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Rachel Moore7 min read
Opinion: Put the Phone Down at Dinner. Our Kids Are Watching
We ask children to limit screen time. Then we scroll through every meal.
Rachel Moore7 min read
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Marcus Bell6 min read
Opinion: Our Libraries Are the Last Free Indoor Places. Fund Them Like It
Libraries now do the work of community centers, job offices and cooling centers. Their budgets haven’t caught up.
Marcus Bell6 min read
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Opinion: Bring Back the Neighborhood Bus Stop Bench
Small comforts make transit usable for everyone. Start with somewhere to sit.
Marcus Bell6 min read
OpinionMarcus Bell6 min read
Opinion: Keep Main Street Walkable — Slow the Traffic Down
A 20 mph limit downtown would cost drivers seconds and give the street back to people.
Marcus Bell6 min read
OpinionMarcus Bell6 min read
Opinion: Every Neighborhood Deserves a Library Open on Sundays
Sunday is the one day families are free. Most of our branches are closed.
Marcus Bell6 min read
OpinionMarcus Bell6 min read
Opinion: I Stopped Reading the News Before Noon. Here’s What Changed
What happened to my attention — and my sentences — when mornings went quiet.
Marcus Bell6 min read
OpinionRachel Moore6 min read
Opinion: The Case for Rereading Your Favorite Books
Why the books we return to change more than we do.
Rachel Moore6 min read
OpinionMarcus Bell3 min read
Opinion: When the Local Paper Closes, a Town Loses More Than Its Headlines
I have covered Washington for two decades, but the most important reporting in America happens at school board meetings nobody else bothers to attend.
Marcus Bell3 min read
OpinionRachel Moore3 min read
Opinion: Free Transit for Teenagers Is a Bargain Cities Can’t Afford to Skip
Fare-free bus and train passes for students cost little, pay off in attendance and jobs, and build the riders transit systems will need for decades.
Rachel Moore3 min read
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Hannah Cho3 min read
Opinion: It’s Time to Give the Four-Season School Calendar a Serious Look
A calendar with shorter summers and regular breaks through the year could curb learning loss and teacher burnout. Districts should test it before dismissing it.
Hannah Cho3 min read