Should a single mistake define you for the rest of your life? That’s the central question behind “Fresh Start,” a new initiative at The Boston Globe where we allow people named in older stories to appeal their … Read more
I am one of a handful of openly disabled journalists. I have had to actively find every other disabled journalist I know. Some of us are closeted. It’s impossible to know, at least right now, exactly how many disabled journalists … Read more
Something journalists need to better convey to our audiences: Because of demographic realities, prioritizing age in Covid-19 vaccination efforts is akin to prioritizing white Americans. White people live longer on average than other racial groups, which is partly why … Read more
I’ve been stuck on the discussion about the resignation of New York Times science reporter Donald McNeil Jr. for the past few days. I don’t have a firm opinion on whether he should still be with The … Read more
The evening before I headed out to cover a Black Lives Matter protest last May for The Kansas City Star, I listened to and read media coverage about out-of-control mobs looting and vandalizing stores, overturning parked cars, … Read more
“Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” —Voltaire The carnage on January 6 was precipitated by a lie that the election was stolen from President Trump. The events that day would have remained in the … Read more
Chicago is a city of immigrants. Over 1.6 million of them live in the metropolitan Chicago region I call home. And nearly one-third of households in Cook County, Illinois, include one or more immigrants. Yet, Chicago’s local … Read more
We began Donald Trump’s presidency debating whether it was fair to call lies lies, even though we knew he was the most prolific political liar of modern times. We end it saying forthrightly that the President of … Read more
If a candidate for high office carries a group of voters by more than 30 points, when do we call it “a loss?” When that same candidate flips five states his party lost in the last election, … Read more
While I was writing this, I read that another newspaper closed in Iowa. It’s likely you never heard of it, but the La Porte City Progress Review was 127 years old. You might have heard of The … Read more
