Somerville must show leadership in the climate crisis by reducing emissions by all means available and protecting the future of our youth. The children of Somerville deserve ambitious action. Please do not let them down.

The Ethiopian community’s celebration of the 128th Adwa Victory in March recalled a beacon of pride and history for black people, including second-generation African.

Now that winter is over, get out to a park this Patriot’s Day Weekend, have fun, help fix our parks and maybe win a cash prize from Cambridge4Trees.

The needs of our students and their families suffering a high cost of living should be able to crack the Cambridge City Council’s to-do list.

A housing crisis of this magnitude requires a number of bold policy ideas. It also requires us to work together as communities to support people in need of housing.

Gov. Maura Healey’s Affordable Homes Act addresses the housing crisis in several useful ways, but leaves out repealing a statewide ban on rent control.

Asserting an arbitrary standard of “decorum” while prohibiting the naming of names not only intimidates the public but violate the School Committee’s own rules and a ruling by the Supreme Judicial Court.

Let’s allow the Affordable Housing Trust to fund rental vouchers, fund new programs to house the unhoused and give those who have experienced housing instability a seat at the table.

I strongly believe that supporting an open, public process is the key to combating inequity, and I am deeply upset that caregivers, teachers and staff are being excluded from sharing their voices about principal Kathleen Smith.

Graham & Parks is in crisis. Some School Committee members have been responsive, but all are asked to act with the urgency the moment demands.