had just killed 10 Jews...
Overwhelmed? Confused? Here’s what to make of all those presidential polls
Mark Z. Barabak Early this week The New York Times released polling from a half-dozen political battleground states, and you might have thought Moses himself ha...
Gaza’s health system has collapsed, multiplying the war’s toll on children
Steve Sosebee This journey helping Gaza children began in 1991 when I brought the first injured child from Gaza to the Shriners hospital in Los Angeles for pros...
Nature in the Neighborhood: Leave the leaves this fall
The Swampscott Conservancy To me, autumn always comes as a bit of a trick, something I wasn’t expecting so soon — though I know for others, it’s a treat. ...
When accountability goes, so does legitimacy
Kevin Frazier “I’m just the middle guy.” It seems like a harmless and justifiable excuse. But when entire companies, governments and communities become do...
Balancing passion and livelihood in Massachusetts’ higher education
Jassmine Bradley Massachusetts is a highly regarded academic hub, with excellent public colleges and universities playing an important role in that reputation. ...