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Rabbi Daniel Schwartz reviews notes on his computer before getting ready to livestream a Friday night Shabbat service from inside Temple Shir Shalom, a Reform synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, on March 27, 2020 amid a coronavirus disease (C

For rabbis trying to connect the faithful, lockdown creates Catch-22s

Religion

Some rabbis think videoconferencing technology such as Zoom is a good platform for bridging the gap during the pandemic. Others make the opposite case.

5th Grade Girls Attending Driscoll Elementary School in Brookline, Massachusetts

How American fifth graders react when introduced to the concept of child marriages

Education

Bike sharing programs taking off with cities, cyclists

Environment

Bringing world literature to the United States

The World

100 Years After the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Conflict & Justice

Helping Japan from Massachusetts

Environment

Katy Clark visits Amos Lawrence Elementary School in Brookline, Massachusetts. Since last week’s earthquake, parents and students have been raising money and folding paper cranes to show their support for friends and family in Japan.

The World

High-End Solar

Steve visits a state-of-the-art “solar home” in Brookline, Massachusetts, and talks with its designer, Steve Strong. It was Strong’s work on the Alaska oil pipeline project in the early 1970’s that convinced him solar was the way to go. He spent the 1980’s designing solar buildings for utilities and homeowners willing to invest in solar […]