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Through 1983, Boston politicians ran their campaigns along the eastern shore and southern border of Boston because that’s where the voting power was. East Boston, Charlestown, South Boston, the white part of Dorchester, Hyde Park, West Roxbury. Mel King changed the narrative that year when he became the first African American mayoral election finalist.
By Bill Walczak, Reporter Columnist
February 11, 2021
Bill Walczak
Last week, while shuffling boxes around my basement, I discovered a complete Boston Globe edition from Feb. 3, 1981, close to the heyday of the newspaper’s circulation and profitability. I saved it to memorialize my son’s birth date, but I hadn’t revisited it since first placing it in that box 40 years ago.
I’ve heard a lot of opinions about the difference between today’s Globe and when it was one of America’s premier newspapers. These opinions note that most of the articles in the national section are now from the New York Times or Washington Post, that the editorial and Op-Ed pages have been eviscerated, and that it is much reduced in all regards.