Editorial

In alliance with his compliant foot soldiers on Capitol Hill and emboldened by a Supreme Court majority bending to his wishes, Donald Trump is using his second term in office to create an upside-down Alice in Wonderland government where civil rights become civil wrongs and the strength of diversity becomes a weakness.

The Boston Branch of the NAACP has quietly made a departure from the longstanding position of most of the city’s Black leadership on affordable housing. The NAACP’s new approach is a refreshing and insightful addition to the standard approach.

Sarah-Ann Shaw, the pioneering Boston journalist who died last year at age 90, believed deeply in the power of education to change lives and uplift communities.

Most Americans who buy food at the grocery store with benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, already work.

All eyes in the administrative offices of Roxbury Community College are focused on the Potomac River as Congress works out a budget bill at the behest of President Trump.

For the last half dozen years, advocates in Massachusetts have been pushing for the creation of more worker-owned businesses, often called co-ops, as a way to share profits with the people who create products and deliver services.

When I was growing up, my mom would never miss the Roxbury Homecoming celebration. Even as she got older, we would stake out a spot the night before and return the next day and set up our cooler, food and chairs for the community picnic that’s been taking place in Franklin Park for decades.

When Elon Musk called President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” a “disgusting abomination,” he was right for the wrong reasons.

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.