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Les Kaufman

NOAA needs to get serious about protecting Stellwagen Bank

If effectively managed, marine protected areas like Stellwagen Bank can offer sanctuary to species including those targeted by commercial fisheries.

Joan Fitzgerald

Massachusetts lags on banning plastics

Cutting the use of plastic bags as well as telling state agencies not to use plastic bottles are symbolically important, but the state needs stronger policies.

Michael E. Mann

Climate change and El Niño battle it out this hurricane season

Evidence that landfalling hurricanes may be tending to drift northward from the mid-Atlantic coast to the Northeast with a warming climate is cause for concern for New Englanders.

JEFF JACOBY

‘Art is anything you can get away with’

A Danish artist claims that embezzling $76,000 was essential to his artwork.

NEWSLETTERS

El reciente conflicto entre Haití y la República Dominicana

El cierre de la frontera es el ejemplo más reciente de la áspera dinámica que ha existido históricamente entre los dos países.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Tensions rise between Haiti and the Dominican Republic over border closure

International observers are afraid the measure will isolate Haiti even more.

SCOT LEHIGH

The Rolling Stones keep rolling on

They don’t just suspend time, they transport us baby boomers through it.

NEWSLETTERS

Dennis Rodman’s unflagging queer allyship

Before Harry Styles bared his midriff in crop tops or Lil’ Nas X painted his fingernails, Dennis Rodman was blowing up the boundaries of gender expression and redefining what it means to dress like a man.