A COLLEGE STUDENT in Easton asked me whether I thought that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, we could still get the country and the world to focus on the climate crisis. I told her that we had no choice: the only long-term strategy to rebuild our economy and protect our communities hardest hit by this terrible […]
Race/Racism
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Undoing racism at UMass Boston and beyond
IN THE MIDST of a nationwide crisis emanating from systemic racism, the University of Massachusetts Boston faced its own crisis: the staging of police forces on campus, preparing to quell Black Lives Matter protests around town. How could this happen at a majority-minority institution just as students, staff, and faculty were joining thousands in the Greater […]
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Michael Curry: Waging a duel-front war on the pandemic and racism
THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS have been dominated by two seismic issues convulsing the nation — the global coronavirus pandemic and a burgeoning movement for racial justice. For Michael Curry, that’s meant working double-time as the twin crises strike at the heart of the work he’s been doing in Boston for years. CommonWealth Magazine · Michael Curry: […]
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Michael Curry: Waging a duel-front war on the pandemic and racism
The last several months have been dominated by two seismic issues convulsing the nation — the global coronavirus pandemic and a burgeoning movement for racial justice. For Michael Curry, that’s meant working double-time as the twin crises strike at the heart of the work he’s been doing in Boston for years. CommonWealth Magazine · Michael […]