Kimberly Budd tapped to head SJC
Following the passing of Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants in September, Governor Charlie Baker has announced his nomination of Kimberly S. Budd to lead the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. If confirmed, she would be the first Black woman to become chief justice.

Gov. imposes curfew as COVID rates rise
With COVID cases rising to levels not seen since May, Gov. Charlie Baker imposed a curfew on restaurants and other businesses between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., but stopped short of rolling back the state’s reopening of public.

Why are police reforms stalled?
Back in July, lawmakers on Beacon Hill were moving full steam ahead on a package of progressive police reforms, spurred on by nationwide protests over police violence. Then the process ground to a halt, as police unions lobbied elected officials to water down key provisions that would require greater accountability and transparency.

Get out the vote
BANNER PHOTO Former state Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry, Yes on 2 co-chair Jesse Mermell, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, NAACP Boston Branch President Tanisha Sullivan and 12th Suffolk District candidate Brandy Flucker Oakley greet voters at the Lower Mills branch of the Boston Public Library Tuesday.

Pressley unveils plan to combat childhood trauma
U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley is introducing a bill to fight childhood trauma, as children across the nation witness multiple crises that will shape their future. The STRONG Support for Children Act targets the root causes of childhood trauma and the inequities that contribute to it through grant funding for public health services.

The recognition of America’s caste system
Now that the election is over, it should be clear even to rabid conservatives that Black voters will continually oppose their vision of establishing an authoritarian regime in America. The Black political bloc is committed to the principles that “no one is above the law” and “every citizen has the right to vote.

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Did they really have to shoot Walter Wallace Jr.?
Thousands of viewers have watched a Facebook/YouTube clip of a knife-welding young man brandishing his weapon menacingly at a knot of Colombian police officers. The man taunted, waved his knife, and even lunged at officers. The officers cordoned him off, waited patiently, and continued to talk to him.

IN THE NEWS
Christine Pajarillo has been named the vice president of Programs and Social Services at Whittier Street Health Center.

Increasing voter turnout in communities of color
Spoken by the late, great Congressman from the State of Georgia, nearly a year before his passing and following decades of intense, often dangerous, and deeply impactful struggle for social justice, this statement was delivered as a call to action...

Nonprofits lack support for leaders of color
The Race to Lead 2020 survey of over 5,200 respondents in the nonprofit sector reveals the disparity in ambition and opportunity between white workers and Black, Asian and Latino workers. During the Race to Lead webinar on Oct.

Morton Village buyer commits to affordability
The guarantee of affordability at Morton Village is part of the mayor’s revised Housing a Changing City: Boston 2030 plan. The city is tackling the challenge of increasing housing costs in three ways: producing more housing, preserving existing housing, and protecting households that are most at risk.

Connected consultants win large COVID-19 school contracts in Massachusetts
As Massachusetts officials have passed federal coronavirus relief money to schools, they have also directed more than $1 million to politically connected consultants, much of it through no-bid arrangements, as they hired outside consultants to help create the state’s school reopening plan.

U.S. reps to subpoena Border Patrol group
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, said in the letter that she plans to subpoena internal Border Patrol documents detailing misconduct related to the Facebook group, which included some 9,500 current and former agents.

Business in the time of COVID-19
Four recent BEI cohort graduates gathered virtually last Wednesday for an FBE panel titled “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: How Black and Latinx entrepreneurs are taking on one of the most turbulent economies in a century.” The panelists shared their experiences, offered advice to budding entrepreneurs, and asked for continued support.

Lost, then found
On view through Sunday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the exhibition that reunites this series opens on November 20 at the Birmingham Museum of Art and travels next to the Seattle Art Museum to conclude at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC.

‘Well-Read Black Girl Festival’ goes virtual
The annual Well-Read Black Girl Festival begins virtually on Friday, Nov. 6 and runs through Sunday, Nov. 8. This year’s theme is “Black Political Power: Past & Present,” and the weekend will include multiple panels, workshops, author conversations, and tributes to Octavia Butler and Nikki Giovanni.

Facing the sea
Since then, the National Parks of Boston, Museum of African American History, Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project, Boston Art Commission, and former State Rep. Byron Rushing have been at work researching and designing this port marker..