More timely than ever, author Cynthia Levinson and illustrator Vanessa Brantley Newton discussed their picture book, "The Youngest Marcher: The Story Of Audrey Faye Hendricks, A Young Civil Rights Activist (Simon and Schuster, 2017), during a Zoom event organized by...
Travis Roy, a fierce hockey player who tragically became a quadriplegic in his first collegiate hockey game for Boston University in 1995, and who proved to be a greater force off the ice as a philanthropist and motivational speaker, died unexpectedly on October 29 at...
Every year, Evie, my 87-year-old "adopted" grandmother, bakes me a heavenly, chocolate, birthday cake. “No slivers today” she would exclaim as she cut the biggest piece for me. For the first ten years of my life, Evie was my next-door neighbor when my family and I...
COVID-19 has boxed me in. The walls of my house enclose me most hours, and I am grateful for windows. During quarantine, I have the opportunity to see, hear, and feel — to think outside of myself. And during this challenging time, I can make a difference. Due to the...
With compassion and conviction, I joined more than 400 activists lining along both sides of the street for almost a half-mile to stand up against racism and police brutality on May 31 in Dedham, Massachusetts. The event, organized by Dedham’s Anti-Racism Coalition, is...
Poem: The Warrior He grasps the arrow in his hand, a stick and feather, nothing grand, to shoot it out — where will it land? Fist reddens, renews its grip, Nervous bite, a blood red lip. Closes his eyes to see the light, No rest, he fights through the night. Does the...
Kids are always asked "What do you want to be when you grow up?" and it has always perplexed me. Well-meaning people tell me, “Someday you are going to make a difference.” Someday? No way, I’m changing the world right now. I’m 16 years old, a sophomore in high...
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, currently the lead Democratic candidate in the primary polls, drew a crowd of over 10,000 people on historic Boston Common, last Saturday, Feb. 29, just three days before Super Tuesday. The Boston rally followed another packed rally at...
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg held a campaign rally in Nashua, New Hampshire on Feb. 9. Buttigieg, 38-years-old and the youngest candidate, began his campaign with little recognition, but has now propelled himself toward the forefront of the race....
I love a good game and a good story, and there were plenty of both at the 2019 ESPY Awards. The 27th ESPYS was held at Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles on July 10. I traveled from Boston to LA for the prestigious ceremony that honors the best of the best in...
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