EDITORIAL
A new way upWith the protest "Occupy Wall Street" entering its second month, more people are becoming aware of the great disparity in income among Americans. The slogan "99 percenters" indicates that protest supporters are not among the 1 percent of taxpayers that receive more than 20 percent of all revenue reported. More » |
OPINION
'... A network of mutuality'Nearly 50 years after the March on Washington, our work, Dr. King's work, is not yet complete. We gather here at a moment of great challenge and great change. In the first decade of this new century, we have been tested by war and by tragedy; by an economic crisis and its aftermath that has left millions out of work, and poverty on the rise, and millions more just struggling to get by. More » |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
MassVote urges passage of new state voting districtsThe new proposed maps for the Statehouse and state Senate dramatically increase the number of majority-minority seats, while keeping many communities together. A few small changes may be appropriate to make the maps even better, but, substantially, these maps mark a major step forward for the cause of voting rights, and I urge state legislators to pass them into law. More » |
