After dealing with long affordable housing waitlists and navigating endless red tape, I found that keeping our family together was no easy feat.
OPINION: SOMERVILLE COUNCILOR CALLS FOR MORE ACTION ON HOUSING
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GUEST OPINION: REFORMING OUR COBBLED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
There is one beacon on the horizon that can address this
A VISION FOR PIER 5 IN CHARLESTOWN (AND FOR THE FUTURE OF BOSTON)
Many of us are interested in waterfront accessibility for the general population, attention to social justice, and continuing to provide amenities to disadvantaged community members.
YOUNG, HEALTHY, AND INOCULATED
I was lucky enough to get an extra vaccine. Here’s how it went down.
GUEST OPINION: I WANT TO HUG EVERYONE I KNOW
The rules of objectivity in journalism are fake.
GUEST OPINION: WILL BOSTON EMBRACE REAL CHANGE IN 2021?
In ’83, the impact of the mayor’s race ushered in a progressive era of power sharing and racial reconciliation.
GUEST OPINION: ENACTING “MILLIONAIRES’ TAXES” WILL SET BACK STATE RECOVERIES
Connecticut’s travails in recent years, combined with the unprecedented mobility of wealth, makes it clear that millionaires’ taxes are a 20th-century solution to a 21st-century problem. Embracing them would only prolong states’ long-awaited recovery from the economic effects of COVID-19.
GUEST OPINION: TPS HOLDERS DESERVE PERMANENT PROTECTION
This is my home. We don’t deserve to live in perpetual fear.
GUEST OPINION: GETTING RID OF WHITE SUPREMACY: A LONG-TERM PROJECT
This is a quest for knowledge, clearer thinking, and better interventions.
NO HONEYMOON FOR BIDEN: 1/20 PROTEST ON BOSTON COMMON, 4 PM
On Inauguration Day a coalition of organizations are coming together to re-take the initiative for a progressive agenda with a rally on the Boston Common at 4 pm.
GUEST OPINION: THE CASE FOR RENAMING FANEUIL HALL
It is incredible that city leaders have not recognized the offense of whitewashing the deeds of Faneuil.
WHAT THANKSGIVING AND THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC SHARE
[B]oth the holiday’s development and epidemiological reasons for its present-day decline are rooted in a settler colonial project centered on the pursuit of wealth and ecological exploitation
GUEST OPINION: VOTE GREEN
Hawkins-Walker 2020
GUEST OPINION (COMIC): RAH-RAH FOR THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
"We couldn't make it to the White House any other way"
NO LEGAL JUSTICE WITHOUT ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Bridging the chasm between law enforcement and justice, part 4
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SAFETY NET. IT’S A SIEVE INSTEAD.
How could this happen? We are the wealthiest country in the world by far, and our unemployment system was supposed to be able to weather an economic crisis.
THE LISTENING: WHAT PORTLAND’S WALL OF MOMS IS MISSING
There are various levels of listening, and what’s needed here is what MLK preached about.
THE HISTORICAL PURPOSE OF POLICING
Bridging the chasm between law enforcement and justice, Part 3
OPINION: ENTERTAINMENT/POLITICAL BLEED-THROUGH
Some might say that the success of bringing the ethic of entertainment into news reporting is its own justification and what’s wrong with that, anyway? I say that while it might be over-drawing the case to say that Ed Ansin’s style of news broadcasting led us to the Trump presidency, there’s no question they dovetail nicely.
OPINION: ENTERTAINMENT / POLITICAL BLEED-THROUGH
Some might say that the success of bringing the ethic of entertainment into news reporting is its own justification and what’s wrong with that, anyway? I say that while it might be over-drawing the case to say that Ed Ansin’s style of news broadcasting led us to the Trump presidency, there’s no question they dovetail nicely.
SHRED THE GOP PLAYBOOK: RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS HONORS JOHN LEWIS
To honor the congressman, let’s make some good trouble this November, and vote out our present Republican thugocracy.
BRIDGING THE CHASM BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUSTICE: PART 2
The warrior culture and poor use-of-force guidance are at least two reasons why police in the U.S. kill 1,000 people annually, while in contrast, for example, Great Britain’s police have killed fewer than 60 since 1900.
SOLIDARITY BUILDING, COVID-19, AND FRONTLINE WORKERS
The mission of building solidarity within the South Asian community is akin to other movements such as Black Lives Matter. How can we learn from them in order to connect our own community? For many South Asians committed to fighting state violence against Black people, it is clear that our work in being allies relies on undoing anti-Black ideologies within our own communities.
GUEST OPINION: #CANCELRENT. FOR STARTERS.
If Democrats and Republicans cannot guarantee healthcare, housing, a basic income, and freedom from police brutality and crushing debt, they will never stand with the people.
FORCED BIPARTISANSHIP JEOPARDIZES BILLS TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE
Unity and nonpartisan efforts are important. However, there are real people and communities at risk that can be assisted by the passing of these bills.
WHAT, TO BLACK AMERICA, IS THIS 4TH OF JULY?
"I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us."
SJC DECISION SAYS IF YOU CAN’T PAY RENT, YOU CAN’T FIGHT FORECLOSURE
“While we were fighting police brutality and COVID’s disproportionate impact on communities of color, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court put its knee on our necks.”
PARENTS, PAUSE!: TALKING RACE WITH WHITE AND NON-BLACK CHILDREN
There is an avalanche of resources flooding the Internet and the market to learn and teach about racism and anti-racism, especially to children. For many white and non-Black parents and caregivers, the past few days following the uprisings have meant that there is a surge of individual and collective ...
BRIDGING THE CHASM BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUSTICE
Part 1: How do we begin?
MARKET ORIENTATION, TV NEWS, AND THE AMPLIFICATION OF VIOLENCE
In 2017, we examined CNN and Democracy Now!’s coverage of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock, North Dakota, to understand how the market orientation of two news organizations influenced the production and distribution of their protest coverage.
