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.

if Winn thinks that green-lighting affordable housing projects with 100-plus units in our fair city is an onerous process, try living at Walden Square Road in the coming years.

Working with disengaged kids is about relationships, but attendance policies allow for disengagement without prioritizing connections that might turn it around.

Leaving children and educators in inadequate swing space for more time than necessary, with no apparent solution for the next building failure, should not be an option.

It is the responsibility of elected leaders to review and determine which projects would benefit those in greater need, rather than outsourcing this crucial task of spending $2 million to a popularity contest than can be swayed by those with more resources.

A refusal to serve customers because of personal beliefs, as happened at Harvard Square‘s Sinclair music club, is not usually seen as progressive.

Over the past few years, I’ve been rebuilding my ward in Cambridge. As a state committee member, I look forward to supporting all chairs in our district. 

It will take a long time and a lot of money to build the 200,000 units officials believe Massachusetts needs. Gov. Maura Healey’s proposed Affordable Homes Act will cost $4 billion and expects to produce 40,000 homes over the next five years.