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The significance of Kamala Harris’ election for women

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An elegy for the American election

BOSTON -- Like great American poetry, this election speaks directly to who we are, and we need to...

Nov 06, 2020
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Sectarian violence in America is not fiction anymore

It can happen here. With so much fear and loathing in America and militias armed with assault rifles...

Nov 02, 2020
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Safer in Rwanda: Other Countries Are Taking COVID-19 Seriously, and It Shows

As an American documentary filmmaker on location in Rwanda, I saw what it takes to successfully flatten the...

Oct 29, 2020
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A lens on war frames an understanding of peace

Updated on Oct. 14, 2020 Photographer Gary Knight has documented war, but now he’s trying to understand peace. ...

Oct 09, 2020
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Back to school – and inspiring the next generation of journalists

When Megan Botel was in Mr. Tyrell-Smith’s fifth grade class, she wrote a poem on a brown paper...

Sep 30, 2020
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How to recognize fascism

As the saying goes, history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. As the world commemorates the 75th...

Sep 04, 2020
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‘Welcome to history’: MLK’s legacy lives on in a march for Black lives

WASHINGTON – Sometimes your heart knows the answer to a question before your brain does. On the eve...

Aug 31, 2020
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Remembering Pete Hamill, a voice for New York and the world

It’s been said the legendary newspaperman, essayist and author Pete Hamill, who died Wednesday at the age of...

Aug 07, 2020
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100&Change: An honor, an acknowledgement, a challenge for Report for America

The idea of “ground truth” means even more in an age of uncertainty, as a pandemic rages and...

Aug 03, 2020
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For Black journalists, a historic imperative and a unique burden

WASHINGTON — Clad in riot gear, police officers on horseback sent tear gas wafting through the streets and...

Jun 04, 2020
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