Opinion

The girls Kelly held captive and abused needed rescue from him. The Black church missed the opportunity to help both.

Major political battles in Washington are usually between parties — Democrats vs. Republicans — but the conflict getting the headlines today is between two wings of the Democratic Party.

An imaginative activist would be delighted to have a U.S. attorney with the background and wisdom of Rachael Rollins.

Boston can create more fair and inclusive city elections by eliminating the low-turnout September preliminary election and adopting ranked choice voting for its November general election instead.

An attentive and involved electorate is what makes a democracy function.

Fatal shootings of civilians by the police acting in the line of duty has become endemic in American society.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer angrily said the brutal treatment of Haitian asylum seekers defies common decency. A chorus of Democrats chimed in and called the Border Patrol horseback riding whipping and assaulting of the Haitians much worse. All demanded that the Biden Administration cease and desist the deportation of the asylum-seekers.

We should learn from the Jan. 6 fiasco that voters must be well-informed and must have even higher standards for those whom they elect to office.

It is very important for Blacks to vote. Just show up and vote present so that whoever wins is reminded that there is a substantial voting bloc ready to be unleashed in support of the right candidate — despite race.

Blacks should expect the battle for police reform to continue across the country.

The two decades since the hijacked 747s rammed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon haven’t changed one thing. Millions of Americans still fervently believe that the 9/11 terror attacks were part of a well-conceived, well-planned, diabolical staged act.

Americans are exceedingly egocentric. We like to characterize that trait as bold, strong and upright but it is little more than shockingly puerile. There is nothing redeemable about a lack of concern for others. There are now about 80 million people who are eligible for Covid-19 vaccination but have so far refused to get the shots.