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From the EditorFrom the Editor: Moving the conversation forward
Updated: April 4, 2022What I missed in my editing and publishing of the "Infiltrating Worcester's inner circle" story was the very obvious fact that underrepresented groups – people of color, women, LGBTQ+ and others – are still struggling to be heard within circles of
Updated: April 4, 2022- Editorial
Editorial: Manufacturing’s steady excellence
Updated: April 4, 2022While several manufacturers received attention for jumping into support the personal protective equipment pipeline, most have kept their heads down, adjusting and innovating fresh approaches to keep the trains, and our local economy, running steady.
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From the Editor: Make your voice heard
Updated: March 21, 2022Impact is made by people who show up. It isn’t always easy, but the first step is making your voice heard. The NAACP certainly is.
Updated: March 21, 2022 - Editorial
Editorial: Changing of the guard in higher ed
Updated: March 21, 2022Finding suitable candidates for a top job in higher education is far from easy, given the variety of constituencies who want a say in the search, the necessity for confidentiality, and understanding the present and future needs of the institution.
Updated: March 21, 2022 - Editorial
Editorial: There’s reason to have confidence
Updated: March 7, 2022Central Massachusetts businesses have been nimble and figured out ways to survive and thrive, despite the many challenges. They are likely to do so regardless of the challenges ahead.
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From the Editor
This is my face
Updated: March 7, 2022The core values of WBJ are honesty and integrity, and publishing a heavily altered photo would be disingenuous.
Updated: March 7, 2022 - editorial
Editorial: Colleges are in for a reckoning
Updated: February 21, 2022While some industries have thrived, the pandemic certainly hasn’t made life any easier for Central Massachusetts colleges and universities.
Updated: February 21, 2022 - editorial
Editorial: Thanking a generation of women leaders
Updated: February 7, 2022Progress is slow. Progress is painful. Progress happens in fits and starts.
Updated: February 7, 2022 
Letter from the EditorEditorial: Our view from inside, as WBJ reporters
Updated: February 7, 2022So while we applaud women leaders in business, we can’t help but ask: What about all the others? What about women workers like us?
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From the editor: Why we give extra scrutiny to Polar Park
Updated: January 24, 2022If a government is going to give $160 million toward enticing one single business, particularly a small company with less than 50 full-time employees operating seasonally, there needs to be transparency and accountability for that deal, to ensure it
Updated: January 24, 2022 - editorial
Editorial: The year of the entrepreneur
Updated: January 24, 2022Last year was quite the year for new business startups in Central Massachusetts.
Updated: January 24, 2022 - editorial
Editorial: The price of a hot market
Updated: January 10, 2022Over the last few decades, waiting for housing prices to rise any more than the low single digits in Worcester was like waiting for Godot. But that’s not true anymore.
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I wish we could live in Worcester
January 10, 2022While we could have afforded an appropriate Worcester home in 2015, the market is out of reach for us in 2022.
January 10, 2022 - opinion
Editorial: Adapt or die
Updated: December 6, 2021If the coronavirus pandemic has taught the Central Massachusetts business community anything, it is the need for owners and executives to stay on their toes, don’t panic, act decisively, and take advantage of new opportunities as the landscape
Updated: December 6, 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: 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
