Chris Amico

When Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton set out to place Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins in the national spotlight, he probably wasn’t looking for ways to help Rollins advance her career or agenda. More →

John Ronald Tolkien, we need to talk More →

What do you do if something is "like cigarettes"? If you can, you quit. More →

Study using DNA analysis reveals not only are statues on these distant islands connected, but inhabitants too More →

The world can’t end this pandemic — or prevent the next one — without global vaccine equity. More →

Andrew Taylor of the Associated Press left his beat of 30 years, both traumatized and frustrated by journalism’s failure to cope with today’s dire politics. More →

In a historically diverse mayoral election, Boston showed its lazy hand. More →

A movement against Western influence threatens to close off a nation that succeeded in part by welcoming new ideas. More →

Where did City Councilors Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George get the most support in Tuesday’s preliminary? And where did the three other major candidates who fell short get their votes? These dots tell the story. More →

Like most autocrats, he has no successor lined up. More →

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As Omar Little, the actor bent his beautiful mind to a task that even the best writers and showrunners often avoid. More →

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The NPR host offers eight spicy tips for having better conversations. More →

A mission to rid the world of “terror” and “evil” led America in tragic directions. More →

The summer of 1973 was a whirlwind of jump kicks and cash-ins More →

Previously published at GBH News. Recently I had a conversation with a hyperlocal news editor who wanted to talk through a dilemma. Her website, which covers such matters as town boards, schools, h… More →

The most popular cryptocurrency wastes energy by design. Why is that, and could it ever be greener? More →

As children’s hospital beds fill up, the F.D.A. shouldn’t delay. More →

Photos by Michael Piazza When the coronavirus slammed Massachusetts, it strained an already-delicate food system. Food banks saw a sharp rise in demand as restaurant owners watched theirs decline. Then-Mayor Marty Walsh launched a series of stopgap... More →

Martha Prewitt performed as an opera singer for 15 years. But passions wane. She now runs the family farm in Kentucky, singing arias to cattle and corn. Sometimes bugs fly into her mouth. More →