The Republicans say it’s socialist. The Democrats say it’s too expensive. Progressives say it’s our best chance to stop climate catastrophe. It’s the Green New Deal but most of us don’t know enough about it to say anything. Until now.
Read MoreWe’ve been taught that depression comes from a chemical imbalance in the brain. That may be true for some, but British journalist Johann Hari reports that many doctors are blaming our lost connections, with friends, meaningful work, and the natural world, among other causes. What that means is that many people with depression can be treated without drugs.
Read MoreOne in four newspapers around the country have been shut down since 2004 as circulation of all print papers has fallen in half. Then what makes a veteran reporter think he can quit his job and start a new one?
Read MoreNo American writer explores the conundrums of buddhism like Lawrence Shainberg. In his new memoir he searches for his essential nature with two iconic writers and the wackiest Zen master ever.
Read MoreMovies do more than entertain us, they mirror our collective anxieties and propose solutions: much the same way that politicians do. And none have more effectively mixed politics and entertainment than Ronald Reagan and his direct descendant, Donald Trump.
Read MoreAssistant Majority Whip, the only openly gay, as well as the youngest member of the Massachusetts State Senate, Julian Cyr talks about his fight for the state’s most vulnerable citizens.
Read MoreErin McAleer is the President of the state’s largest anti-hunger organization and as a child she knew hunger first hand. Right now thousands of Massachusetts families are ‘food insecure’ and she tells us what she’s doing about it.
Read MoreShellfishing is back breaking work with many pressures. But as if bacterial infections, predators, and hazardous waste aren’t enough, a proposed new law may be paving the way for independent shellfish farmers to be replaced by large corporations.
Read MoreTim McCarthy was a gay media historian who travelled the world making a video record of human rights abuses against LGBTQ people. After he died suddenly, his friends created a Human Rights Champion Award in his honor.
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