On March 24, led by the students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, students and their loved ones, will take to the streets of Washington, D.C., and cities and towns all over this country to demand that Congress enact legislation to prevent gun violence. These young people have shown incredible leadership and […]

What is the message our society is giving to students like Meghan Scott Curran from Falmouth, who is performing at Footlights Theatre in a play about the Holocaust? Through the voices of survivors, including the late and well-beloved Kurt and Sonja Messerschmidt of Portland, she has learned about the atrocities Nazis committed and the compassion […]

In response to the letter “Make a difference, students: Be a friend to the outcasts” (March 16, Page A8): Bullying is a problem, indeed – it is one that our kids have been screaming at us to do something about for ages – but “walk up, not out” conflates equally important but non-identical issues. The […]