Editorial

The deluge of sports gambling, with the inevitable ensuing scandals, has created a situation where every time a player takes himself out of the game because of injury or a referee makes a questionable call, you can’t help but wonder if there’s an underlying motivation

On April 15, jury selection began in The People of the State of New York v. Donald Trump. This is the first-ever criminal trial of a former president of the United States, and it is one of four criminal and civil cases against Trump that are percolating before the presidential election of 2024.

On Sunday night, the University of South Carolina Gamecocks women’s team completed a  dream season by defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes 87-75 to win the NCAA championship. The team avenged last year’s loss to Iowa in the Final Four semifinal game.

RCC has justly hired former Suffolk County District Attorney and U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins to run its newly created Restorative Justice Project.

If anyone says you can’t be both a journalist and an activist, Sarah-Ann Shaw proved you could be. What’s needed is determination and integrity — but not necessarily a driver’s license.

As Women’s History Month comes to a close, there are many achievements and much progress to celebrate. But make no mistake. There are forces that seek to deny women’s advancements in the workplace and wrest away hard-won victories in women’s rights to choose.

President Joe Biden, facing a tough re-election battle, walked onto the floor of the House fully aware that he needed to show he was not the “Sleepy Joe Biden” of his opponent’s mocking taunts.

Embrace Boston has released its “Harm Report: Connecting the Past to the Present State of Black Boston.” The report identifies the harms to Boston’s Black community by the forces of discrimination and bias from the Colonial era up to the present day.

No election season is complete without appeals to exercise your constitutional right to vote. That includes making your voice heard in next week’s March 5 presidential primary in Massachusetts, one of 15 states casting ballots on Super Tuesday.

As the 2024 presidential election moves closer, a number of crucial court cases against likely GOP nominee Donald Trump are also moving forward.

As we continue to honor our heritage during Black History Month, we should use these brief four weeks to remember the historical impact of famous Black Americans from Boston.

As February starts, we begin another Black History Month in America. The winter celebration of our history and heritage traces its origins to Harvard scholar Dr. Carter G. Woodson, creator in 1915 of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.