This past Sunday’s Super Bowl game between the Eagles and the Chiefs certainly lived up to its hype. But for those of us who were New England Patriots’ fans for the two decades from 2001-19, the Super Bowl season just…
Category: Editorials
Letter to the Editor
Bike Lane Dear Editor, The Ellis neighborhood received notice that Berkeley St. is soon to have a bike lane. This over reach by City Hall takes place without sufficient prior community input, or exhaustive consideration of impacts. Berkeley St. has…
Guest Op-Ed: How I Became a Streetwalker
By Alison Barnet It happened one day on Washington Street. I had my eyes on the ground—not up at passing male motorists–sure that a chain of long brick lumps in the sidewalk was behind me. All of a sudden, I fell.…
No Child Should Live In Deep Poverty
We wish to voice our support for a bill sponsored by State Senator Sal DiDomenico, the Assistant Majority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate, that seeks to accelerate the timetable for lifting children in our state out of what is known…
Letter to the Editor
Reader Expresses Concern Over Potential Closure of Portion Of Dartmouth Street Dear Editor, I write to you today concerning the potential closure of Dartmouth Street between St. James and Boylston streets. I wanted to give my perspective as both a…
Guest Op-Ed: What Would Rosa Parks Think?
By Alison Barnet That red sticker on buses, “Remembering Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott” makes me long to have a bus boycott in Boston. I’m sick and tired of waiting half an hour for the #1 bus—which I…
Get Ready for the Cold!
We may have just finished what reportedly ranks as the fifth-warmest January on record, but by the end of this week, we’ll be experiencing our coldest weather in seven years when an Arctic blast dips into the United States and…
Health Care for All Is a Public Good
We were pleased to see that Chelsea’s newly-elected State Representative, Judith Garcia, announced last week that she has co-sponsored An Act to Advance Health Equity, a bill that aims to close the gap in healthcare by prioritizing equity in state…
Letter to the Editor
Back Bay Resident Expresses Deep Concern Over Potential Closing of Dartmouth Street Dear Editor, As a longtime Back Bay resident who lives near Dartmouth Street and Commonwealth Avenue, I am writing to express my deep concern on the potential closing…
The Maura Healey Era Has Begun!
Governor Maura Healey wasted little time since her inauguration a few weeks ago in setting the pace for what we’re sure will be an active — and activist — administration with her announcement last week that she will be filing…