Local voices chime in on a variety of topics.
This matter isn’t about the “durags” when it all boils down. It’s about if we unconditionally accept our students for who they are as individuals. Consider what it looks like to play that out. It means letting them wear the durags.
Addressing an audience at the annual World Economic Forum in Switzerland the other day, the Swedish teenager complained about the laconic response of her planetary elders to the climate crisis.
Like Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Farmer and Cowman, treatment and recovery folks should be friends, although that’s not often the case, with treatment folks relying on a clinical model and recovery people favoring peer-based supports. In short, and perhaps unfairly to both, treatment partisans believe letters after one’s name are important while recovery supporters see lived experience as key.
PASS member Mike Yanis said he was “happy that this shutdown is over” but is concerned that it will happen again. He wants to see Congress take action to fully fund the government for the long term “instead of these constant short-term continuing resolutions.”
Getting stoned is not a big deal for non-addicts. Getting stoned is nothing more than a form of relaxation for the vast majority of Americans. Getting stoned, for people like me, can be the first step backward into the abyss, the beginning of an end that can come soon enough.
This classic is returning to the big screen Jan. 27-Feb. 3 at area theaters across the country, and locally in Londonderry, Merrimack and Hooksett.
Does Rep. Notter think it’s okay to carry her gun in court, on planes, and in the myriad of other places where they are banned just because she may want to?
It seems the policy fights over health care never end. Before making any changes to health care, however, our elected leaders must take full stock of Medicare Advantage. Only when fully informed by the latest research into its success can policymakers enact solutions to keep the program moving in the right direction.
There is growing disparity in student performance. Students who come from economically advantaged homes regularly outperform economically disadvantaged students. This is not a new development. It has been persistent for decades. What is alarming is that the disparity is growing. The very education system that is supposed to be the great equalizer is, in fact, becoming the great divider.
Everyone has a different experience with their alderman as well as with various elected officials in our city, and the fact is that there are people who do not feel represented, and very well may not be as represented as they could be. But if we get involved and inform ourselves we can better impact our city elections and keep our city moving forward.