Every now and then the accomplishments of an individual athlete or team will transcend whatever it is that they have achieved in the world of sports. Prime examples include the late Muhammad Ali and the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. …
Category: Editorials
Guest Op-Ed : How We’re Working to Ensure the Boston Police Department Reflects and Serves Our Neighborhoods
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Last month, we welcomed the Boston Police Academy’s newest recruits. These men and women had spent the last six months learning to serve and protect the people of Boston with the highest standards of excellence…
Letter to the Editor
Regarding the Right Whales Dear Editor: We appreciate that your June 21 editorial “Another Sad Sign of the Times” calls attention to critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, but it made several misleading claims about their fight for survival and…
Related Beal Unveils ‘The Quinn’ Condos on Harrison Avenue
Related Beal last week unveiled its newest residential development The Quinn, a 14-story luxury condominium property on Harrison Avenue in the New York Streets neighborhood. Designed by a team of renowned architects that includes Robert A.M. Stern Architects and Meyer Davis, The Quinn will…
Enjoy an Awesome — and Safe — Fourth of July
With the Fourth of July falling on a Thursday this year, many of us will be enjoying an extra-long holiday weekend for which the weather hopefully will cooperate. The Fourth of July rekindles fond memories from our childhood of the…
Guest Op-Ed : Re-Entry Services for Ex-Inmates are Crucial to Combating the Opioid Crisis
By State Rep. Jon Santiago The intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard is ground-zero for the opioid epidemic in Boston. It’s an area I know well, given my work as an emergency room physician at nearby Boston Medical…
Guest Op-Ed : Delivering on the Promise of Public Education
By Jonathan Cohn, Ward 4 Democratic Committee Later this month, the Boston City Council will be voting on the budget for the Boston Public Schools. And it will be another year of cuts. Although the Mayor’s Office touts the 2020…
Letter to the Editor : Traffic Squeeze on Tremont Street
Dear Editor, Although many of the details regarding the Tremont Street redesign have yet to be decided, there is one significant change on the horizon that apparently is set in stone, or rather asphalt. The number of lanes designated for…
Our National Disgrace At The Border
Hundreds of migrant children have been transferred out of a filthy Border Patrol station in Texas where they had been detained for weeks without access to soap, clean clothes or adequate food, the authorities confirmed on Monday, — The New…
Guest Op-Ed: Celebrate Your Community on Independence Day
By Quint Studer As I go about my work of helping communities revitalize and reinvent themselves, I often get to see the best of America and I’m reminded that the foundations that built this country are still just as important…