By Branden Garcia and Destiney Williamson Housing is a human right. One cannot live safely without shelter. Every person should have easy access to a reliable place to sleep, protection from the outside world, and a dependable location to store one’s…
Category: Editorials
Letter to the Editor
Look Into Electric Buses To the Editor, I thoroughly agree with a recent public opinion piece co-authored by Senator Joe Boncore and Maria Belen Power in which they rightly criticize the MBTA’s proposal to replace the Silver Line’s aging buses…
At Last, Spring Has Sprung
Spring officially may have arrived on March 21, but the past month has been anything but spring-like. For those of us who live along the Massachusetts coastline, this is nothing new of course. The prevailing, on-shore sea breezes at this…
Mass Shootings Are Our New Epidemic
Mass shootings with high-powered weapons are nothing new in America. The recent tragedies in Atlanta and Indianapolis are just two more of a long string of the slaughter of innocent Americans who simply were going about their everyday lives at…
Guest Op-Ed: Why Is the State House Budget Missing 31,000+ Students?
By School Committeeman Roberto Jimenez Last week, the State Legislature unveiled the initial draft for the 2021-2022 state budget. I was happy to see that they had fixed Governor Baker’s budget proposal, which did not get us on track to…
Earth Day 2021: Working With Community Members to Measure Air Quality in Environmental Justice Communities
By Martin Suuberg As we mark Earth Day 2021, amid a health crisis caused by a global pandemic, the principle of environmental justice is a priority that is and must remain front-and-center in our efforts to protect the environment and…
Numb to the Numbers
With just about all of the states now reopening their economies, the conventional wisdom among most Americans is that the worst days of the coronavirus are behind us. Yet the reality is that hundreds of Americans continue to die and…
Guest Op-Ed: Don’t Let Pandemic Delay Advance Care Planning
By Catherine Duffy, NP, ACHPN Note: This article is published in observance of National Healthcare Decisions Day. Times of our lives may be forever defined as what happened “before the COVID-19 pandemic” and everything after that. One thing that hasn’t…
Guest Op-Ed: Mask Wearing in America
Dr. Glenn Mollette Like most everyone else, I’m tired of wearing a mask. Every time I go to the grocery, a restaurant, church, or work I have to put on a mask. Not long ago, if we wore a mask…
Letter to the Editor
Mayors, Town Mangers Urge Baker to Give All Adults Vaccine in 20 Hardest-Hit Communities Dear Editor, We, the undersigned mayors and municipal managers, respectfully urge Governor Baker immediately to allow all distributors of COVID-19 vaccines in the 20 most vulnerable…