This Bike Lanes Story Isn’t About Bike Lanes
City Hall’s ambitious plan to reshape Boston’s streets has ignited a battle over who really controls the town’s future—and exposed an identity crisis long in the making.
Is Boston’s Economy Doomed?
Welcome to the Doom Loop. Everybody’s talking about it—but are our leaders doing anything to stop it?
Why Harvard University Is Failing at Everything
A crushing cancel culture, accusations of plagiarism, protests on campus, lawsuits, Congressional investigations, and big-dollar donors running for the door. Why the emperor by the Charles has no clothes.
Are Massachusetts’ Teachers Unions Allowing Students to Fail?
They fight against charter schools, MCAS testing, and state oversight while seeking more taxpayer money than ever before. Meanwhile, public school students’ reading and math scores are worse than they have been in 20 years. Just a coincidence?
Once Upon a Time, We Never Needed the Words “Boston Strong”
The saying helped unite a broken-hearted city when we needed it most. WBZ-TV’s Jon Keller wonders: what does phrase mean 10 years later?
Jon Keller’s Nine Big, Shiny, Happy Ideas for the New Governor
Sure, Massachusetts has its problems but compared to much of the country over the past eight years, we’ve enjoyed plenty of sunshine and bluebirds. In a nod to the gubernatorial election this month, the political wiz advises our new leader on how to keep from messing up our relatively stable lives. Plus, a goodbye letter from Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito.
Seeing Purple
The true-blue Democratic establishment has long had a lock on Massachusetts politics. Talk to voters, though, and you’ll hear stories of alienation and frustration over a whole range of issues. Inside the making of a purpling Massachusetts.
So Long, Charlie. RIP, GOP.
Last in a proud line of “Weldian” governors, Charlie Baker is leaving office for good and clearing the way within the GOP for a new breed of Trump-loving leaders. The result? The death of the state’s Republican Party.