Opinion

Opinion I’m a Microbiologist and a Mom. This Is Why I’m Keeping My Kids Home This Fall.

Unfortunately, we don’t have scientific studies on any of this yet, so we really don’t know how to open schools safely during a pandemic.

Commentary On Ahmaud Arbery’s Birthday, I Have A Challenge For White People Who Want To #RunWithMaud

A NC activist says people need to do more than talk after Ahmaud Arbery's shooting in Georgia. Here’s how to ‘make it count.'

Opinion The Gun Lobby Is Profiting Off Your Coronavirus Fears and Putting Kids at Risk

The president of the American Federation of Teachers, along with a member who is a Sandy Hook shooting survivor, discuss how our new reality raises the stakes on the epidemic of gun violence in communities.

Commentary Coronavirus Is Trump’s Vietnam — And He’s Already Lost

There is an arc to wartime reporting, a professor once told me. And while it is not a science — no two wars are the same — there are certain components we can rely on.  The first dispatches tend to be positive. They are, more or less, generally trusting of our commanders in chief. “U.S....

Opinion A Threat Bigger Than Coronavirus Itself

A dangerous health strategy that leaves the American public far from “safe.”