The steal that needs to be stopped is the one that robs Black voters of access to the ballot box and strips them of their faith in the election system.
How to talk to your kids about what happened in Washington
As parents, we need to project calm and reassurance, even if weâre faking it.
By Kara Baskin Globe Correspondent,Updated January 15, 2021, 8:00 a.m.
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A boy rides his bike in Washington, D.C., earlier this week.ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images
Itâs hard to talk to young kids about political chaos when weâre trying to make sense of it ourselves. My first instinct is reassurance, but when our democratic ideals are shaken to the core, itâs pretty dangerous to take anything for granted. I donât want to scare my kids, but I also donât want to lie.
Stressed about your kidsâ screen time? Donât be
Itâs not the evil we grew up with in the 1980s.
By Kara Baskin Globe Correspondent,Updated December 18, 2020, 8:00 a.m.
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A faint, argent flicker frames my childrenâs faces like the light from a futuristic campfire as they sit motionless on the sofa. The glow transforms their features into ghoulish caricatures, with zombie eyes and pallid skin.
It is, of course, the light from the iPad. According to new research from Boston College psychologist Joshua Hartshorne, screen time has increased during the pandemic â no big surprise there â but the increase is largely due to a lack of child care and parental stress.
In Weymouth, a brute lesson in power politics
A Globe investigation finds residents who fought a six-year battle with an energy giant over a controversial gas compressor never had much of a chance, with both the federal and state governments consistently ruling against them
By Mike Stanton Boston Globe Spotlight Fellow,Updated December 12, 2020, 1:58 p.m.
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As the new gas pipeline compressor station (in background) is set to start operating this week, citizen activist Alice Arena places an elf on a tree in Kings Cove Park in Weymouth.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
WEYMOUTH â Alice Arena was sitting at the kitchen table in her Colonial home at the end of September, composing yet another e-mail to government regulators, when her phone erupted with a flurry of calls and texts.