boston
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It Took This City 34 Years to Apologize for Falsely Arresting Two Black Men
Alan Swanson and Willie Bennett were accused and arrested for the 1989 shooting of a Boston white woman.
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Would You Go to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s ‘Electeds of Color’ Holiday Party?
The mayor of Beantown has come under fire for a holiday party invitation that was mistakenly sent to all of her city council colleagues.
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Brittney Griner Makes Her Triumphant Return to the WNBA All-Star Lineup
Amidst a disappointing season for her team, the Phoenix Mercury center is recognized alongside the league’s best players.
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Slavery Exhibit Opens in Boston’s Faneuil Hall, But Faneuil was an Enslaver
In Boston, advocacy groups are protesting the opening of an exhibit on slavery opening in Faneuil Hall, named after an enslaver.
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Massachusetts, Of All Places, Is Finally Putting Black Voices Front and Center
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy created a Black empowerment advisory counsel. Here's what it does.
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The Boston City Council Is Looking into Reparations for Black Bostonians
Although a check would have been better, the Boston City Council has officially voted to study reparation distribution for the Black community in Boston
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Massachusetts Is Close To Having Its First Black Woman Attorney General
Boston City Council President Andrea Cambell won the Democratic Primary by a landslide.
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Bill Russell Was the Biggest Basketball Player To Ever Live
The late Celtic player-coach cast a massive shadow over the whole country.
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White Supremacists Marched Through Downtown Boston Last Weekend
The city wants the rest of the world to think it's changed over the years. Racists in masks aren't helping that cause.