Despite its many challenges, Massachusetts health care remains the best in the world. It has the best institutions, the best thinkers, and the best government leaders.Â
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City Year is now on the Common App
What do City Year AmeriCorps members learn? Among the most important and lasting lessons is leadership. It’s the confidence that they possess what it takes to lead others and the perseverance to solve problems. It’s often an invaluable self-realization of their potential.
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Historic structures ‘sitting ducks’ for climate change
Many historic structures and sites, particularly on the East Coast, are located in low-lying areas near the ocean or along rivers and likely built on fill – that’s just the way our early settlements were established.
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We’re closing the digital divide, but more needs doing
Massachusetts has more than 160,000 units of income-restricted housing. According to a study published last fall by MassINC and the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership, these properties disproportionately house residents who lack high-speed internet.
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Moving on from COVID, last mitigation measure is gone
Every policy has both upsides and downsides, and isolation policy is no exception. At this stage, the scales are tilted far more to the harms of the policy than the benefits.
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Cruel practice of declawing cats should be illegal
Onychectomy, the declawing procedure, is the surgical amputation of all or part of a cat’s third phalanges (toe bones) and the attached claws. Owners typically declaw their cats to prevent the scratching of both furniture and people.
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Mass. is facing a literacy crisis — but there is real potential for improvement
The majority of Massachusetts elementary and middle school students are not reading at grade level, but we can change that by embracing evidence-based instruction that we know will make a difference.
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Senate needs to get in line with House, Healey on transit funding
In brief, the House takes Gov. Maura Healey’s budget and, in several ways, improves it.Â
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Transmission study reaches some hopeful conclusions
ISO New England’s 2050 Transmission Study, finalized last month, is the first the regional grid operator has undertaken examining the region’s transmission system in detail beyond the traditional 10-year planning horizon.
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Ringling Bros. back, this time with no wild animals
The circus has changed, now passage of legislation is needed