EDITORIAL
NOI involvement essentialRoxbury residents are quite accustomed to the crack of gunfire. The sound rarely provokes much attention unless it is close by. After years of carnage the shootings have become commonplace, but periodically a murder profoundly violates the sensibilities of the community. More » |
OPINION
The whitest of white 2012 GOP ConventionThe 2012 GOP convention organizers made much of the announcement that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former Democratic Congressman Arthur Davis and Saratoga Springs, Utah Mayor Mia Love will be among the featured speakers at the convention. More » |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Unfair attacks on gold medal gymnast's hairIt does seem odd that in this day and time of African American hair styles ranging from the natural look to the straight look that we would be so unkind as to pick on a positive black female ("Gabby Douglas and that other n-word -- 'nappy,'" Bay State Banner, Aug. 23, 2012). More » |
It's about business ownershipJust educating kids and then sending [them] out there to get a job that no longer exists is just plain stupid. ("As jobs vanish, where are blacks left?" Bay State Banner, Aug. 23, 2012). More » |
