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To the editor: After years of negotiations, Worcester Central Catholic School...
“Since 2010, the central office has offered only four step increases, and has not agreed to a cost-of-living increase during any of those years. It is DELTA's hope that the central office will...
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She’s always been a hustler: The Soofi family story
Imrana Soofi and her two sons, Ali and Shahbaz, are many things. They are Bengali-Americans, with Imrana immigrating here to the United States in 1981 as a young girl. They are Muslims. They are...
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Tips from the Pros: Top six myths about MBEs
Myths have a negative impact on MBE [minority business enterprise] success because legends can reinforce or encourage bad decisions by aspiring entrepreneurs and MBEs -- decisions that can be critical...
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Mandell: A San Francisco/East Bay wake-up call — will Worcester’s renaissance...
No, this is not India, but the United States. How can this injustice be sustainable? How would it be different here if we all were committed to building fair, healthy and loving places? Maybe I do need...
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Sen. Moore: Solving the Alzheimer’s puzzle
Alzheimer’s permeates nearly every community in our country, forcing millions of families to suffer through the pain of having loved ones gradually forget the people and memories they previously...
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Dark tourism: Why tourists go to sites associated with death and suffering
“I am an educator of the Holocaust, and my travel course takes students through Central Europe to a number of Holocaust sites. The aim is to provide students with a hands-on learning experience....
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WPI Prof. Patricia Stapleton: Will CRISPR fears fade with familiarity?
While still a long way from clinical use, the recent news that scientists in Oregon had successfully edited genes in a human embryo brings us one step closer to changing the DNA that we pass along to...
View ArticleHoly Cross Prof. Mathew Schmalz: Are natural disasters part of God’s...
It is true that many religious traditions, including Judaism and Christianity, have seen natural disasters as divine punishment. But, as a scholar of religion, I would argue that things aren’t that...
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Vanita Gupta: Bipartisan congressional action required to prevent Census 2020...
“The Census Bureau needs a steady and significant ramp-up in funding to test new technologies and procedures and to create an effective outreach and advertising campaign. However, the Trump...
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Holy Cross Prof. Joanne M. Pierce: Why Pope Francis is reviving a long...
At stake here is the language used for the Mass and the question of who has the responsibility for translating the Catholic liturgy into regional languages. So why should this issue be so very...
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Marianne Clyde: It’s National Mental Health Awareness Week — here’s why this...
“What if everyone in your workplace was healthy mentally, emotionally and had enhanced relationship skills?”
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HC Prof. Cynthia Hooper: Why are Russian media outlets hyping the Mueller...
Four major Russia investigations are underway in Washington, along with at least six related federal inquiries. Anxiety currently swirls around the Kremlin’s manipulation of popular social media...
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Wagner: On Thoreau in Central Massachusetts
Thoreau never married and remained childless. And he continued to walk and lecture in Central Massachusetts, working toward the understanding that “Life consists with wildness. The most alive is the...
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Lukes: Allies and endorsements, checks and balances
In this election, more than ever, character, experience, promises and enthusiasm are not the only criteria to judge the worthiness of a candidate. A candidate's alliances must also be considered,...
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HC Prof. Cynthia Hooper: How does an oppressive government celebrate a...
In 1967, to honor the Soviet Union’s first half-century, leaders staged countrywide displays of mass jubilation. They ordered sausages be made with the number “50,” in white fat, running through every...
View ArticleWPI Prof. Albert Simeoni: As wildfires expand, fire science needs to keep up
In the month of October nearly 250,000 acres, more than 8,000 homes and over 40 people fell victim to fast-moving wildfires in Northern California, the deadliest and one of the costliest outbreaks in...
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The toxic connection between mass murder and domestic violence
“By now, it’s a well-established pattern: male, usually white, often disgruntled ex-military, with a narcissistic grudge against the world, and, oh yes, a history of controlling, beating, raping, and...
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A New England dairy farmer gives thanks
“What am I thankful for? Good neighbors. Our local communities support and appreciate dairy as a vital part of the landscape and the economy. Not only do dairy farms offer local employment, they add...
View ArticleWPI professors: Data science can help us fight human trafficking
Traffickers leave a data trail, however faint or broken, despite their efforts to operate off the grid and in the shadows. There is an opportunity – albeit a challenging one – to use the bits of...
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Literacy Volunteers give the gift of language
All their adult lives they have attempted to live without the verbal survival skills the rest of us take for granted. Finally admitting their need for help, these native-born Americans, as well as our...
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Polito: Commonwealth makes inroads against opioid crisis
When Gov. Charles Baker and I ran for office, the opioid epidemic was not an issue we expected to focus on. But we’ve heard heartbreaking stories from people about loved ones struggling with an...
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Wagner: Puritanism or Positivity? ‘Young Goodman Brown’ comes of age
Worcester can still play a role in celebrating an open, healthy, sex-positive culture, but let’s also use the moment to see something clearly: Sex and love are separated at great cost. Literature has...
View ArticleHoly Cross Prof. Avery-Peck: Hanukkah’s true meaning is about Jewish survival
While critics sometimes identify Christmas as promoting the prevalence in America today of what one might refer to as Hanukkah kitsch, this assessment misses the social and theological significance of...
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Love for Jesus can bring Christians, Muslims together
It is well known, particularly in the holiday season, that Christians follow the teachings of Jesus. What is less well understood is that Muslims also love and revere Jesus as one of God's greatest...
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STEM education vital to fill millions of job openings by 2024
STEM employment growth is double that of other jobs, and 93 out of 100 STEM careers had wages above the national average. IT expert Monica Eaton-Cardone calls for expanded STEM education to improve...
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