Bina Venkataraman

@binajv

Editorial/Executive Leader, Author, Journalist. Former Editor of Boston Globe Ed Page, Washington Post columnist, WH advisor, MIT. First one in the water.

On the move writerbina.com Joined November 2009

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Bina Venkataraman @binajv Feb 23, 2024

Why do you forget where you put the car keys but remember the worst thing that happened to you? A new book by neuroscientist @CharanRanganath explains. I review it here for @BookWorld: washingtonpost.com/books/2024/02/…

www.washingtonpost.com Review | Why you’re always forgetting things, according to a memory scientist Neuroscientist Charan Ranganath offers a scientifically robust exploration of the brain in his book “Why We Remember.”

Bina Venkataraman @binajv Apr 3

Thrilled to be co-curating an after-hours event @MITMuseum on 4/9 w/ @CParrenoAlonso. We’ll chat w/ inventor @dannyhillis & geologist Marcia Bjornerud, hear a sound bath from DJ Joseph Ntaimo + meet @JanetEchelman under her exhibit. Ticket info here: tickets.mitmuseum.org/events/019ca0e…

Bina Venkataraman @binajv Nov 6, 2025

Do NYC voters expect Zohran Mamdani to actually make all the buses free? I wrote about what New York can learn from the election and reelection of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu about city politics & daydreams.
Thanks for asking me for my take, @mitrakalita epicenter-nyc.com/mayor-mamdani-…

epicenter-nyc.com Mayor Mamdani can’t magically make buses free. Lesson from Boston: Maybe it doesn’t matter -... Now that Zohran Mamdani has been elected the next mayor of New York City, it may be tempting to think that voters expect him to work wonders: freeze rents, open […]

Bina Venkataraman @binajv Jan 31, 2025

President Trump is not on a free speech crusade. He’s on a crusade of censorship, via @crampell washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

www.washingtonpost.com Opinion | A new era of government censorship has dawned Donald Trump fancies himself a champion of free speech. Oh, really?

Bina Venkataraman @binajv Sep 6, 2024

Going to watch Tuesday’s presidential debate? Here’s why making it — and other aspects of public life — more accessible to people with different abilities could make everyone’s experience of them better. My latest for @postopinions wapo.st/47j0msE

www.washingtonpost.com Opinion | The presidential debate’s real mic problem Harris and Trump would have a better debate if they employed ASL interpreters.