The Biden-Harris administration announced the approval of an additional $4.5 billion in student debt relief last week, expanding relief to 60,000 public service workers across the United States, including over 22,000 in Massachusetts.
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel at the Greater Boston Labor Council breakfast to express her support. Harris also spoke with local politicians about the importance of unions.
With Mayor Marty Walsh soon to leave office and serve as Labor Secretary under the Biden administration, our city’s leadership must begin to address the difficulties we are left with. We must continue to hold our elected officials to their promises and push Boston to become a city that doesn’t thrive off of inequalities but rather fosters communities of growth and equality.
It’s the dawn of a proverbial new day in the United States — a new president, a new administration and a renewed sense of confidence in the president’s ability to deal with the crises at hand.
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The Daily Free Press has covered the City of Boston as it weaves through a nearly year-long period of loss and resilience brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. This Spring, the city news team will maintain its coverage of a shifting Boston.
Boston University’s School of Social Work held a panel discussion Nov. 17 on health care equity in the United States and the steps that should be taken during the next four years.
The future of the Democratic Party is one with two defined factions: the moderate, incrementalistic faction that fights to maintain the status quo, and the progressive, democratic socialists who fight to change the system.
