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Passing the torch from the old guard to a new set of heroes and heroines
Then there was Ed Brooke, who was elected attorney general of Massachusetts and the first U.S. senator in the country post Reconstruction. He was instrumental in blocking Richard Nixon’s nomination of ...
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MCCI and Foundation for Business Equity merge to become Nectar Community Investments
Formerly known as Mill Cities Community Investments and Foundation for Business Equity, they now have a new name that ...
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Minority-owned medical/life science distributor Westnet, Inc. celebrates 30 years in business
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 ...
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Minister Don Muhammad has died at 87
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. Minister Don joined the Nation of Islam ...
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An insult to Black Boston
Reparations for Black Americans usually means restitution for damages done by slavery to them or their progeny. Therefore, when the Boston City Council voted unanimously last week to establish a task ...
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Henry VIII’s wives are back with a pop-fueled vengeance in ‘SIX’
The infamous Tudor monarch King Henry VIII doesn’t have a great reputation. He’s remembered for having six wives, beheading two of them and for splitting up the country’s religion just to chase a ...
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Steve McQueen’s ‘Blitz’ shines poignant spotlight on children of war
They lose each other in the danger and chaos of the Second World War and use the remaining screen time to hopefully reunite.
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Online harassment of women spikes after election, report finds
Published on Nov. 8, the analysis revealed a surge in content calling for the reversal of women’s and reproductive rights and ...
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State and receiver clash over next steps for Benjamin Healthcare Center
At the status conference, Feaster rejected the ability of the state’s executive branch to push for greater oversight of the ...
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Gloria Fox remembered at service in Roxbury
Former state rep. Byron Rushing speaks at the funeral service for former rep. Gloria Fox at the Charles Street A.M.E. Church ...
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Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson arrested on federal charges
Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson was arrested on federal charges Friday, accused of hiring a family member against city rules and then taking some of that family member’s bonus pay for ...
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City’s Compact Living Pilot helps developers tackle housing crisis
Dream Development obtained the 10,000 square foot parcel at 24 Westminster Ave. in 2018 from the city for the rock-bottom price of $150,000 as part of the city’s Compact Living Pilot. Apart from the ...