Or Blew My Mind the Week of September 20th - 26th

Thank you to the firefighters, police officers, EMTs, paramedics, dispatchers, emergency workers, search-and-rescue teams, and all those who answered the call on September 11, 2001.

Let's thank teachers for what they do every day. Let’s ask why so much of it falls on them in the first place.

Labor Day is about recognizing the people who work: honoring the struggles that made decent work possible. And that every worker deserves to go home safe, earn a decent living, have a voice on the job...

Urgent Care clinics are there when you need them, but they tend to be taken for granted and don't get the financial support they need.

Or Blew My Mind the Week of August 23-29, 2026

Or Blew My Mind the Week of August 2nd - 8th

The Dog Days of Summer are also the hottest days of summer. For some, it's picnics, the beach and vacation. But for too many workers, it's hazardous heat.

Or Blew My Mind the Week of July 26-August 1

Immigrants are not on the margins of America's economy. They are woven into its fabric. The do the unsafe and unpleasent jobs that make this nation function.

Or Blew My Mind the Week of July 5-11

Or Blew My Mind the Week of June 28- July 4, 2026

It's summer. It's hot out there and getting hotter. Workers and others are at risk from extreme heat, but there they can be protected.

Or Blew My Mind the Week of June 21-27

Or Blew My Mind the Week of June 14-20

President Trump turned 80 on Sunday, and while I certainly don’t endorse and am truthfully appalled by his way of celebrating his 80th birthday (i.e., by hosting UFC fights on the White House Lawn), I...

Or Blew My Mind the Week of June 7-13

Or Blew My Mind the Week of May 31-June 6,

What you can learn about democracy from your garden

Or Blew My Mind the Week of May 24-30, 2026

Looking backward, work feels less like a ladder and more like a patchwork quilt — stitched together from experiences that seemed random at the time but somehow formed a life.

From a Proud Daughter

Or Blew My Mind the Week of May 17-22, 2026

Earlier this week, I drove down Memorial Drive the way I usually do — windows down, radio on, the Charles River glinting to my left, Cambridge humming along on my right.

What Research Tells Us — and Why It Matters Now

Or Blew My Mind the Week of April 26 - May 2nd

Today is Workers Memorial Day and there's a lot to be done to make this country's workplace safer for America's workers.

I just signed a Common Cause petition to demand the DOJ drop charges against the SPLC – and urge Congress to stand up for our rights. I hope that you will, too.

What the Boston Marathon Teaches Us About the Human Body—and Spirit

Or Blew My Mind the Week of April 12-18, 2026

A Matter of Governance and Consent

Or Blew My Mind the Week of April 5-11, 2026

There is no voyage around the moon without the vital work of the thousands of workers who clock in and clock out every day.

One Nation Said No

Imagine a nation without workers. What works; what doesn't work. Happily, this is April Fools Day. Use it to appreciate this country's workers.

Or blew my mind the week of March 22nd - 28th

Trump’s reaction to Robert Mueller’s death was not just personal malice.

Will it Save or Undermine Our Democracy?

Budget cuts, scientific suppression, and political extremism are putting American lives at risk

Or blew my mind the week of March 8-14, 2026

The Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics has Championed Worker Health for Nearly Four Decades

Or blew my mind the week of March 1-7, 2026

When Democracy Catches a Chill

One Year Since I Lost My NOAA Job

Or blew my mind the week of February 22nd - 28th

When shelter isn’t an option

Or blew my mind the week of February 15th - February 21st

Don't forget to honor the workers who have to go to work during snow storms and dig you out.

And the Hidden Human Cost