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COMMUNITY VOICES

Black voices now

Globe Opinion seeks to amplify the perspectives and the voices of Black community members, scholars, activists, doctors, teachers, business leaders, students, and parents as op-ed and letter writers, and as innovators and provocateurs featured in Globe Ideas. Here we feature Black voices from the community amid the historic protests following the killing of George Floyd. We aim to amplify yet more Black voices going forward.

IDEAS | Peter Youngbaer
Peter Youngbaer exploring the New River Cave in Virginia.
Notes from underground
Conservation of caves pays off in underappreciated ways.

LETTERS
Can you believe it? Religion’s been taking a hit
I support and will defend your right to model what you believe your deity would do in living a religious life. But if you speak for God, then you shut out any discussion.

IDEAS | Elliot Brady
Magistrate Elliot Brady in Wilmington, N.C.
My job is to see beauty in ugly situations
‘I feel really grateful to be able to have those moments.’

IDEAS | RALPH CHURCHILL
Ralph Churchill at work at Price Rite.
What I overcame to work during the pandemic
‘I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to get back out there.’

IDEAS | Marlyn DuMont
Marlyn DuMont at the Orient Heights MBTA station.
I want my Blue Line car to be busy again
‘I see everybody respecting each other.’

IDEAS | Brian Kleve
Will work always involve people telling me what to do?
‘They just want you to sell the chicken.’

IDEAS | Ching Daranuwat
Ching Daranuwat, co-owner of Bangkok Pinto, thanks a customer as she hands him back his credit card.
Doing double duty to keep my business alive
‘I think it will never be as normal as it was before.’

LETTERS
Marvelous Marvin Hagler attracts attention at Logan Airport in this Sept. 9 file photo.
Marvin Hagler was marvelous with the kids in his visit to Dana-Farber cancer clinic
They had no need to know about his boxing, since they immediately grasped his kindness. He went from bed to bed, connecting with each child, easing their day.

LETTERS
Newton residents watch on Lincoln Street in the aftermath of the fatal police shooting of Michael Conlon on Jan. 5.
Family of victim in Newton police shooting wants crisis training to be mandatory
We are left wondering whether, had this training been mandatory for all officers on Jan. 5, Michael might still be with us.

IDEAS | RODNEY BUSH
One in five prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times higher than that of the general population. In some states, more than half of prisoners have been infected, according to data collected by The Associated Press and The Marshall Project.
‘It’s not possible to isolate yourself or social distance in here’
When America went into lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19, America’s prison inmates were locked in with it.