SINCE MARCH, the COVID-19 pandemic has tested our health care system. Our hospitals, health care workers, first responders, medical researchers, labs, and public health leaders have exhibited heroism and innovation in navigating through the spring surge and in the continued fight with this deadly virus. Yet, this crisis has taken a deep toll here in […]
racial justice
Posted inArts and Culture
Beheading of Columbus statue prompts discussion
SOMEONE BEHEADED the statue of Christopher Columbus in the North End of Boston Tuesday night, prompting a discussion about what the piece of chiseled Tuscan marble symbolizes. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh condemned the act of vandalism, but said the statue and its head will be kept in storage for the time being. “Given the conversations […]
Posted inUncategorized
Baker juggles COVID, Floyd issues
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION is now trying to juggle the reopening of the state’s economy while formulating a legislative response to the George Floyd protests over policing. At a State House press briefing on Wednesday, Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito declined to go into specifics about the legislative response, but the governor said […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Walsh, Boston leaders praise protesters, condemn agitators
MAYOR MARTY WALSH and fellow Boston leaders voiced support for the thousands of protesters who took to the streets to demonstrate against the police killing of George Floyd, while condemning the small minority they said turned to violence and looting late last night. A day of peaceful protest over the death of Floyd, a black […]
Posted inUncategorized
Baker slams Trump’s lack of leadership
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER missed the call the nation’s governors had with President Trump on Monday, but that didn’t stop him from criticizing the president in what were harsh terms for the state’s top Republican. Trump, according to multiple reports, described the governors as weak and urged them to call out the National Guard, control the […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Police group blasts Warren over Ferguson comments
ELIZABETH WARREN IS IN HOT WATER over a comment marking the fifth anniversary of the Ferguson, Missouri, police shooting of Michael Brown. Warren tweeted that Officer Darren Wilson “murdered” the 18-year-old black man in 2014. The state’s largest police association quickly voiced its displeasure, the second time in just over a year that the organization has ripped the state’s senior […]