editorial

President Joe Biden shocked the political world when he stepped aside from his reelection campaign and handed the mantle to Vice President Kamala Harris.

As we approach the end of formal sessions of the Massachusetts Legislature, state lawmakers have a chance to take a giant step toward addressing the wealth gap afflicting Black and brown communities in Boston.

Project 2025 will create a dystopian country of haves and never-haves, leading to chaos that will enable those in power to steal and to create an authoritarian regime that may never yield to the power of the people. It must be stopped now.

This week we celebrate the birth of our nation. But the question is: Is it going to continue to live up to the ideals that it was founded on? Our patriots paid with their lives for it to evolve into a more just nation.

As the presidential election looms closer, it’s time to see the two candidates face each other in a debate, and this year that debate is more important than ever.

With the current temperature in our country, it is imperative that we have a judicial system that is above reproach, but unfortunately, because our judicial system is made up of humans, that’s not always possible.

It’s Father’s Day once again. This year like most years, we need our fathers to be upfront and accountable because there is a tide afoot to take away affirmative action and much of the support that has been put in place to help make up for the disparities in education and opportunities that face us all as Black Americans.

As another Memorial Day passes, we honor those who gave their lives standing up for our country. Black Americans have a distinguished place in the ranks of the fallen, because our sacrifices often occurred during points in history when the ideals we fought for abroad were denied to us here at home.

As we look back in time to evaluate how our society treated Black and brown military men and scientists in the 1960s, it is not surprising to hear the many stories of discrimination and obstacles to career advancement caused by racial bias.

Our nation sets aside the second Sunday in May to honor the mothers of America. Like so many others, I spent this past Sunday reflecting on the love and sacrifices of the women who do so much to hold our families together, to care for and nurture us.

With Jim Crow still intact in America in the early 1950s, Thurgood Marshall and a group of attorneys took the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case to the Supreme Court, whose verdict — issued 70 years ago next week — changed our country for the better.

Student protests over deadly Israeli military strikes in Gaza have roiled college campuses across America, resulting in fierce debates over free speech, the right to assemble and the responsibility of college administrators to ensure the safety of all its students, faculty, staff and the surrounding community.