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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.

LETTERS
Giving thanks: our vaccine against negativity
"The gift of Thanksgiving resonates today more than ever. Just being alive is reason enough to say thank you."

LETTERS
Over the river, through the woods, against all directives, for one overriding reason
"By the millions they have a single tale to tell. Of survival of the soul."

LETTERSIn the disability community, every missing dollar is keenly felt
"Caring for our children requires patience, physical endurance, humor, understanding, and love. Fiscal instability is not on their radar when they are hungry, uncomfortable, in pain, or lonely."

LETTERS
‘I was an absentee-ballot counter, and this is what I learned’
"When people who don’t like the results hurl unsubstantiated accusations at those in the trenches, it’s an insult to every poll worker who puts in countless hours to follow the process with honesty and integrity."

LETTERS
In Mass., you might say ‘parochial’ is our middle name (but someone would correct you)
Billy Baker asked: What is west of Worcester, anyway? A couple of readers had a few things to say about that.

IDEAS | Nicole Avila
I voted for Biden because I want life to get a little less crazy
‘I just hope we can all get along as equals.’

LETTERS
Brockton native heartened to see city portrayed in a positive light
"I wish the new generation all the best in their efforts to revitalize the city that I still like to call home."

LETTERS
Unemployed in a pandemic: a time of difficulty, uncertainty
A collection of interviews with some of the Commonwealth's 800,000 unemployed residents struck a chord with readers.

LETTERS
Recalling wounds of racism through the eyes of a friend
"When she and I went out together, we followed her own race-based strategy that she told me was to keep people from automatically assuming she was my maid."

LETTERS
Free community fridges plug into the best of Marxism
The sign posted on a refrigerator — “Take what you need. Leave what you can” — recalls “From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs.”