EDITORIAL
A business plan for 2013Yuletide festivities are enjoyable, but they are also a distraction from the serious effort of developing a plan for the new year. The American Dream is not usually attained by accident. There has to be a plan for progress to guide one's efforts toward success. More » |
OPINION
Why Obama must stand firm on taxing the wealthyPresident Obama has heard every argument from the GOP, a gaggle of conservative economists and financial analysts on why it's foolhardy to press for a tax hike on the wealthy. They say the hike won?t come close to raising the revenue needed to avert the fiscal cliff. They further argue that the hike would stunt business growth and drive the economy into another recession. And if those reasons weren?t enough, they assert that the wealthy already pay more than their fair of taxes while millions of Americans on the bottom income rung pay nothing. More » |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Kudos to ArtROX pop-upThank you Bay State Banner for the great coverage of Discover Roxbury?s ArtROX Holiday Pop-Up Shop. It's been a pleasure bringing creative hands and hearts together in a unique sales opportunity in the heart of Dudley Square! We still get passersby who ask "What is a pop up?" More » |
Media diversity starts with community supportThe Bay State Banner?s Dec. 20, 2012 story "FCC must promote diversity in media ownership" is a powerful and important statement about the real-life impact these rulings have on our nation and more specifically on communities already suffering the disparate impacts of racial segregation, economic inequity and sexism. More » |
