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Rev. Chris Hope leads two influential Boston organizations: The Hope Group and The Loop Lab, advancing ethical AI, workforce equity, and media arts training.

In the auditorium of Roxbury’s Eliot Congregational Church, young people and community members gathered amid swirls of cotton candy and the aroma of buttered popcorn to showcase the voices of local youth through a teen-run film festival.

Inside the 219-year-old African Meeting House, where Frederick Douglass once thundered against slavery and Black families built their own schools as acts of defiance, community leaders gathered this week to warn against what they call an effort to erase America’s full history.

From the second floor of The Possible Zone’s red-brick innovation center in Jackson Square, a squadron of robots clicked and whirred as they chased down green balls in a tangled field of obstacles and sped around a racetrack constructed with blue painter’s tape.

As the race for District 7 city councilor speeds toward September’s preliminary election, the 11 candidates in the running promoted policies that would support the economic development of the district at a forum, Aug. 19.

There was no army of masqueraders behind Ken Douglas as he danced along Warren Street toward the Caribbean Carnival judging stand by Franklin Park. There were a dozen or so costumed dancers with his masquerade band, Suave.

At UP Academy Dorchester, middle-school students are learning to see their future beyond the classroom walls.

On August 2, Cambridge police arrested three demonstrators and deployed pepper spray on several during a protest in front of a Capital One Bank branch on JFK Street in Harvard Square.

At Berklee College of Music, 17 students recently received scholarships and awards from the school after participating in the Berklee City Music program.

A new state report identified goals around how and where to increase Massachusetts’ electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

For more than a year, Robert spent his days getting seniors dressed, taking their vital signs and helping them eat at Edgewood LifeCare Community in North Andover. But one day in May, that changed. A human resources officer said his work permit was no longer valid; he would be laid off.

Callie Crossley has been inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) 2025 Hall of Fame.