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Harbor barrier study undermined by assumptions

Environment/ Opinion

Harbor barrier study undermined by assumptions

Starting point of UMass Boston research dictated conclusions

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A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY releases a report advising on the course of action that a major urban center should pursue to prepare for predicted sea-level rise and increased frequency and severity of storm events.  What is the public reaction?  How is the report evaluated?  Does a single study based on numerous unexamined assumptions set the course(...)

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How to solve homelessness

Economy/ Housing/ Opinion

How to solve homelessness

Solutions abound; they just need money

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TONIGHT, 6,300 MEN and women across the Commonwealth will sleep on the streets or in shelter. Although that statistic may be disheartening, this does not have to be the case. Homeless services providers across the state do not lack for solutions to end homelessness – we lack the necessary resources. Additional funding would allow providers(...)

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Pacheco: Putting price on carbon is not a tax

Plugging In/ Energy/ Environment

Pacheco: Putting price on carbon is not a tax

Senate calls its proposal a market-based compliance system

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SEN. MARC PACHECO wants to make clear that the energy bill the Senate passed on Thursday night did not include a carbon tax. Under the state’s constitution, he said, the Senate is not permitted to introduce a so-called money bill; legislation that raises or lowers taxes must originate in the House. He said the Senate(...)

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Acknowledging the everyday trauma in students’ lives

Education/ Opinion

Acknowledging the everyday trauma in students’ lives

We focus on high-profile events but ignore daily reality in low-income neighborhoods

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HIGH-PROFILE ACTS of violence in schools have, rightly, received our attention – and the headlines. However, there is a deeper story: pervasive trauma experienced by too many inner-city youth, often deemed routine, which is ultimately ignored. There is a disproportionate response by the media, policymakers, and the public after a school shooting. While Parkland and(...)

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Separation anxiety

Politics

Separation anxiety

Criminally charging those who cross the border illegally forces families to be torn apart

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THE SCENES OF children being stripped away from their parents at the country’s southern border are hitting a nerve even with those not generally inclined to lash out at the nativist nabobs running things in Washington. House Speaker Paul Ryan, he often of little spinal fortitude, declared his opposition to the Trump administration policy. For(...)

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The Download/ Politics

Separation anxiety

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The scenes of children being stripped away from their parents at the country’s southern border are hitting a nerve even with those not generally inclined to lash out at the nativist nabobs running things in Washington. House Speaker Paul Ryan, he often of little spinal fortitude, declared his opposition to the Trump administration policy. For(...)

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Putting a price on carbon gains momentum in Mass.

Plugging In/ Energy/ Environment

Putting a price on carbon gains momentum in Mass.

Senate approves legislation, National Grid lends its support

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CLARIFICATION: The original version of this story twice likened putting a price on carbon to putting a tax on carbon, but a sponsor of the legislation said it is not a tax. To read his point of view click here. MASSACHUSETTS MOVED CLOSER to embracing an economy-wide price on carbon, as the Senate approved an(...)

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DCR still struggling as landlord

Politics

DCR still struggling as landlord

Audit: User fees uncollected, leases monitored poorly

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THE STATE’S DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION is improving as a landlord, but the agency still has a long way to go, with a new state audit reporting that $600,000 in user fees went uncollected over a two-year period and a number of  tenants were allowed to continue using state property with expired leases. The(...)

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Yawkey Way debate wasn’t really a debate

The Back Story

Yawkey Way debate wasn’t really a debate

Boston agency: Decision was a forgone conclusion

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THE LONG and impassioned debate this spring over whether to change the name of Yawkey Way was largely an exercise in futility. Some of those participating in the four crowded hearings in March and April before Boston’s Public Improvement Commission were aware their arguments had no impact on the final decision, but a fair number(...)

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In #MeToo era, steps forward and back

Media/ Politics

In #MeToo era, steps forward and back

Amid progress, there are still many issues to reckon with

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When it comes to reckoning with the role of women in society, it can sometimes be difficult to know whether we’re in a period of enlightened new awareness or blithe ignorance. So it is that today’s news features stories on a major Boston hospital rethinking the prominent posting of portraits of the all-male cast of(...)

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