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The Fine Print: The role of journalism in melting ICE

The price of telling the truth Even as we celebrate three years since the unveiling of The Embrace and yet another MLK weekend, we can’t ignore our country’s accelerating slide into authoritarianism—and the lives already lost to it.

The Fine Print: The true spirit of Dr. King

Last week, we talked about what we wanted to remember from 2025, and what the memories we cherish as a nation say about us. In less than a week, January 2026 has already become a month of both memory and moment.

The Fine Print: Keeping the faith—and the fight

2025 has been a trying year for anyone in the business of fostering belonging. But community leaders across the country, including in Boston, continue to choose persistence over retreat, collaboration over isolation and imagination over fear.

The Fine Print: Quitting the system of cruelty

Every year, tens of millions of Americans struggle with food insecurity, many not knowing where their next meal will come from.
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Hunger Is The Point

A population stuck in survival mode cannot organize, cannot protest, and cannot imagine an alternative. When hunger becomes normalized, it becomes far more insidious.

The Fine Print: Sidelining MLK Day isn’t an accident

Words aren’t neutral. Voting maps aren’t neutral. Monuments aren’t neutral. What we say and do, who we choose to remember, are not idle, meaningless actions. They reflect who we are and what we value. They always have.

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