First, it was the slurs against Mexicans; then the attempted ban on Muslims and the attack on all immigrants. Now it's war against women. The latest salvo came in Alabama, with a virtual ban on abortions. Other red states are falling in line. Trying to take away women's reproductive rights usurps our freedom to control …
Month: May 2019
Two “greater Bostonians” die in tragedy
Our community has suffered a terrible loss with the deaths of former UMass Boston Chancellor Sherry Penney and her beloved husband, Jim Livingston. They are dead from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in their winter home in Sarasota, Florida. Their extended family of friends, colleagues and students - all of whose lives were touched by this …
My love-hate relationship with the news
I emerge from three weeks of flu, bronchitis and related maladies on World Press Freedom Day and want to take more than a moment to hail the work of so many journalists who put themselves on the line to give us the information we depend upon. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, a stunning …
Marjorie Arons-Barron 