As we all have learned by now, the so-called Executive Order (if any of it is even legal) recently issued by President Donald Trump two weeks ago amounts to all talk and no action. It does not stop any evictions…
Category: Editorials
Op-Ed: A Commitment to Transparency
By Joe Gravellese, Candidate for State Representative My campaign was recently endorsed by Act on Massachusetts – an organization dedicated to increasing transparency in our historically secretive state government. They endorsed me in part because I am one of dozens…
Op-Ed: DA Rachael Rollins Statement on Bail and the Bail Fund
By DA Rachael Rollins (The following statement is in regard to the release of a convicted sex offender and rapist in Dorchester through the efforts of the Massachusetts Bail Fund in July. The DA’s office has brought charges against the…
Op-Ed: The Urgency of the Moment
By Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Roseann Bongiovanni, Executive Director, GreenRoots, Inc. Today, we acknowledge the 200th day since the first reported COVID-19 death in Massachusetts. This public health emergency is unprecedented, but it’s hard…
Op-Ed: School Reopening Plans
By Thomas Scott and Robert N. Baldwin, Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents (MASS) Across the Commonwealth, school districts are beginning to announce their plans for the start of the 2020-2021 school year. Some communities are choosing not to reopen school buildings,…
Letter to the Editor
I Support Damali Vidot To the Editor, We are living through a crisis, and the people in charge have failed us. Gov. Charlie Baker has decided that business interests matter more than people’s lives, and the Legislature has only taken…
Waiting for the Big One
As we are writing this, we are awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Isaias, which is the earliest-ever ninth named storm of a hurricane season. Although Isaias was a weak Category 1 hurricane when it made landfall in the Carolinas and…
Deaths Are Only Part Of the COVID Story
Whether the subject is drunk driving, gun violence, or COVID-19, the headline that grabs our attention always is the death toll, of which there tragically have been more than 150,000 of our fellow Americans from COVID-19. However, what often goes…
Guest Op-Ed: Investing in Small Businesses, During And After the Crisis
By Joe Gravellese Small businesses are the backbone of any community. A just and equitable revitalization of areas like Revere Beach, Route 1 Saugus, and downtown Chelsea requires strong, locally-owned businesses, which not only add economic vibrancy to a community,…
Guest Op-Ed: Parents Have Enough to Worry About
By Chelsea Councilor Damali Vidot We are in this together. As COVID-19 starts to pick up steam across the Commonwealth again, living in such close quarters to each other poses a threat to us all. Dr. Birx, White House Coronavirus…