Deathbed confession sparks new look at Malcolm X murder
The 2011 letter by the late Raymond A. Wood admitted the officer’s undercover role in luring key members of Malcolm X’s security team into a plot to blow up the Statue of Liberty, resulting in their arrest by the FBI and setting the stage for the assassination just.

Who’s alumni association is this?
When Boston Latin Academy received a $1 million donation in 2019 from alumnus and Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk, the gift came with a pledge to match up to $1 million more in fundraising: a challenge that alumni and members of the school community seemed eager to take on.

Santiago enters race for mayor
State Rep. Jon Santiago announced his campaign for mayor of Boston last week, via a campaign video and the launch of his site, Jon-Santiago.com. The emergency room doctor and former U.S. Army captain has been in office since 2018 representing the South End and parts of Roxbury, the Back Bay and Fenway.

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Black doctors command mass vaccination site
The Black Boston COVID-19 Coalition took over the Reggie Lewis Center mass vaccination site over the weekend, with Black volunteers, doctors and greeters to encourage the community to get vaccinated against the virus. On Feb. 27, legislators of color, including U.

White immigrants have greater odds at success than longstanding Black citizens
America has always been considered to be the land of milk and honey. If you work hard and follow the rules, success was sure to follow. But with COVID- 19 rampant and political unrest not so uncommon, financial security is far less certain. And for many Blacks, losses due to racial discrimination still abide.

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IN THE NEWS
Camargo in 2011 founded Chica Project, a nonprofit dedicated to closing the opportunity divide for young Latinas and other women of color by empowering them with the skills and tools necessary to thrive personally and professionally.

Thomas just can’t stop trying to get even
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas embarrasses and disgraces himself and the law so often on the high court that it has become ritual.

White rage
LBJ was right, but wrong. When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he said of the Democratic Party, “We have lost the South for a generation.” However, President Johnson’s estimate of the damage done to his party in the eyes of white America was too optimistic.

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Councilors refile tear gas regulation ordinance
Last summer’s legislative agenda yielded an expansive police reform bill at the state level and a slight reduction in police funding in the city of Boston. Since then, moves to reduce police violence have hit a roadblock.

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Officials take on discrimination in court system
It was a scenario painfully familiar to Black and Latino lawyers and judges working in the Massachusetts court system. Superior Court Judge Angel Kelley, filling in for another jurist in a small community court, pulled into a parking space reserved for judges.

COVID relief for Black businesses
Over the past year, COVID-19 and its variants have plagued the globe, taking lives and interrupting normal activities in virtually all areas of life. For Black America, already plagued with steep health, income and wealth disparities, coping with the pandemic has been even more painful.

Women of jazz
From March 1–5, “In The Club” during “Jazz After Hours” with Greg Bryant (weeknights 1 a.m.-6 a.m.) will feature live recordings from female artists, including Mary Lou Williams Live at Keystone Korner (March 4) and Betty Carter Live at Village Vanguard (March 5).

Capturing history
Photographer Sam Williams has made a name for himself in Boston for his intimate and probing portraits, landscapes and wedding photography. When he began photographing the Black Lives Matter protests in May of 2020, he found himself in completely different photographic territory.

‘The Kimono in Print’
A hallmark of couture and a cultural icon of Japan, the kimono is also a catalyst of Japan’s rich printmaking tradition. The first exhibition to explore its symbiotic evolution, “The Kimono in Print: 300 Years of Japanese Design,” is on view at the Worcester Art Museum through May 2.