(November 9, 2005) New Bedford's young people deserve the choice of being part of professional economic growth in their city.

What often is at the heart of any area with high crime and below-par education is actually the biggest injustice of them all -- a lame economy and the absence of professional economic vision. In New Bedford, young people have been forced to live in stagnant economic conditions, and been governed by role models whose economic plans have come up empty.

Read the full text of the article by the Alliance's Gene Soccolich pubished in the Standard Times.