Opinion

Last week the Coalition for Social Justice and other organizations held a rally at the Ash Street Jail to protest Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson’s plan to charge inmates $5 per day and to offer up volunteer inmates to build Trump’s wall. It was a good turnout for the organizers, but what exactly …

Take a ride through New Bedford and chances are you’ll pass a few panhandlers with signs asking for money. They seem to be standing on every busy intersection in the city. The most lucrative spots even cause turf wars with panhandlers assaulting each other, sometimes with a weapon. The number …

In preparation for snow storms the City of New Bedford institutes a citywide parking ban so their plow drivers can easily access the streets. Over 2,000 tickets have been issued during the four parking bans in New Bedford this year bringing the total money raised to $100,000. With late fees …

Over 50,000 people died from heroin overdoses last year – a 23% increase in one year and cause of more deaths than guns (36,252) or car accidents (37,757). At this rate, heroin deaths will kill more people than cars and guns in three years.   When it comes to heroin …

I am contacting you hoping you will follow up on this piece of information that I have about the Special Education Department in New Bedford Public School System. As you may or may not know the Pulaski School has a program that helps kids with behavior problems. Recently they were …

By Emma Crosby America is currently in the grips of an opioid epidemic. Opioids are a group of drugs that contain many frequently prescribed pain relievers, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, and codeine. The illegal drug heroin is also a form of opioid. It is estimated that 2.1 million people …

Three New Bedford city councilors are pushing to add undocumented workers (or “illegals” as they have called them) to a protected class when it comes to discrimination. This seems to be the beginning steps of making New Bedford an official sanctuary city and risking a confrontation with a President-elect Trump …

Compelling reasons to halt charter school expansion existed long before Massachusetts citizens delivered a resounding no vote at the ballot box November 8. Pro-charter wonks received their comeuppance in two significant ways; first, learning that an informed electorate can see beyond the hype, no matter how hard it’s driven and …

New Bedford once again is the nation’s most-valued fishery with a total catch worth $322 million. In fact we’ve finished number one for over a decade. That’s 124 million pounds of seafood that our hard working fishermen pulled from the sea in 2015.  Some questions come to mind after hearing the news; how …

The Internet and Social Media have provided humankind with the tools to be the most informed and connected generation that has ever lived. At a moment’s notice, a person can access the whole of humanity’s intellectual achievements, speak directly to another individual across the world, and then watch a video …