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President Donald Trump’s administration fired Carla Hayden from her job as Librarian of Congress on Thursday. She was the first woman and African American person to head the world’s largest library.

When Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation was awarded a federal grant last fall, it was set to mean health improvements, cost savings, and greenhouse gas reductions for residents in its Talbot Bernard Senior property.

The Hartford International University Board of Trustees has selected Rev. Dr. Sherry Turner as the 12th president of the 191-year-old institution.

Under a City of Boston traffic plan, game days at White Stadium will involve seven-hour parking bans in the neighborhoods surrounding Franklin Park during which non-permitted cars will receive $100 tickets and be towed.

If there’s any question about whether Bridge Over Troubled Waters, a local nonprofit that works with homeless youth, is a Boston organization, look no further than the fact that they have a research arm.

The Little Cocoa Bean, a child-friendly cafe in Jamaica Plain, started off as a vendor at the Seaport x Black Owned Bos. Market that takes place every month from May through October. This season they will be running the market’s play area.

A texting hotline to connect homeless youth to services. Turning an unused part of campus into a new green space for students. A playbook guide for hosting gun violence awareness panels.

A new law went into effect Monday that allows Massachusetts tenants to ask the state to seal their past eviction record, making it no longer publicly available electronically or in paper form.

Kayla Tabb was recently named chef-in-residence at the Nutrition Lab at the Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library.

The recently founded Banner Institute for Community News is a not-for-profit organization established with a mission to drive the sustainability of Black and Brown multimedia community news outlets.

Affordable housing, historic preservation, and open space in Boston will get a $38 million boost through the approval of 52 projects to receive funding through the Community Preservation Act.

When Janice V. Johnson lost her brother to violence in 2006, she felt lost. Soon after, she found the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute (LDBPI) and their Walk for Peace.