Rebecca Spiess
Associate Opinion Editor at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Opinions desk @BostonGlobe | Pulitzer finalist :) | stops at @PittsburghPG, Fulbright Germany and @azcentral | Find me https://t.co/ZzLAsIV57n
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1 month ago |
bostonglobe.com | Rebecca Spiess |Carine Hajjar
Growing up, my family moved a lot, and I switched schools nearly every year. My educational experience ran the gamut, and I attended public and charter schools that swung wildly in their outcomes and expectations. At my public middle school in Arizona, I was taught Intelligent Design, which is a pseudoscientific alternative to evolution more akin to creationism. I was told that humans did not “come from monkeys,” and that to think so was insulting.
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2 months ago |
bostonglobe.com | Rebecca Spiess
The requests are chilling. “I am genuinely concerned for my safety,” one student wrote to Boston University’s Daily Free Press roughly one week after a Tufts graduate student was arrested, asking editors to remove their name and photos of their face.
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2 months ago |
bostonglobe.com | Joan Vennochi |Carine Hajjar |Rebecca Spiess
At this moment, yes. There is purpose in that passion. Ocasio-Cortez is showing Democrats of all ages how to fight back from the overwhelming sense of despair that comes with watching Trump blow up government as they knew it. She is empowered by the progressive ideals the left holds dear – and by the hatred she stirs in the right.
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2 months ago |
bostonglobe.com | Rebecca Spiess
Pari Kim, a star on the third and latest season of “Love on the Spectrum,” has plenty of opinions about the MBTA. Her favorite trains on the Red Line are the 1500 and 1600 series manufactured by Pullman-Standard, because their red and white paint job reminds her of strawberry shortcake. On the Green Line, her top trains are the Type 8 cars by AnsaldoBreda, whose low floors allow for accessible boarding.
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Nov 29, 2024 |
mahoningmatters.com | Rebecca Spiess
Young adult genres continue to offer some of the most compelling novels of the year - for all ages. Here's a list of six titles you shouldn't miss, and where to find them in Pittsburgh:"Ukraine Remember also me: Testimonies from the War" by George Butler (Candlewick Studio) makes a difficult contemporary subject accessible to teen readers.
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