A nearly decade-long effort to require Massachusetts employers to offer paid sick days is gaining momentum as lawmakers pass similar proposals across the country. At least five cities and one state, Connecticut, have mandated that employers provide th...

Last week’s big blizzard offered yet more proof that our electricity infrastructure is antiquated, even downright dangerous. But all that snow and blow also became an opportunity to see how we can improve our prospects with smart planning, forward think...

There has been much talk that we are speeding toward a federal fiscal cliff, our nation’s budget driven by Thelma and Louise, our politics inspired by James Dean’s famous cinematic game of automobile chicken. Meanwhile, at the state level, we are ...

People call it “a tipping point,” and no, much as I celebrate our restaurants and those who work in them, right now I’m not talking about when a check shows up at the end of a meal. This is about the moment when we make a big shift in thinking a...