Walsh steps into Boston Latin Black Lives Matter debate

Walsh steps into Boston Latin Black Lives Matter debate

BOSTON – Mayor Marty Walsh entered a cauldron of simmering racial tension at Boston Latin Academy on Monday as students donned black clothes in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

Walsh's virtual involvement in the issue – via Twitter – at the city's most prestigious public school appears to have been provoked:

Drug addiction in the Bay State
Massachusetts

Drug addiction in the Bay State

Diane Kilgore

BOSTON – In Thursday night's State of the Commonwealth Address, Gov. Charlie Baker called for bold actions to break the back of the beast of addiction.

Baker looks to disrupt a status-quo adherence to treatment plans that haven't proven successful in combating opioid and heroin use. He directs those he once considered peers in the health care industry to seek new ways to educate, prevent, intervene and treat those who face the dire illness that tragically touches so many.

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