Arts and Culture Not Feeling It: Critics Did Not Embrace Boston Sculpture Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Wife CorettaSharelle BurtJanuary 17, 2023January 17, 2023 by Sharelle BurtJanuary 17, 2023January 17, 20233473 At least show their faces... Black Twitter had a field day with this one......
Politics Task Force To Study Reparations for Blacks in Boston Gets Unanimous Vote, Boston NAACP President Calls it ‘Historic’Derek MajorDecember 20, 2022December 20, 2022 by Derek MajorDecember 20, 2022December 20, 2022756 Boston's reparations task force will study different reparation models....
News Elderly Civil Rights Activist Stabbed Multiple Times Thanks Two ‘Angels’ Who Saved HerJeroslyn JoVonnOctober 19, 2022October 19, 2022 by Jeroslyn JoVonnOctober 19, 2022October 19, 2022365 The 91-year-old civil rights activist who is recovering after being stabbed multiple times in a Boston park is thanking the "kids" who helped save her...
News Judge Orders Convicted Boston High School Dean To Pay $10 Million Judgment To His VictimYolanda BaruchAugust 9, 2022August 9, 2022 by Yolanda BaruchAugust 9, 2022August 9, 202210159 A convicted Boston high school dean was ordered to pay a default judgment of $10 million to a former student who he attempted to kill...
News Politics White Supremacist Group Patriot Front Attacks Black Man While Marching Through BostonNiko MannJuly 3, 2022July 5, 2022 by Niko MannJuly 3, 2022July 5, 20228080 The white nationalist group Patriot Front attacked a Black man in downtown Boston on Saturday....
Legal News Parents Sue Boston Hospital After Premature Baby Thrown ‘Out With Soiled Linen’Wendy MedinaJune 25, 2022 by Wendy MedinaJune 25, 2022184814 The Thursday lawsuit named the Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, Mass General Brigham, and 14 other hospital staff for their involvement....
News Boston City Council Approves Resolution Apologizing for City’s Role in African Slave TradeJeroslyn JoVonnJune 17, 2022June 17, 2022 by Jeroslyn JoVonnJune 17, 2022June 17, 2022459 The city of Boston is on a path toward reparations as part of the ownership the city is taking for playing a role in the...
News Boston Mother Says Son’s School Delayed Calling 911 While He Had StrokeAtiya JordanMay 18, 2022May 18, 2022 by Atiya JordanMay 18, 2022May 18, 20223926 A Boston mother is furious with a Dorchester high school for failing to recognize that her son was suffering with a stroke under the school's...
Politics Women Kim Janey Poised to Become Boston’s First Black Woman MayorCedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJanuary 11, 2021January 11, 2021 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJanuary 11, 2021January 11, 20211837 Boston City Council President Kim Janey will become first Black mayor and its first female mayor, as Biden selects Boston mayor to serve as labor...
Black Lives Matter News Statute of Slave Kneeling In Front of Abraham Lincoln In Boston RemovedDerek MajorDecember 30, 2020January 4, 2021 by Derek MajorDecember 30, 2020January 4, 20215550 An old statue of Abraham Lincoln standing in front of a kneeling slave was removed from its perch in Downtown Boston Tuesday....