Critical differences between men and women get flattened when data is grouped together. That’s just not good enough.
Siobhan Brett
Staff Writer
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Maine Republican leadership bungled budget negotiations
Although party leaders say they oppose certain policies, they’re rarely willing to put up a real fight.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Life after affirmative action demands supercharged focus on diversity
I’ve learned just as much from a diverse community of peers at Bowdoin College as I have in class. We shouldn’t be trying to ignore our differences. We should be celebrating them.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Yes, a recession is still a possibility
Predictions of a ‘soft landing’ seem both premature and hard to square with some of the data.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Jailing people for sleeping in public is no solution to homelessness
The U.S. already has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Arresting people who have no options left is just adding another tier of disenfranchisement.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi gets full FDA nod, but hurdles remain
The rollout is likely to take longer than patients and their families would like.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Susana Hancock: Until we get off fossil fuels, stuck weather patterns will worsen
Humanity has a choice to make.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Why is Biden risking an early loss to RFK Jr.?
Small hits to a president’s reputation can add up over time.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: U.S. surgeon general takes aim at toll inflicted by loneliness
Isolation can be as harmful to one’s health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling addressed a simplistic sound bite; plenty of real problems remain
American education has a long history of exclusion, and fixing that just got a lot more complicated.