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Laquaysia Anderson-Jenkins walked into the Boston Municipal Court in Roxbury on a recent fall day because a state agency was suing her over a $12,000 student loan.

On Dec. 4, Bridgette Wallace walked through the Victorian home at 43 Hutchings St. She made note of the various interior features that will remain unchanged when the property is transformed into a “state-of-the-art tech center” for 14 young Black, brown, and Indigenous women and non-binary people of color.

Gathered at the Sheet Metal Workers Local 17 training center in Dorchester, health care workers and community members voiced their concerns about the abrupt closure of Carney Hospital and offered solutions for what could come next for the shuttered facility during a neighborhood listening session last Thursday.

Often overlooked in schools, Kwanzaa’s seven principles offer powerful lessons on community, identity and self-determination that can empower Black students all year round.

When I heard that Oprah Winfrey would headline the 20th Anniversary of the Massachusetts Conference for Women, I knew I had to be there. The December 12 event promised to be unforgettable, and it delivered.

Since the December 6 arrest of District 7 City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson on federal corruption charges, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and five of her Council colleagues have called on her to step down.

Boston-based attorney Stephen Hall was recently hired as a trial partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.

As a proud certified corporate member of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, Westnet places a high value on diversity, recognizing that different perspectives enhance its business operations and customer relationships.

The agency leading Brockton’s revitalization is struggling. Operations ceased this fall.

The U.S. Mint’s modern commemorative coin program, established in 1982, has come out with a new addition to the collection. The Harriet Tubman commemorative coin has been in circulation since the beginning of 2024, and operations to continue making the coins will cease on December 31, 2024.

Minister Don Muhammad, the decades-long leader of the Nation of Islam’s Boston headquarters and a confidant of Minister Louis Farrakhan died Tuesday. He was 87.

This year, Massachusetts received $144 million in federal funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, which helps select households reduce the costs of heating their homes in the winter.