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Category: Editorials
Guest Op-Ed: Tough Conversations
By Damali Vidot In recent months, our lives have changed significantly. Canceled events, learning/teaching and working from home, lay-offs, masks covering the warm smiles that once greeted us and the fear of illness or loss have lingered on our minds…
Guest Op-Ed: The Boston Reopen Fund Is Helping Small Businesses Open Their Doors While Keeping Our Community Safe
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health and safety of the people of Boston has been my top priority. As our city and our state begin a gradual reopening process, based on clear…
Letters to the Editor
A Legend To the Editor, It’s so hard to write a tribute to a man I’ve known and loved since I was 5 years old when, at times, he became an extended member of the Whelan family. With his curly…
Americans Will Survive Without Bacon Double-Cheeseburgers
The decision of the federal government to invoke the Defense Production Act to order meat-processing plants to reopen raises a number of issues about the use of the act for this purpose. First and foremost, the order ignores the reality…
Letter to the Editor
gratitude and appreciation Dear Editor, As I enter my junior year at Harvard College, I want to extend my gratitude and appreciation to the Old Charlestown Schoolboys for their support of my educational journey over the past few years. This…
Guest Op-ed: Councilor Edwards Endorses Rep. Dan Ryan for Re-election
By Councilor Lydia Edwards Charlestown is a special place and it has been my honor to represent the neighborhood for the last two years. This special place faces unique challenges. Charlestown is one square mile and is going through growing…
Guest Op-ed: Filling out the U.S. Census Is an Effective and Safe Way to Support Your Community Right Now
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Every 10 years, the Federal government conducts a Census, counting every person living in all 50 states, Washington D.C., and five U.S. territories. This is more than just a headcount; the Census determines everything from…
Guest Op-ed: What the Covid-19 Crisis Tells Us about Climate Change … and Ourselves
By Michael Parker The devastation and destruction caused by the COVID-19 crisis was seemingly unimaginable – millions sickened, at least 100,000 U.S. deaths, and a shattered economy. However, the potential for devastation on this scale from a pandemic has been…
Guest Op-ed: Front Lines Not Headlines
By State Rep. Dan Ryan In the very near future, I will be announcing the kick-off of my 2020 campaign for re-election. This is a campaign for which I was readying. I had collected twice the number of signatures needed to get on the ballot by…