Category: Opinion

Despite progressive branding, Governor Maura Healey’s tenure shows limited measurable gains for women and middle-class families amid persistent affordability, housing, childcare, and small-business inequities.

In Massachusetts, it’s “Alice Through The Looking Glass” and SCRAM or be damned!

Here in Massachusetts, a defendant who says he can’t afford a lawyer, can’t be held very long in jail, while a wounded police officer, who sells her house to pay for her attorney’s fees, can be held in jail for months before her trial, because she does have a lawyer! Get it?

Are arrogance and ineptitude contributing factors in the recent stabbing death of Tyquan Pooler in Mattapan? The Nov. 15th death has intensified long-standing questions about whether state leaders are ignoring mounting warnings about Massachusetts’ public-defender crisis and the predictable consequences.

Can the work of Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis and former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick save Officer Kelsey Fitzsimmons?

What fate awaits disgraced former Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson at her September 4, 2025, sentencing hearing?  

Massachusetts pays bar advocates less than any other New England state. In this op-ed, Massachusetts Attorney Gail Sullivan urges Governor Healey to cancel raises for politicians and their pals, and redirect funds to the underpaid bar advocates who have saved Massachusetts taxpayers millions over the years.

Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s fight with the state legislature over an audit law faces increasing pushback. Critics have framed her actions as “revenge,” but is that the real issue, or is this yet another example of gendered bias in politics?