Editorial

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.

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

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.

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.

A quick dive into housing statistics across Massachusetts produces a discouraging picture for the future of the commonwealth.

As we mark President Trump’s first 100 days in office, it’s hard to decide where to begin to assess the damage he has done to the nation.

Boston is fortunate to have both a Black history museum, the Museum of African American History on Beacon Hill, and a Black art museum, the Museum of the National Center for Afro-American Artists in Boston. Few, if any other cities have both kinds of cultural assets. Both need to be preserved.

The decision of City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson to plead guilty to federal corruption charges and resign at some point has set off a debate over whether the city should hold a special election to fill the District 7 seat representing Roxbury and parts Dorchester, the Fenway and the South End.

The Trump administration harbors the warped and unreal view that the only discrimination that persists in American society afflicts white people (because of DEI efforts), girls and women who play interscholastic sports (against transgender athletes), and Jewish students (because of campus protests against the war in Gaza).

The recent “Hands Off!” protests in Boston, as part of a nationwide movement, have brought deep divisions and passionate responses to the current political climate to the forefront. The swiftness and callousness of the gutting of our government by Donald Trump and Elon Musk has mobilized thousands across the country.

The authoritarian impulse to rewrite and even erase history to create a self-serving narrative is an assault on truth itself.

Once a year, the elected chief executive of Boston delivers a speech about the state of the city and how as mayor she or he plans to move it forward. This year, Mayor Michelle Wu gave the annual speech at a time Boston has been the target of hostility from the Trump administration for the city’s support of immigrants who live here and for their communities.