BARBARA MADELONI, the president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, had a message last week for her union’s members in the wake of the presidential election: “let all of our students […]
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After election, Mass. can be beacon of light
OVER THE LAST week I have heard many heart-wrenching stories about children and adults expressing their sadness and fear based on the results of the national election. It is natural […]
Posted inThe Download
The left-right confusion of Trump
Prepare for the era of cognitive dissonance. Or maybe it’s the ultimate test of compartmentalization. Whatever one calls it, Democrats are trying mightily to figure out how it works and […]
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What I told my students after the election
ONE OF THE biggest things that kept me awake on Tuesday night was how I would help my eighth grade civics class process this election, especially since I spent Tuesday’s […]
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Third party defections endanger Democrats
THE GOP NOMINEE, a former entertainer whose presidential prospects were once ridiculed, gains in the polls with a not-so-subtle pitch to whites in the Rust Belt. His Democratic rival who […]
Posted inHealth Care, Opinion
Sounds of health-care silence in GOP debate
I HAD ONE mission last night watching the Republican debate among the party’s top 10 presidential contenders: What, if anything, could we learn about the state of play regarding the […]