For those of us who take note of the problem of litter (and who often bring along a bag to pick up litter when we are walking along a beach), we are accustomed to the plethora of styrofoam cups and single-use…
Category: Editorials
As We Approach 200,000 Dead Americans…
As the death toll from Covid-19 in our country approaches 200,000 of our fellow Americans, it is becoming more and more clear every day just how badly our national effort to counter the effects of the coronavirus continues to be.…
Guest Op-Ed: Our Fall School Plans Are Guided by Health, Safety and Equity
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Superintendent Brenda Cassellius From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping Boston’s families safe, healthy, and equitably supported has been our top priority. That’s why we made the tough but necessary decision to close…
Letter to the Editor
Leave the Trees Dear Editor, I have lived in Roxsie Homes for 41 years. It is unnecessary to cut down these trees. I live right behind Melnea Cass Boulevard and I walk the path in the shade to get my…
Enjoy a Safe Labor Day Weekend
“Time and tide wait for no man,” wrote the poet. The summer of 2020 is entering its final week as we approach the traditional Labor Day weekend and once again the summer season has flown by much faster than any…
A Summer of Chaos And Tragedy
As America approached the Memorial Day weekend of 2020, the death toll from COVID-19 in the United States stood at just under 100,000 of our fellow Americans. But now, three months later, that number soon will have doubled, as our…
Be Sure to Vote in the Primary
This Tuesday, September 1, is primary election day in Massachusetts for both national and state legislative offices. Primary elections in Massachusetts typically are of little or no consequence because of the overwhelming Democratic voting enrollment and because most Democrats run…
Politicizing the Pandemic
This past Sunday evening, President Donald Trump held a news conference to announce that the use of blood plasma in treating patients who have contracted Covid-19 has been shown to reduce the death rate from Covid-19 by 35% — a…
Guest Op-Ed: Much More is Involved
By Alison Barnet How things have changed and not for the better! I recently picked up a 2004 Access guide book and read an entry on the Harriet Tubman House. “This iconoclastic complex greets the street with a sense of…
Guest Op-Ed: We Must Work Together On Long-Term Solutions
By Lyndia Downie, President and Executive Director, Pine Street Inn and David W. Manzo, South End Resident and Member of Pine Street Inn’s Board of Directors The concerns expressed regarding the use of 891 Massachusetts Avenue as a bridge site…