State Rep. Jon Santiago partnered with Dr. Alister Martin, the South End Community Health Center, Mascon Medical, the Boston Housing Authority, Brewster Ambulance, and the Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts to set up pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics aimed at administering vaccinations…
Author: The Boston Sun Staff
Councilor Flynn Working With BHA to Promote Vaccine Equity for Residents Living in Public Housing
Councilor Ed Flynn is working with the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) to ensure that eligible residents living at BHA housing have access to COVID-19 vaccines. He has been in contact with the BHA about onsite vaccinations for residents, as there…
Violence Against the AAPI Community Must End
Prejudice, discrimination, and violence against members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community has existed ever since immigrants from China began to arrive in America in the 1850s. The first anti-immigration law in our nation’s history, the Chinese…
The Atlanta Shootings: A Confluence for a Perfect Storm
In addition to the obvious targeting of Asian-Americans in the tragic shootings in Atlanta, there were two other factors that created a perfect storm for this sort of tragedy to take place. The first was the easy and immediate access…
Letter to the Editor
A Final Goodbye Dear Editor, To the people of Boston, Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm me as the next Secretary of Labor. I am deeply honored to serve my country in this way at such a…
Hynes Convention Center Opens as Mass Vax Site March 18: Back Bay Site to Administer Nearly 9,000 Shots Per Day
The Fenway Park mass vaccination site will transition from the old ballfield this week to the Hynes Convention Center, opening on March 18, and scaling up to be the largest mass vax site in the state. Gov. Charlie Baker announced…
Garden Clubs in the City Find New Ways to Make Ends Meet
As gardens and greenspace have become more essential than ever before during the pandemic, it’s also made fundraising for groups like the Beacon Hill Garden Club and the Garden Club of the Back Bay, which were both forced to cancel…
First Case of the P.1 COVID-19 Variant Of Concern in Massachusetts Reported
The Department of Public Health (DPH) announced Tuesday that the first case of the P.1 COVID-19 variant of concern, which originated in Brazil, has been detected in Massachusetts. The individual is a woman in her 30s who resides in Barnstable…
The Filibuster Must End
The pros and cons of maintaining the filibuster in the U.S. Senate have reached the forefront of political discussion as never before — and with good reason. Whether one believes that the filibuster protects the minority from the so-called tyranny…
Marvelous Marvin Was a Great Fighter and a Great Person
The boxing world lost one of its all-time greats with the sudden passing of Marvelous Marvin Hagler this past week. Hagler, a native of Newark who moved to Brockton as a teenager, reigned as the undisputed middleweight boxing champion of…