Opinion

Scapegoating is about power. It’s about exploiting people’s anxieties and frustrations to gain that power. And it’s about making an example of a group to chill dissent and create a climate of fear.

Without school-based support, Black students face greater emotional distress, academic declines, and rising suicide risks.

Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement have removed from the quiet streets of exurban Milford an 18-year-old who is an honors student at the town’s high school, brought from Brazil by his parents more than a decade ago.

President Lyndon B. Johnson famously declared an unconditional “War on Poverty” in his 1964 State of the Union address, initiating one of the most ambitious policy initiatives in American history aimed at systemic economic inequality.

MIT Professor Karilyn Crockett has declared “there’s no bigger challenge than the racial wealth gap.” She’s right about that.

As Black business leaders committed to the growth and prosperity of Boston, we find ourselves compelled to speak out against the recent wave of unfounded allegations aimed at Mayor Michelle Wu and Chief Segun Idowu.

Imagine a scenario where a loved one — your child, sibling or friend — is struggling with an opioid addiction. You’ve done everything in your power to help them get treatment, but because they’re over 18, your options are limited.

We are quickly heading into senior care crisis mode. We are not adequately prepared or focused on what’s ahead.

More than six decades after he first stepped into the national spotlight, Malcolm X remains one of the most compelling, controversial and misunderstood figures in American history.

I had three babies in four years. I worked the overnight shift as a nurse practitioner. I was constantly on edge, trying to hold it all together — at home, at work, and inside my own mind.

Somewhere in Boston right now, a teenager is feeling stressed. They watch their parents struggle to make ends meet. They work after school and try to make sure their homework is done. Their mother works a night shift, their father juggles Uber with a full-time job. They hardly see them. They are lonely.

As publisher and editor of the Bay State Banner, I am occasionally invited to take part in media events around the city and most recently had the pleasure of attending a GBH media forum where I met Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress.