Readers react to the first installment in the Globe’s Great Divide initiative, which explores education inequities.

“Medical mistreatment affects perinatal mental health and can lead to increased rates of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.”

As alarm spreads on and off campus, readers weigh in on the scandal over the university’s ties to the convicted sex offender.

“Our unequal public education system desperately needs to be remedied with state dollars to help our most disadvantaged students succeed.”

“Incidents such as these are occurring daily, some with tragic outcomes.”

The signature causes of a new generation, including this one, face long odds. Activists say they have a potent strategy: Hope.

President Trump’s inflated claims about ANWR are of a piece with the history of resource extraction in the Arctic, one prone to lying about potential profits and blind to real costs.

More than the cost to human health, the ecological impact, and the blinding of astrology, is our spiritual connection to the night sky.

An ongoing series of stories about Boston in 50 words.

Here’s Beth Wolfensberger Singer’s take on the news.