Mayor to invest $100m in schools
“We believe in a Boston where every single student has access to high-quality schools to reach their full potential, and this $100 million investment will make that vision a reality,” Walsh said. “This new investment will be carefully targeted to evidence-based strategies so that every dollar makes a difference.

Hundreds attend Turner memorial
The collection of speakers who turned out Thursday to share their memories of Chuck Turner came from the worlds of politics, organized labor and community activism, each sharing perspectives on how the former city councilor taught, mentored and encouraged them to effect change in Boston.

Congressional Black Caucus meets in Hub
The Congressional Black Caucus made a historic visit to Boston last weekend to address the country’s systemic inequality and economic injustice. A press conference held Friday at Northeastern University’s John D. O’Bryant African American.

Mayor, counselors take transfer tax to legislature
To say that Shameeka Moreno found an affordable home in the nick of time would be an understatement. The Roxbury mother had been homeless twice before, and she was facing displacement for a third time. Thankfully, she managed to settle into a low-cost apartment.

Women’s conference
PHOTO: TALISE RIVERS, PERSONIFYD MEDIA Anna Foster, Founder and CEO of “A Maven’s World Lifestyle Brand,” is all smiles following the success of her 8th annual Women’s Conference at Lombardo’s Conference & Function Facility in Randolph, MA on January 4, 2020.

Oblivious to hunger
With the holiday season over, many now remember the sumptuous meals with friends and family. For most Americans, the possibility of hunger seems very remote. But hunger is still a problem in America, the greatest industrial power in the world.

A continued attack on women’s rights
When Trump ran for president in 2016, he promised to nominate candidates for federal judgeships who would overturn support for Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that established a woman’s right to abortion. The rationale for this position was to establish a strong political base with the Christian Evangelicals.

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IN THE NEWS
John Lozada, the Equity and Inclusion Director for the Committee for Public Counsel Services, was named this year’s recipient of the Lucia Mayerson-David Lifetime Achievement Award at El Jolgorio Navideño, the largest Latino holiday gala in New England.

Trump is no MLK admirer
Count on Trump making another ritual declaration on the Martin Luther King holiday about how much he liked, admired, and thought Dr. King was such a great guy. He’s said publicly that King is “a man I have studied, watched, and admired for my entire life.

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I think it’s debatable. I think people who are fighting there think they’re making us more safe. But you have to think about it long term. How will it be in the future? I think we’ll be less safe..

Pressley, Lee advance criminal justice reforms
U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Barbara Lee probed the “State of Black America” last weekend during the Congressional Black Caucus’s first-ever visit to Massachusetts.

Housing activists react to mayor’s plans
Along with the construction of subsidized and income-restricted housing units, Walsh has devised a pilot program in which vulnerable populations can obtain city-funded rental vouchers. The program will likely be permanent, said cabinet officials. This would set a striking precedent: very few cities have established a similar program.

Purveying pedal power to police
For the last three years, business owner Brandale Randolph of 1854 Cycling Company was running his operation out of his garage, selling around 300 bikes total. Now he’s planning to scale up his business, moving it into a factory in Hopkinton and expecting to break even by the second quarter of the year.

Martin Luther King’s Boston legacy
At Boston University, King studied philosophy and theology under Edgar S. Brightman and L. Harold DeWolf, two leading advocates of personal idealism. Through this philosophy, King strengthened his idea of a personal God and formed his belief in the dignity and worth of all human personality.

‘BLACK HISTORIES, BLACK FUTURES’
There’s a new group of art curators at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and most of them are still in high school. “Black Histories, Black Futures,” opening at the museum Jan.

‘The Cake’
Through Feb. 9, the Lyric Stage Company debuts a show as sweet as its name. “The Cake,” written by Bekah Brunstetter, follows a traditional Southern baker named Della who is thrown into moral conflict when her deceased best friend’s daughter Jen asks for a wedding cake for her same-sex marriage.

‘Smoked Oysters’
Several years ago, playwright Mary M. McCullough overheard a longtime married couple bickering about why the husband wouldn’t leave the house. Mc- Cullough jotted down a few lines of dialogue and put it away.