EDITORIAL

A contract for better schools

Most Bostonians are unaware of a critically important negotiation presently underway. The Boston School Department and the Boston Teachers Union are trying to come to terms on a new contract. The present contract expires at the end of the month. More »

OPINION

Empathy and our nation's future

By 2050, the United States will be majority non-white. Latinos, African Americans, Asians and other "minorities" will constitute approximately 54 percent of our population, according to Census projections. We must decide what kind of society to create from this diverse mix: separate and unequal or integrated and equal. More »

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

A bridge too far?

Thank you Kenneth J. Cooper for your article, "A bridge too far" (Bay State Banner, Aug. 5, 2010). Having lived in Dorchester, Mattapan, Roxbury and Milton, I understand and still see that it's not the path that needs to be built, nor budgets explored. It is the mentality of the residents of Milton and other places filled with beautiful neighborhoods of closed-minded people. I have been stopped three times by Milton police this year. More »

ROVING CAMERA

Do you agree with President Obama's assertion that a mosque should be allowed near the World Trade Center?

You have the right to build on any parcel of land that you legally purchase. More »