I know this is controversial, but as we look to "dismantle racism," we should start with cleaning our own house first
Guest Opinion: It’s Time To Reckon With the Long Damaging History Of Racism In Boston City Council
Boston City Council
NEWLY-ELECTED BOSTON CITY COUNCILORS SWORN IN
“Our constituents in our community expect us to move with urgency, to open doors for everyone and to deliver results.”
WITH BERDO 2.0, BOSTON LOOKS TO TAKE BIGGEST STEP YET TO CURB EMISSIONS
“If passed, it will be the most consequential environmental initiative that the city has passed, possibly ever.”
NEXT UP: DOT TEEN LAUNCHES COUNCIL CAMPAIGN
“This incumbent has never been about action."
OUTGOING BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR TIM MCCARTHY REMOVES HIS MASK
Take outgoing District 5 Councilor Tim McCarthy, who has historically had bad positions on cannabis, endorsed Gov. Charlie Baker in 2018, and often suffers from the same Caucasian derangement syndrome as the governor.
BOLD EAGLES: FOLLOWING DISAPPOINTING CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON STUDENT LABOR, BC’S GRADUATE UNION PUSHES HARDER
This is not the first time BCGEU-UAW has caught the attention of the Boston City Council, which passed the Resolution Affirming the Rights of Graduate Student Workers to Organize for Fair Working Conditions in April to specifically call out BC’s treatment of their graduate student workers.
ALLSTON POLITICS CITY: IN A GENTRIFYING ARTS HAMLET, POLITICAL HOPEFULS SHARE PLANS TO KEEP THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WEIRD
“We put our necks out there to invest ourselves emotionally, physically, monetarily into everything that surrounds us because we wanna make it beautiful, and then the second it actually becomes beautiful is the second that people want to turn it into something else."
MORE DEMOCRACY NEEDED TO SURVIVE GLOBAL WARMING
‘THE PROCESS IS NOT ADEQUATELY INVOLVING COMMUNITY’
"As a public defender, I saw the effects of criminalizing marijuana."
AND NOW A WORD FROM THE BOSTON YOUTH TRANSPORTATION PROJECT
Transit policy has historically focused on expansion through suburban systems—serving White and wealthier constituents more reliably than those living in inner cities.
