Editorial

A quick dive into housing statistics across Massachusetts produces a discouraging picture for the future of the commonwealth.

As we mark President Trump’s first 100 days in office, it’s hard to decide where to begin to assess the damage he has done to the nation.

Boston is fortunate to have both a Black history museum, the Museum of African American History on Beacon Hill, and a Black art museum, the Museum of the National Center for Afro-American Artists in Boston. Few, if any other cities have both kinds of cultural assets. Both need to be preserved.

The decision of City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson to plead guilty to federal corruption charges and resign at some point has set off a debate over whether the city should hold a special election to fill the District 7 seat representing Roxbury and parts Dorchester, the Fenway and the South End.

The Trump administration harbors the warped and unreal view that the only discrimination that persists in American society afflicts white people (because of DEI efforts), girls and women who play interscholastic sports (against transgender athletes), and Jewish students (because of campus protests against the war in Gaza).

The recent “Hands Off!” protests in Boston, as part of a nationwide movement, have brought deep divisions and passionate responses to the current political climate to the forefront. The swiftness and callousness of the gutting of our government by Donald Trump and Elon Musk has mobilized thousands across the country.

The authoritarian impulse to rewrite and even erase history to create a self-serving narrative is an assault on truth itself.

Once a year, the elected chief executive of Boston delivers a speech about the state of the city and how as mayor she or he plans to move it forward. This year, Mayor Michelle Wu gave the annual speech at a time Boston has been the target of hostility from the Trump administration for the city’s support of immigrants who live here and for their communities.

Our nation’s rule of law is the foundation of constitutional order. The balance of power between the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government is the glue that holds democracy together. When one branch oversteps its lawful boundaries, the other can step in to restore the proper balance.

Following voters’ rejection last November of MCAS as a requirement for high school graduation, the state is proposing new standards requiring the successful completion of a designated slate of courses.

In 1965, the Banner was launched in a local and national atmosphere of hostility from many quarters to Black political and economic empowerment. We once again are living through a time of heightened opposition to Black advancement. President Donald Trump and his lackeys have clearly taken aim at Black, brown and progressive voices, including those in the media.

Black buying power in America is expected to surge to $1.98 trillion in 2025, according to the Selig Center for Economic Growth. Strategically leveraged, that economic clout can wield enormous power over companies that are bending the knee to Trump’s mischaracterization of DEI.