By Mayor Martin J. Walsh
If you asked anyone working today, I’ll bet they can remember their first summer job. It might have been flipping burgers, lifeguarding at the community pool, or helping kids as a camp counselor. Growing up, everyone in... Read more
By Liz Malia
Today in Massachusetts, 1.2 million workers risk losing employment if they take time off work to care for a new child or to address a family medical emergency. Too many people are working every hour they can but still cannot get... Read more
By James W. Dolan
Special to the Reporter
As a septuagenerian, I’m comforted by the thought I no longer can sin. At a certain age, we lack either the mental or physical capacity, or both, to commit offenses. I take advantage of an obscure... Read more
By Peter F. Stevens
BIR Staff
When it comes to the immigrants of yesteryear – especially Irish immigrants to America’s shores –historical distortions and outright lies abound. A huge number of Irish Americans refuse to accept any... Read more
To the Editor: Roy Lincoln Karp, in his Feb. 22 commentary, is absolutely right to assert that even if Douglas High students succeed in moving Congress to legislate gun restriction, “we would still need to address a culture of violence in a nation that... Read more
By Roy Lincoln Karp
Special to the Reporter
Our closest friends and family have gathered for an after party in the Honey Fitz room at Doyle’s. I am still in my rented tuxedo and Courtney is wearing her wedding dress, sneakers, and a Red... Read more
By James W. Dolan
Special to the Reporter
In rare moments of reflection he hears footsteps; they are steady, measured, and unrelenting, and they send a chill through his body because he knows that the many business deals he has made are... Read more
By Michael P. Norton, State House News Service
The Trump administration’s decision to end temporary protected status for immigrants from El Salvador and Haiti is “impermissibly infected by racial discrimination” and should be struck down,... Read more
By Roy Lincoln Karp, Special to the Reporter
The words move across your phone, laptop, or TV screen: “School shooting.” You read the horrific details about the latest gun-fueled massacre. You feel sadness for the young victims... Read more
By James W. Dolan, Special to the Reporter
For a person who was not always so fond of Florida, I seem to be spending a lot more time there of late. I expect it has something to do with my lady friend, who just happens to own a... Read more
From: The offices of the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance.
To: Prospective Developers of the Bayside site
We understand that you are interested in 20 acres of prime waterfront property in Dorchester.
Well, we are, too!... Read more
By Roy Lincoln Karp, Special to the Reporter
Marie Jean Baptiste was on her way home from work when the earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010.
As the ground beneath her feet undulated, she could barely move. It was... Read more
Community health centers are in federal funding crisis; care in Mass. facing $200m shortfall
To the Editor:
Public health is more vulnerable than ever today because community health centers like those serving Dorchester,... Read more
By Matt Glynn, Special to the Reporter
To residents of Dorchester: Congratulations on being among the greenest and most environmentally conscious residents in the state.
Unfortunately, members of our House of... Read more
By Roy Lincoln Karp
Special to the Reporter
When I was a boy, I had a secret hiding place in a musty closet in my bedroom, a room that doubled as my father’s office. I would scamper up a set of angled shoe shelves,... Read more
