By Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Dr. Monique W. Morris, Ed.D. Too frequently, educational justice is denied for girls – especially for girls of color. Schools should be the safest place for our children and yet, for many girls of color, the…
Category: Editorials
Letter to the Editor
Councilor Perlatonda Upset over Council To the Editor, I don’t understand my fellow Councilors. At our December 9 Council meeting, an order was introduced about the Central Avenue Redevelopment Project discussing the TIF being given by the City. Briefly, a…
We Are Drinking, Drugging, Eating, and Stressing Ourselves to Death
Okay, we know it is the holiday season — a time for good cheer and all that. But the results of a report issued last week by the Centers for Disease Control reveal a disturbing and dangerous pattern in the…
Guest Op-ed: A Holiday Strategy
By Dr. Glenn Mollette The holidays can be glad, sad or bad. Take your pick and choose a direction. I choose glad. Who wants to be sad and who needs bad? I don’t want either one and neither do you.…
Letter to the Editor
Dear editor, Vaping by youth has become what the U.S. Surgeon General calls an epidemic and many people are working to find solutions. I’m asked frequently what can be done to turn the tide, and now new resources are available…
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday, tracing its roots back almost 400 years to the Pilgrims, long before there was even a thought of a United States of America. Thanksgiving is the ultimate family-centered holiday. It has no religious meaning,…
Enjoy the Holiday Safely
We would be remiss if we did not remind our readers to enjoy the holiday weekend, but to do so safely. And specifically, we really mean only one thing: Do not drink and drive, nor allow friends & family members…
Letter to the Editor
Reject the Sanctuary State Bill (HB 3573/SB1401) Dear Editor, Nationwide, from 2011 to 2018, non-citizens, mostly illegal aliens, committed 667,000 drug offenses, 42,000 robberies, 25,000 homicides, 91,000 sex crimes, 213,000 assaults, 95,000 weapons offenses, and 81,000 auto thefts, according to…
The Climate Scientists Have Been Wrong All Along
For the better part of three decades, the vast majority of scientists — including those hired by the petroleum industry — have warned the world that climate change is occurring principally because of carbon emissions from our addiction to fossil…
Letter to the Editor
Thank You for Electing me Dear Editor, Over the past four months I have had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with many of you. I am humbled by the results of last week’s election, and thrilled for the opportunity…