Legislature's Housing Committee Seeks Public Testimony
Op-Ed
OPINION: SAY “NO” TO THE WINTER OLYMPICS IN BEIJING
Take action Tuesday, January 4
OPINION: WHY BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES SHOULD RECEIVE REPARATIONS
For starters, former Confederate states legally extended the multibillion-dollar slavery franchise—with the US government’s complicity.
GUEST OPINION: YES ON 1 FOR A BETTER BUDGET. THE TIME IS NOW
Having more leaders who are closer to the needs of the communities in the city will ensure that community needs are better met
GUEST OPINION: VOTE FOR AN ELECTED BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The appointed committee invariably doesn’t listen or act on the community’s behalf because they’re not elected, and therefore not accountable, to the community.
OPINION: WALKING THE WALK FOR A MORATORIUM ON PRISON AND JAIL CONSTRUCTION
Freeze all new prison and jail construction in Massachusetts for five years
FROM UMB TO THE US CONGRESS: FIGHT FOR HIGHER ED THAT WORKS FOR ALL!
"Decisions about when and how to reopen campuses, modalities of instruction, class size, tuition, campus services and facilities, staffing levels, and working conditions have been dictated not just by the human needs of those who work or those we serve, but by the bottom-line priorities of upper administrators."
GUEST OPINION: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE FINAL CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR
“Police reform must be on the forefront of any mayoral agenda.”
EZMERAI AHMADI: A PERSONAL UPDATE ON AFGHANISTAN
An American mourns the life of a close friend taken by one of the final US drone strikes of a senseless 20-year war
GUEST OPINION: ONCE MORE WITH FEELING
Even in a space for community leaders, in a city facing an affordability and eviction crisis, housing insecurity is a sensitive topic