The Boston Ward 4 Dems August meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 18, at 6 pm virtually. Join fellow Democrats from Back Bay, Fenway, and the South End for a discussion with City Councilors Michelle Wu, Kim Janey, and…
Author: The Boston Sun Staff
Back to School…at a Five-Star Hotel? Some Colleges Surprise Residents with Hotel Plans
Dan Murphy, Lauren Bennett and Seth Daniel Plans for college and university students have begun to settle into the neighborhoods this week, surprising some and causing all to pause and think about what such a massive amount of students in…
Waiting for the Big One
As we are writing this, we are awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Isaias, which is the earliest-ever ninth named storm of a hurricane season. Although Isaias was a weak Category 1 hurricane when it made landfall in the Carolinas and…
Deaths Are Only Part of the COVID Story
Whether the subject is drunk driving, gun violence, or COVID-19, the headline that grabs our attention always is the death toll, of which there tragically have been more than 150,000 of our fellow Americans from COVID-19. However, what often goes unreported are the…
Guest Op-Ed: School Buffer Zones Shackle Communities of Color from Economic Freedom
By Linda Champion Creating drug-free school buffer zones sounds like a good idea. The disparate impacts of these zones led to the mass incarceration of thousands of Black and Brown residents. Now, this same failed policy is being used to…
Staying Cool on Comm Ave.
For the Record
Coronavirus Update: Due to public health concerns, the hearings that normally would be held on a week have been postponed or canceled due to the guidance of Mayor Martin Walsh and the order of Gov. Charlie Baker. Some meetings, however, have…
More than $1 Trillion Is Needed
We’re all familiar with the phrase, “A day late and a dollar short.” What brought that to mind this week was the announcement by the Republicans in Washington of their $1 trillion economic pandemic plan that would supplement the $3…
Schools Must Be Safe to Reopen
We will be the first to concede that we do not know what exactly must be done in order to reopen our state’s public schools safely in the face of the pandemic. However, what we do know is that a…
Letters to the Editor
On Environmental Justice in the State Dear Editor, President Spilka and Speaker DeLeo: As a diverse group of city and town elected officials representing hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents, we write in support of environmental justice (EJ) legislation for…