As credit card use increases, so do the cost of credit card swipe fees. The lack of competition among card companies – Visa and Mastercard are essentially an industry duopoly – is a problem.

Accusations against Rand Wilson for Democratic State Committee are rooted in a fundamental but nuanced disagreement over how the party should be run.

Committeewomen and men have the opportunity to be links to grassroots wards and precincts, influencing the positions taken on such issues as climate, gun control, housing and the MBTA.

Although the poor and low-income account for an astounding 40 percent of the U.S. population, their problems are not recognized by our nation’s policies, laws or legislation. As a result, 250,000 people die every year.

In this Valentine’s Day month, I pay homage to W.E.B. Du Bois’ 1924 novel “Dark Princess” because it highlights the least-talked-about subject then and now: Black love.

Everyone should have the option to live in every Cambridge neighborhood, not just people who can afford a single-family home.

A silent, black-clad mourning procession of hundreds of people accompanied by drums made its somber way through Boston’s crowded Back Bay shopping district Saturday. Cambridge was well represented in the procession.

We need to answer urgent housing needs, create jobs and opportunities for workers to afford to remain in our state, reduce carbon emissions and increase alternative energy resources to protect people from the effects of climate change and address the needs of new immigrants.

Valentine’s Day isn’t some “Mad Men” type day when a beleaguered husband grabs last-minute flowers and candy for a stay-at-home wife! Even the concept of a “couple” has changed. As a 62-year-old divorced straight able male heterosexual, I’m an expert.

The committee works to engage voters with the democratic process and sets rules for how the party operates and supports local town and ward committees as they engage voters all over the commonwealth.