As vice president, Kamala Harris cannot outshine Joe Biden or disappear in his shadow. She is set up for failure at the border, her blunders magnified, her victories muted.

I knew the Harvard Divinity School’s Rev. Peter Gomes only as a boy; on the anniversary of his death Feb. 28, 2011, I now marvel at the man he became.

You may be tempted to avoid Central Square and stick to the more sterile Harvard or Kendall squares. But it is the eyes and hearts of a multitude who help prevent crime and keep a place feeling like a community.

A delegation of youth from the United States observed Cuba’s November municipal elections, seeing an electoral system with more participation by voters and no domination by big-money donors or super PACs.

Going into Thanksgiving, I am thinking about Cambridge’s identity and its role with the homeless. We cannot solve the world’s problems – but is it really a black mark that we are known as a compassionate city?

Seventeen crash reports in October underscore the importance of continuing to make critical safety improvements to Cambridge roads without delay.

MathTalk is picking up the baton of algebra education and numbers literacy from Bob Moses, taking his life’s work to the streets and playgrounds of America.

It’s conventional wisdom around Cambridge that Harvard Square is not what it used to be. Data now in hand, that holds up: Harvard Square is chain-ging.

We have been hearing stories about how robotic cars will be coming soon, but even the industry’s engineers say a safe automated car will be impossible.

Over the next year, Mount Auburn Cemetery will invite more people in the community to join our conversations about values – in life, and how they live on in death.