boston globe
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BLM Activist and Husband Indicted on Federal Charges for Scamming Donations
The two allegedly used their non-profit's donations for personal expenses such as vacations, home buying and shopping sprees.
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Racist Graffiti and “Hard-R Fridays”
Why Danvers, Mass., doesn't want to talk about its racism problem
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A Black Massachusetts Couple Says They Were Accused of Stealing 6 Apples While Visiting a Farm on Labor Day
The farm has since apologized to the couple for the incident, during which the police were called.
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A Student Headed to Harvard Wants Her $40K Scholarship to Go to Others in Need
Inspired by her mother's dedication to education, Verda Tetteh is giving back
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Martin Luther King Jr. and the White Delusion of a 'Non-Racist' America
There are two MLKs. There once was a man named Martin Luther King Jr. who actually lived and breathed. He was a radical who believed in the redistribution of wealth, argued for slave reparations and that wrote that moderate whites who didn’t speak out on racism were just as bad as the Ku Klux Klan.…
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Intense Segregation Is Returning to Boston's Public Schools, Report Finds
Boston is the latest city that is facing resegregation in its school system, an issue that many education advocates and experts say can intensify stark racial and economic divisions in the city. A new report from the Boston Globe details the city’s problems, finding that nearly 60 percent of Boston’s schools are “intensely segregated”—meaning students…
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Junot Díaz Says He Regrets Statement Apologizing for Sexual Misconduct, Denies Allegations
In a new interview with the Boston Globe, Junot Díaz makes a stunning about-face on allegations of sexual misconduct levied against him earlier this year. The article, “Junot Díaz Case May Be a #MeToo Turning Point,” marks the first time the Pulitzer Prize winning author has spoken out about the allegations made by four different…
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The Median Net Worth of Black Bostonians Is Lower Than the Cost of Lunch
There isn’t a whole lot you can get in a major East Coast city for $8. Meals at most lunch spots, once you include tax, will run higher than that (a Shake Shack double costs $8.09, for example). But that amount—a measly $8—is making the rounds thanks to a Boston Globe spotlight investigation that delves…
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The Boston Globe Running "In Defense Of The White Male" On The 4th Of July Is The Whitest Thing That Ever Happened This Week
Since reading Roland Merullo’s “In defense of the white male” yesterday, I’ve been trying to imagine the level of hubris necessary to believe that White men are some sort of minimized American runt in dire and specific need of advocates, cheerleaders, post-dawn fellatio, and post-fellatio snickerdoodles to remind them and us of how important they are. I know…