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Editorial: Get our healthcare system more funding
Updated: November 22, 2021The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a multitude of problems long lingering in the healthcare system: staffing shortages, racial inequities, increasing mental health needs, lack of access, lack of funding, rising costs, mistrust in the medical
Updated: November 22, 2021 
From the EditorMy son, in crisis
Updated: November 22, 2021It’s easy to discuss problems like mental healthcare shortages in abstract terms, looking at funding dollars, available beds, and impacted patients; but all those numbers are personal to many, many people. WBJ Editor Brad Kane opens up on the number
Updated: November 22, 2021- editorial
Editorial: The legacy of Valentin Gapontsev
Updated: November 8, 2021On Oct. 22, a titan of the Central Massachusetts economy passed away. Valentin Gapontsev, the founder, chairman, and former CEO of Oxford fiber laser manufacturer IPG Photonics, died at age 82, leaving a legacy of scientific exploration,
Updated: November 8, 2021 - Editorial
Editorial: Cannabis is an economic development tool
Updated: October 11, 2021The various cannabis businesses in and around Central Massachusetts – which include dispensaries, cultivation facilities, manufacturing plants, and testing labs – have proved themselves to be strong supporters of their communities.
Updated: October 11, 2021 - editorial
Editorial: Worcester must play a better hand at the bargaining table
Updated: September 27, 2021Worcester is in a position of strength. The city has a better hand to play at the table, and it is important the city plays it well.
Updated: September 27, 2021 
From the EditorThe limitations of being a white man
Updated: September 13, 2021As a white male, can I effectively lead reporting on diversity & inclusion in the Central Mass. business community? Sure. Would I be better at it if I were someone from an historically excluded group? Absolutely.
Updated: September 13, 2021- editorial
Editorial: The Saint Vincent Hospital strike has no winners, only losers
Updated: September 13, 2021By most measures we outside of the fracas can see, the strike is a failure. And, we mean a failure on both sides.
Updated: September 13, 2021 - editorial
Editorial: Fight the workforce shortage with pay increases, training, promotion and engagement
Updated: August 16, 2021Much like the hospitality, manufacturing, retail, and construction industries right now, the social service nonprofit sector is facing a staffing shortage. Particularly for human services caregivers, the pay is low, the job is hard, and the
Updated: August 16, 2021 - editorial
Editorial: The rise of a young nonprofit
Updated: July 26, 2021Not that long ago, the nonprofit Legendary Legacies was little more than just a whiteboard idea from Co-founder Ron Waddell, at the time an employee of the Worcester Community Action Council.
Updated: July 26, 2021 - editorial
Editorial: Keep the good rules from the state of emergency
Updated: June 21, 2021The end of the Massachusetts state of emergency on June 15 was a welcomed relief throughout the commonwealth, and represented a milestone in our continued recovery from the coronavirus.
Updated: June 21, 2021 -
Letter from the Editor
Don’t blame the extra $300 unemployment
Updated: June 7, 2021In less than a year, employers went from holding hands with their employees saying, “We’re all in this together,” even as companies were laying off their workers begging them to understand, to now employers saying, “People are just lazy and entitled
Updated: June 7, 2021 - editorial
The economy is bouncing back, unevenly
Updated: June 7, 2021The steep economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic hit hard and fast. The recovery is proving to be a lot more herky jerky, but signs of progress abound.
Updated: June 7, 2021 - Editorial
Many brave choices led to Worcester's seminal Red Sox moment
Updated: May 24, 2021All the attention this spring around the arrival of WooSox has been a win for Worcester. That victory, though, was set up by a long line of brave innovators who took a chance and reinvented the Canal District into one of the hottest development
Updated: May 24, 2021 -
From the Editor
In the year since George Floyd’s murder
Updated: May 24, 2021The aftermath of the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, on May 25, 2020, brought pledges from Central Massachusetts business leaders to work to address institutional racism in society, as well as examine their own
Updated: May 24, 2021 - editorial
Editorial: Our recovering economy needs a healthy restaurant industry
Updated: April 26, 2021The hospitality industry is filled with small businesses who often employ a handful of people and are important to their communities, offering high-profile and well-known locations for people to gather and rally around.
Updated: April 26, 2021 - editorial
Editorial: The hope springing from Becker's closure
Updated: April 12, 2021While none of the area schools provided a bailout to Becker, they did step up to find homes for key programs, with the biggest move from Clark University in Worcester.
Updated: April 12, 2021
