EDITORIAL
Debt: A college burdenThe price tag for one year at an elite college now exceeds $50,000. The median household income in the U.S. in 2008 was $52,029. Clearly, the majority of families could not afford to pay college fees from current revenue. Students from most families must depend on scholarships, grants and loans to pay college expenses. More » |
OPINION
The GOP makes Obama's re-election easier by the dayPresident Barack Obama's re-election bid announcement was pro forma. There was never any doubt whether he'd run again, and if the GOP has anything to do with it, the odds are looking better every day that he'll win in a walk away. It didn't start out that way, though. The first year of his White House tenure, things looked shaky for re-election. More » |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Giving back to the communityI really enjoyed the article on Hill Harper (Renaissance man, Bay State Banner, April 7) and appreciated the fact that the actor comes back to Boston often. This is what needs to start happening because way too many of our brothers and sisters make it out of Boston, yet don't come back to give back to the community that gave birth to them. More » |
