Since the Boston Marathon’s charity program launched in 1989, charity runners have been a significant part of the race’s base. Last year, charity runners made up almost 10% of the racers, logging $45.7 million for their respective organizations.

The Trump administration harbors the warped and unreal view that the only discrimination that persists in American society afflicts white people (because of DEI efforts), girls and women who play interscholastic sports (against transgender athletes), and Jewish students (because of campus protests against the war in Gaza).

On Monday, legislators, housing justice groups, landlords, tenants and other supporters gathered at the Massachusetts State House for a briefing organized by Homes for All Massachusetts on proposed legislation for rent stabilization in Massachusetts.

Back in January, President Trump issued an executive order directing federal agencies to ensure that organizations receiving federal grants certify that they “do not operate any programs promoting DEI,” making clear that the president considers diversity, equity and inclusion programs to be illegal and immoral.

Success is self-reinforcing at the Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School in Cambridge. Principal Sherley Bretous said, “If I knew what the secret sauce was” then “I would give it to the whole world for free.

In April 1965, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a march from Carter Playground on the edge of Roxbury to Boston Common. It was a rally that called for action on civil rights and segregation in schools.

In recognition of Earth Day next week, April 22, the Banner is looking to start new conversations about climate change and the environment by launching Encyclopedia Climatica, a new effort featuring the burning questions our readers have about the climate and environment.

Top hospitality and tourism employers in the region are looking to connect with hundreds of job seekers at Meet Boston’s upcoming annual Regional Career Fair on April 29.

The real National Basketball Association season is now underway. Following the play-in session, which will produce the bottom two positions in the NBA playoff structure, the league will begin its journey to crown a new champion.

There’s an alternate universe where the United States has an African American female president. She presents a bold economic plan to world leaders at the G20 Summit with the aim of promoting financial stability in developing nations. This may seem like a pipe dream especially after last week’s tumultuous economic fluctuations, and for now it is.

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