Editorial

Soon after attending to the implementation of the civil rights legislative gains, King turned to the Poor People’s campaign.

Republican leaders who tolerate Donald Trump’s obsession with building a border wall thereby impugn the integrity of the party’s basic philosophy. They are also responsible for inspiring Trump to consider violating the sacrosanct constitutional distinction between the authority of the president and the Congress.

Blacks have always expected that political leaders, while tolerating bigotry, would nonetheless protect the interests of the nation throughout the world. The disorganization and incompetence of the Trump administration has generated considerable anxiety among some blacks about our nation’s security.

Everyone benefits from thoughtful behavior. Being a good neighbor inspires others to do likewise, then everybody wins. A good New Year’s resolution is to be thoughtful and considerate of others in the neighborhood.

Michael Flynn’s lawyers accepted Judge Sullivan’s offer to postpone the sentencing hearing for 90 days. Everyone knows that the judge in a courtroom has extraordinary power, but some critics have criticized the demeanor of Judge Sullivan. However, Flynn’s attack on the FBI is what created a judicial controversy. One wonders whether racial hostility is implicit in the criticism of Judge Sullivan.

Boston residents cannot afford to lose talented workers because of someone’s bigotry. Innocent citizens should not have to bear the brunt of others’ illegal racial discrimination.

According to a recent report by Deloitte, there will be as many as 2.4 million skilled jobs that will not be filled by 2028.

These days, more and more prominent people are acknowledging their multiracial roots. Sen. Elizabeth Warren should certainly suffer no disadvantage because she was one of those willing to do so.

American citizens usually protest vehemently against any conduct that they believe curtails their civil rights granted by the U.S. Constitution. But strangely enough, the people seem to be willing to surrender passively the Fourth Amendment rights to be secure in one’s person. There has been no protest against the invasion of individual privacy by digital technology.

For decades the U.S. has imprisoned a higher percentage of its residents than any other country. It has always seemed inconsistent for the nation of “liberty and justice for all” to have so many people in jail.

Mayor Marty Walsh’s appointment of William Gross as Boston’s police commissioner was well received by those residents who are eager for racial diversity in the city administration. However, it is good to remember that change often brings conflict. There are presently a number of changes confronting Boston’s police force.

Violence has been a common strategy of whites to impede black economic progress. In addition to economic attacks on black towns, racial discrimination against individual black entrepreneurs has made it difficult for blacks to prosper in private enterprise.