Janey takes office as city’s first Black, first woman mayor
On Tuesday, her first full day in office, Janey spent the day in meetings with key City Hall staff. She faces a global pandemic, pressure from the state to reopen schools full-time, struggling small.

Walsh shepherded city through changes
Back in September 2013, Martin Walsh wasn’t the top choice for Black and Latino voters, the majority of whom backed former Department of Neighborhood Development Director Charlotte Golar Richie and at-large councilors Felix G. Arroyo and John Connolly in the September preliminary.

Unequal resources in BPS schools
More than 40% of students in Boston’s public schools don’t have a library in their building, including one-third of the high school students who do not attend the city’s three exam schools, according to a survey made public by a coalition of education activists.

More candidates enter City Council races
As the official deadline for nomination papers approaches, more candidates continue to enter races for City Council seats. The open seats are District 6, District 4, District 5, two at-large seats and District 7, should acting Mayor Kim Janey make an official run for mayor.

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IN THE NEWS
Denise Dos Santos has been appointed the Office of Neighborhood Services liaison for mid-Dorchester and the Cape Verdean community. Dos Santos was born and raised in Dorchester to Cape Verdean parents who migrated from Fogo to the U.S. in the early 1990s.

Yet another armed white shooter is taken alive
Robert Aaron Long, the alleged mass shooter in Atlanta, is taken into custody without incident. His non-violent capture is not a fluke, aberration, or an anomaly.

Unequal funds, unequal opportunity
What have Boston Public School students gotten for the $1 billion commitment for BuildBPS? The 10-year BuildBPS facilities master plan, released in 2017, was supposed to be Mayor Walsh’s investment in new schools, repair of aging facilities and creation of 21st-century classrooms.

Boycott & sanctions movement targets Puma
Once a month, a group of protestors demonstrates in front of the Somerville storefront of the sports equipment manufacturer Puma to protest the corporation’s involvement with the Israel Football Association — an organization activists say contributes to an apartheid system in Israel and the Palestinian territories it occupies.

Local business districts struggle with vacancies
Though consumers were staying home over the past year instead of frequenting local stores, some neighborhoods saw little change. In Grove Hall, Egleston Square and other neighborhoods with diverse populations, vacancy has occurred because of a gap in opportunity.

A path forward on civil rights for Mayor Kim Janey
Lawyers for Civil Rights congratulates and applauds Mayor Kim Janey for her historic leadership as Boston’s first Black woman Mayor! For many years, LCR has tirelessly advocated for the City of Boston to make critical changes to improve widespread...

Hub air pollution remains persistent problem
For the past year, the world has been worrying about a virus working its way into our bodies and attacking our lungs. Yet, for much longer, certain air pollutants have been lurking in our streets and skies and damaging the systems that let us breathe. These pollutants, long tracked by stations across the U.

The challenge of governing a divided country
Vote tallies were still coming in, Biden’s lead swelling. I’d deployed to the Sunshine State donning the hat of election attorney, sniffing for a recount rivaling the 37-day epic in 2000. Instead, Trump overperformed in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties on his way to a 375,000-vote tsunami.

Janey at Edwards Middle School
PHOTO: ISABEL LEON, MAYOR’S OFFICE Mayor Kim Janey visits the Edwards Middle School in Charlestown on her first full day as the Mayor of Boston..

‘Unveiled’ online Rohina Malik draws curtain on Muslim American stereotypes
In 2018, Rohina Malik’s powerful one-woman show “Unveiled” on the New Repertory Theatre stage confronted racism, stereotypes and the diversity of Muslim Americans. Now, an updated film version of “Unveiled” will stream with New Rep April 2–21.

An artistic dream realized
Last week, the Boston Art Commission approved artist Hank Willis Thomas’ final design for “The Embrace,” a sculptural tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King that will live on the Boston Common.

Home is where his heart is
Ghana is never far from director Anthony Nti’s mind and heart. His native land was used for a second time as the setting in the visually stunning and multiple-award-winning short film “Da Yie.

Spring veggies!
Instead of the expected tomato pizza sauce, I used a store-bought pesto. I also recommend ready-made balls of pizza dough. That is a huge timesaver, and the texture of the baked crust is tender but chewy. Boursin cheese is similar to cream cheese but comes in a variety of flavors.

A toast to the avocado
This simple meal has become a proxy for hipsters lingering over brunch in coffee shops. It’s been implicated as the reason millennials can’t seem to scrape together enough money for a down payment on a house.