May 23, 2024
View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
for many in the Black community, it can be incredibly challenging to discuss the topic of our overall health, especially mental health.
May is Mental Health Month. I don’t know the origin of this designation but I’m sure it had well-meaning people involved. For Black folks living in…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
racial justice activism was dangerous, risky, life-threatening work when you were trying to change society and crazy angry white men were rolling up on you with guns and Lord knows what else.
These days, when Black Lives Matter and white supremacist domestic terrorism is the most serious threat to the United States, some Black people have looked to…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
the LGBTQ+ community has come a long way since the first Pride marches.
Massachusetts celebrated 20 Years of Marriage Equality on May 17, thanks to the landmark decision in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health. This decision preceded the…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
too many women are reluctant to toot their own horns.
I was blessed to visit my hometown from May 17 through May 19, blessed to join a stellar group of twenty-five women who graced the front…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Workers at companies like Apple and Starbucks face armies of union-busting lawyers advising employers to repeatedly violate labor laws.
Workers in Towson, Maryland, have earned the distinction of becoming the first Apple retail workers in the nation to vote to strike over failed union negotiations…
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