Parents, students protest Boston’s school budget
Boston Public Schools parents and students marched from the Blackstone School in the South End to the School Committee chamber in the Bruce Bolling Municipal Building last Wednesday, where they occupied the seats and tables reserved for the body and the district’s interim superintendent.

Deseg. interviews in UMass archive
As part of his research, then-student Monty Neill conducted interviews with 29 activists, attorneys, elected officials, teachers and parents, accumulating a box of 33 cassette tapes in the process. Neill’s 740-page dissertation was never distilled into a book form.

A push to cancel Puerto Rico debt
Attendees marched outside the courthouse doors, chanting in English and Spanish, while Judge Laura Taylor Swain held a hearing inside to decide whether money that is supposed to go toward those pensions will be put toward the debt, as requested by bondholders.

Councilors probe funding for nurses, counselors
“During the last budget cycle, Boston Public Schools with Mayor [Martin] Walsh have invested $2.3 million in additional spending for nurses, psychologists and social workers, but there is still an inadequate number of social-emotional support specialists,” said Education Committee Chairwoman Annissa Essaibi-George, who sponsored the hearing.

Poor whites are being conned out of health care
The Republicans now threaten to eliminate the Affordable Care Act. This is contrary to what Trump has promised, but it is certainly what conservatives would want. However, the availability of health insurance under the ACA induced many to ignore that this boon came from Barack Obama.

A losing attitude
People are generally reluctant to stand and claim responsibility for their failures. There is a proclivity to blame other individuals. The avoidance of liability becomes even easier when it is possible to blame another group.

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IN THE NEWS
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the appointment of Bethany Serota as deputy director of the Mayor’s Office of Fair Housing and Equity.

Trump admin calls for $62 billion in education cuts
Every budget defines priorities and values. To put it another way, what’s really important in life gets supported financially. For many families, having a home, food, and utilities usually rank pretty high.

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Yes and no. For the most part, I wouldn’t mind it. I feel as if now, there’s enough drugs out there. But for medical purposes, I believe it can help people..

Business major has passion for climbing
The young boy often climbed everything from brick walls to basketball hoops, but this was the end of Constance Lightner’s rope.

HUD: Facebook ads discriminate
ProPublica first reported in 2016 that Facebook allowed housing advertisers to exclude users by race. Then in 2017, ProPublica found that — despite Facebook’s promised changes — the company was still letting advertisers exclude users by race, gender, ethnicity, family status, ability and other characteristics.

Chicago’s mayoral race hits the final stretch
Most political campaigns struggle to stay on schedule, especially as Election Day speeds closer. But in the final stretch of the runoff election for Chicago mayor, Lightfoot appeared to be rolling with such confidence that her campaign started holding rallies well ahead of their announced start times.

Maynard family grows restaurant business
El Huipil Cocina Mexicana holds a special place in the hearts of restaurant owners Alma and Alonso Moreno. For one, it’s a direct reflection of their beloved home country of Mexico, seen in their authentic dishes and drinks.

Should you stay or should you go?
In fact, nearly 50 percent of employers have made a counteroffer of significantly higher pay to keep an employee on staff, according to the results of a recent ZipRecruiter survey. But even the most generous of offers may not be enough to stop top talent from searching for a better opportunity.

Regina Carter returns to Scullers
Carter’s recordings show enormous range, from her most recent CD of songs made famous by Ella Fitzgerald to Latin jazz with Eddie Palmieri to “Reverse Threads,” which was inspired by African melodies, including those from the Ugandan-Jewish community.

DANCE CHAMP
Tony Williams has been making waves in the Boston dance scene for decades. Growing up in Bromley-Heath housing development in Jamaica Plain, Williams became interested in dance early on. He worked hard to foster this passion despite economic and racial barriers.

‘Golden Exinox’
The Simmons University Trustman Art Gallery resides on the fourth floor of the Fenway institution’s historic central building. Currently, the walls of the federal-style exhibition hall are adorned with IMAGINE (aka Sneha Shrestha)’s unique fusion of Sanskrit scriptures and graffiti tagging.