Former Springfield Mayor Michael Albano (who now lives in Longmeadow) insulted every single member of Springfield’s Black community (including Bud Williams) when he declared Bud Williams as its “unquestioned torch holder” while writing about many of the recent community and political leaders who have died as though he knows more about them and our community…

I feel obligated to apologize up front to Darryl Moss for imposing my own commentary onto his on-line article that we reproduced herein with Darryl’s permission. But I must confess, when his article was brought to my attention, I immediately arranged a phone meeting with him through a third party who understood that Darryl and…

Since the editor, Marjorie Hurst, and I have different creative inclinations based on our decidedly different temperaments and on my well known inclination to tell the “controversial” truth along with the “noncontroversial,” rather than trying to push Marjorie into writing the controversial truth about her rocky journey to becoming a member of Springfield School Committee,…

Say what you may about the late Raymond Jordan, love him or hate him, like him or fear him, he was the quintessential, charismatic Springfield Black man of his time. And he was a visionary which is why I often reflect on the difference between him and the current bench of Black (especially male) politicians…