Members of the Boston City Council discussed reducing the legal voting age to 16 and older in their Wednesday meeting. 

Boston should pass the new voting age, followed by civics education and accessible resources.

The incident of the failed assasination attempt turned Alexei Navalny into an international hero. If the Kremlin’s goal is to silence the opposition, it seems like putting Navalny in jail has exacerbated the problem: Thousands of protesters currently demand for his release, threatening Putin’s power and reminding him that, someday, he might have to face Navalny in the parliament elections.

As we lean toward more and more progressive lawmakers in local elections, it’s important to remember the power these races hold in the United States.

The mayoral election has been dominating headlines in recent weeks in the City of Boston, but campaigning for the candidates has been going on for much longer. Several students at Boston University...