Our communities are stronger when all families have access to affordable housing options—options that allow families to stay in the neighborhoods they’ve helped build over the years and that help keep new, young families in the communities where they’ve started to put down roots...
Economic development partnerships have the potential to enliven neighborhood economies, open new job opportunities, and build new ownership possibilities for local residents...
I’ve been a public school teacher, and I will never forget the struggles—and victories—I saw my students, parents, and fellow teachers go through every day...
We all deserve to live in neighborhoods where we feel safe. We should never accept young people killing each other as a reality of city life, and we should not resign ourselves to crime and recidivism rates that are preventable...
I am a strong, long-time supporter of equal marriage rights for same-sex couples, and as State Senator I will actively work to ensure our government protects, respects, and values all families and individuals.
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Everyone deserves access to high-quality, affordable health care. Massachusetts has taken important, pioneering steps in recent years to expand health care to more Commonwealth residents—an accomplishment we should be proud of...
We read with interest Suzanne Manneh’s piece, “Legislation attempt to end racial profiling,” Bay State Banner, April 26, 2012, about U.S. Senate hearings on a national racial profiling bill. We are writing to express support for...
Después de una semana en la cual ofreció varias charlas ante jóvenes hispanos de Lawrence y estudiantes latinos de Babson College, el astronauta Franklin Chang-Díaz –el primer latinoamericano en viajar al espacio con la NASA—tuvo el org...
When she was a child, state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz had an advantage over her fellow students on Take Your Father to School Day: Franklin Chang-Diaz was an astronaut. Now in the private sector, he’ll be inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame on M...
Franklin Chang-Díaz hizo historia viajando siete veces al espacio como astronauta de la NASA y ahora después de muchos años va a ser incorporado al Salón de la Fama de Astronautas en el Centro Espacial Kennedy.
Tremendo honor...
LAWRENCE - When he was a young man living in Costa Rica, Dr. Franklin Chang Diaz wrote a letter to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration saying he "wanted to come to the United States and be an astronaut."
A few years ago, Tressalyn Carson and her three children were living in a motel in Brighton. Between working as an infant-toddler teacher and struggling to find a place to stay, living in temporary housing was a huge burden on Cars...
