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Gov. Healey commemorates Juneteenth with Black advisory council

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New local NAACP board focuses on health equity, housing, elected school committee

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Empowering workers to become owners
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Empowering workers to become owners
For the last half dozen years, advocates in Massachusetts have been pushing for the creation of more worker-owned businesses, often called co-ops, as a way to share profits with the people who create products and deliver services.
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Juneteenth  is America’s Holiday
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Juneteenth is America’s Holiday
When I was growing up, my mom would never miss the Roxbury Homecoming celebration. Even as she got older, we would stake out a spot the night before and return the next day and set up our cooler, food and chairs for the community picnic that’s been taking place in Franklin Park for decades.
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The ‘disgusting abomination’ Trump Budget Bill is wrong in every way
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The ‘disgusting abomination’ Trump Budget Bill is wrong in every way
When Elon Musk called President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” a “disgusting abomination,” he was right for the wrong reasons.
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Cruel, but not unusual for Trump
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Cruel, but not unusual for Trump
Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement have removed from the quiet streets of exurban Milford an 18-year-old who is an honors student at the town’s high school, brought from Brazil by his parents more than a decade ago.
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Hacking the wealth gap
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Hacking the wealth gap
MIT Professor Karilyn Crockett has declared “there’s no bigger challenge than the racial wealth gap.” She’s right about that.
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Malcolm X’s words still speak truth to power
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Malcolm X’s words still speak truth to power
More than six decades after he first stepped into the national spotlight, Malcolm X remains one of the most compelling, controversial and misunderstood figures in American history.
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Trump again tries to whitewash history by ousting Librarian of Congress
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Trump again tries to whitewash history by ousting Librarian of Congress
As publisher and editor of the Bay State Banner, I am occasionally invited to take part in media events around the city and most recently had the pleasure of attending a GBH media forum where I met Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress.
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Proposed federal cuts would turn state’s housing crisis into a catastrophe
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Proposed federal cuts would turn state’s housing crisis into a catastrophe
A quick dive into housing statistics across Massachusetts produces a discouraging picture for the future of the commonwealth.
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Trump’s first 100 days of carnage
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Trump’s first 100 days of carnage
As we mark President Trump’s first 100 days in office, it’s hard to decide where to begin to assess the damage he has done to the nation.
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A call to support Boston Black history museum
Boston is fortunate to have both a Black history museum, the Museum of African American History on Beacon Hill, and a Black art museum, the Museum of the National Center for Afro-American Artists in Boston. Few, if any other cities have both kinds of cultural assets. Both need to be preserved.
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Skip the special election for City Council seat
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Skip the special election for City Council seat
The decision of City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson to plead guilty to federal corruption charges and resign at some point has set off a debate over whether the city should hold a special election to fill the District 7 seat representing Roxbury and parts Dorchester, the Fenway and the South End.
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Harvard realities vs. Trump myths
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Harvard realities vs. Trump myths
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).
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