by Kathie Malley-Morrison With the 2024 reelections looming, there is a huge consensus, across party lines, on one major viewpoint: American democracy has failed, as illustrated dramatically by the January 6, 2020, attack on the United States Capitol after the last presidential election. There are […]
by Nancy Goldner and Rosemary Kean When the No Child Left Behind Act was passed in 2002, US military recruiters gained access to American high schools on a basis equivalent to recruiters for colleges and civilian employers. The Act also mandated that the contact information […]
By Leo Middleton When the submersible vessel known as the Titan, owned by the Oceangate company, imploded with five people on board on its way to exploring the wreckage of the Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland in June, the deadly accident was met with […]
(Boston) May 2 – The New Democracy Coalition will host its annual public reading with a recitation of “Beyond Vietnam”, the historic speech in which Civil Rights Movement icon, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., declared his opposition to the Vietnam War in 1967. WHEN: Tuesday, […]
By Tom Valovic Many decades ago, when science fiction was still whimsical and fun rather than dark and dystopian, we saw robots appear in popular culture that were benign and friendly. Some may recall Robbie the Robot from the movie “Forbidden Planet” and, of course, […]
by Rosemary Kean In 2020, millions of Americans were involved in an antiracism protest sparked by the vicious police murder of George Floyd. This upsurge in antiracist awareness and action precipitated a predictable white supremacist backlash that BU Professor Philippe Copeland describes as a “racist […]
by Louise Coleman Recently, I was elected by the Sherborn Democratic Town Committee as an alternate for the upcoming state convention. Then, because of fears associated with COVID, only one of the delegates opted to attend the convention in person. Some delegates chose not to […]
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