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Susie King Taylor led a remarkable life. Born into slavery in ante-bellum Georgia, she served as a Union Army nurse, caring for wounded and dying soldiers in the Civil War, although she was never properly compensated for ... Read more.

A pair of programs that seek to pivot Section 8 tenants into new homeowners are gaining traction, according to Boston Housing Authority officials who hope more qualified residents will tap into the opportunities this year ... Read more.

Gov. Healey’s executive order to implement skills-based hiring in Massachusetts is a landmark decision, particularly impactful for organizations like G{Code}, based in Dorchester. As its executive director, I have seen ... Read more.

The year 2024 marks fifty years since a federal court order was issued by US Judge W. Arthur Garrity mandating school desegregation in Boston which resulted in busing. While that decision sent shockwaves through Boston ... Read more.

Dorchester Market is expected to re-open within the next three months in a new space at the corner of East Cottage Street and Dorchester Avenue, according to the property owner, Peter Sarbaugh, who briefed members of the ... Read more.

For many in Boston, the story of “busing” begins in September 1974 with the explosive clash over mandatory desegregation of the city’s public schools. In the barrage of electrifying news reports, with angry white faces ... Read more.

As we continue into 2024 – a year that marks the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of public schools in the city through busing – Boston has a unique opportunity to be a leader in embracing an issue that cities and ... Read more.

Steward Health Care's landlord said Wednesday that Steward hospitals have drawn significant interest from other potential operators, the latest hint that facilities might soon be transferred away from the financially ... Read more.

The Emerald Necklace Conservancy (ENC) and 15 citizen plaintiffs from Boston and Brookline filed a lawsuit last Tuesday (Feb. 20) in Suffolk Superior Civil Court to stop a proposal to renovate White Stadium in Franklin ... Read more.

Prince Hall was flush in a sea of red sweaters, shirts, and hats, with sides of dancing and healthy helpings of socializing as hundreds of seniors from Dorchester and Mattapan gathered last Friday (Feb. 16) in Grove Hall ... Read more.

Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center (NHC) on Blue Hill Avenue is encouraging residents who have been impacted by recent pharmacy closures to take advantage of their services.

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Educators at Neighborhood House Charter School (NHCS) in Dorchester have voted to unionize their workforce and align with the Boston Teachers Union. The union will include teachers, social workers, speech language ... Read more.

Following a two-year investigation into gang violence in Boston, more than 40 members and associates of the Heath Street gang were charged last week in federal court with racketeering conspiracy, drug trafficking, ... Read more.

Nearly 130 years after abolitionist, orator, and newspaper publisher Frederick Douglass addressed state lawmakers, the Senate unveiled a bust in the branch’s chamber honoring his legacy during a ceremony last week.

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Dancing instructor Michael Winward visits the Standish Village Lower Mills community regularly to teach dance through the Steps in Time program, which aims to spread joy through social dance by approaching dance as a ... Read more.

Darnell Billings, who has been a member of the METCO Board of Directors since 2017, is the group’s new board chairman. An associate broker at Keller Williams Realty Boston, Billings is a Boston native who was a METCO ... Read more.

The Crispus Attucks Children’s Center (CACC)in Dorchester’s Grove Hall has received a $50,000 grant from The Boston Foundation to provide early childhood education for children, including children of recent immigrants, ... Read more.

Feb. 7 marked National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and the Mattapan Community Health Center (MCHC) along with other community partners participated in a panel discussion held at the Spoke Art Center in downtown Boston, ... Read more.

BPDA will host two public meetings on the proposed “Article 80 Modernization” project, which city officials say will “improve the way the city reviews new development projects.” The first meeting is set ... Read more.

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