By Jose Manuel Palacios Teshe, junior, Chelsea High School With the help of Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream, we were able to improve the social relations of people with different colors of skin, but now the obstacle is another. Now…
Category: Editorials
We Need Ways to Connect with Our Neighbors
By Jacqueline Segovia,junior, Chelsea High Inequality is a huge issue in the world, and in the United States there is a long history of different cultures being treated unequally. Our city of Chelsea is no different, as we have prejudice…
What Would Martin Luther King say About Trump?
How ironic it is that President Donald Trump added even further to his ever-growing list of racist comments this past week as Americans were readying to observe Dr. Martin Luther King Day, which has added significance this year as this…
Congratulations,Senator DiDomenico
Congratulations are in order for Senator Sal DiDomenico, who recently was named the 2017 Legislator of the Year by the Massachusetts Association of School Committees. As vice chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, Senator DiDomenico has been an…
Letter to the Editor
America on the Rise Finally The following is a response to the Journal Editorial published on Dec. 7, 2017. I read your editorials in multiple community papers. Please publish this response in every paper in which you printed “America As…
Americans Hate Waiting, So Theyll Despise Single Payer
By Sally C. Pipes What makes for an awful trip to the doctor? Waiting. Earlier this year, doctor-rating website Zocdoc found that long waits or appointment delays were the primary motivators of negative marks from patients. Given this aversion to…
Congratulations to Our Elected City Officials
We offer our congratulations to our city officials who were sworn into office this past week. Public service is not easy these days. In an era of limited resources, it seems that our elected officials find themselves saying “No” more…
Have A Happy, Healthy, and Safe New Year
The upcoming long weekend marks the start of the New Year — 2018. The arrival of a new year marks a time for reflection, both as to the year that has passed and as to the year to come. In…
Enjoy the Holidays — Safely
Christmas this year is part of a three-day weekend, which means that for many of us, we will be indulging in the “Christmas spirt” early and often. By no means do we wish to cast negative thoughts, but we would…
Enjoy the Holiday Season
This is a wonderful time of the year, to paraphrase the song, with holiday music playing in the malls and on our car radios, resurrecting our earliest childhood memories — even for the younger set — of Christmases-past. We choose…