The climate emergency is a tree emergency
If we understand the science, we should be willing to pause and adjust construction projects at the Tobin School, Jefferson Park and the Volpe site to save mature trees, protecting environmental health and keeping Cambridge’s urban forest from collapsing.
Eleven starting points for easing youth violence
What can be done about recent youth violence in Cambridge? It is important that we discuss specific responses that can immediately begin to address the economic disenfranchisement and the social disconnect of many 17- to 30-year-olds.
Students at the Tobin VLUS schools would benefit with the rest of us from keeping stately oak trees
This tree debate has been framed in the false binary terms that so many political debates are these days, pitting the public benefits of a modern new school and park complex against the environmental benefits of preserving healthy, mature trees.
This city is on moral life support, with weakness that leaves children unequal access to their goals
We are a world-class city with access to world-class and innovative ideas, but ideas are not action and we do not leverage success for our most vulnerable citizens.
Olympians are swimming upstream against bias toward Black hair, and so are the rest of us daily
The criminalization of Black hair starts early, and sadly the sports arena is no exception.
Throw some shade Cambridge’s way
It may be that one of the healthiest places you could live in Cambridge is filled with dead people, as Mount Auburn Cemetery’s roughly 5,000 trees provide the kind of canopy that is sorely lacking in most of the city.
A post-vote reminder to Cambridge state reps: Serve your constituents, not the House speaker
It is clear that some of our state representatives have no intention of ending their obedience to leadership, and that progressive goals will not be achieved with the current makeup of the House.
Juneteenth is recognized as a federal holiday. What does that mean for this Fourth of July?
Juneteenth can no longer stand in the shadows of America’s celebration of independence, but highlights how it is inextricably linked to America’s core values of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all.
Unpopular opinion: Harvard students might find conflict resolutions that don’t involve weapons
It’s been interesting to see public reaction to an article about incidents in which a Harvard student armed with a stake has come running at unleashed dogs in the Radcliffe Quadrangle. They’re universally disdainful of the dog owners, though the incident doesn’t speak well of Harvard either.
Save more of the big trees at Tobin VLUS
Cambridge likes to set an example for climate change resilience and preparation for other cities to follow. Unnecessary tree removal is not the one we want to set.
