Council passes Janey’s budget
Last year, as president of the Boston City Council, Kim Janey voted no on former Mayor Martin Walsh’s budget, because it didn’t do enough to cut down on the police budget. Last week, city councilors passed acting Mayor Janey’s budget, while maintaining their criticism of her decision to add more officers to the force.

Exam school admissions spat nearly derails budget
With three city councilors and an acting mayor locked in a competition to lead the city, a group of white and Asian parents making a last-ditch effort to overturn a policy aimed at diversifying admissions to the city’s three exam schools and acting Mayor Kim Janey’s $3.

Janey marks 100 days in office
The National Anthem, sung by Boston police officer Kim Tavares, and Danny Rivera’s rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” bookended the event that included a video of highlights from Janey’s first months in office and a musical spoken-word piece performed by Ashley Rose and Danielle the Buddafly.

Elderly housing opens in Four Corners area
Cotton had other reasons to move into the newly constructed, 54-unit affordable elderly building, though. For one, affordable apartments aren’t easy to come by in Boston.

Council denies BRIC surveillance grant
state and territory. The Department of Homeland Security and its fusion centers were created in the post-9/11 push for protection from terrorism. Through BRIC, Boston police officers share information, including incident reports and arrests, with federal law enforcement agencies such as the FBI and U.

Poverty: a discredit to the nation
Of the 56 men who signed the Declaration, 41 were slave owners. It is reasonable to conclude that many of the Founding Fathers were concerned enough about prosperity to set in motion strategies that jeopardized the republic and led to war in 1861 to preserve slavery.

The best of a Black tradition
If Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan broadcast a speech, media would be out in numbers to discredit every remark. But a program to recognize the composer Ludwig van Beethoven is ignored. But that is not an accident. The program on YouTube played a video recording of Farrakhan playing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D, and he played it flawlessly.

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The qualified immunity of whiteness
The systemic racism in the American criminal justice system is obvious to all who care to see it. And one of its worst abuses is the policy of qualified immunity. It is not law enforcement that is meant to be protected by qualified immunity; it is whiteness.

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John B. Cruz III presents attorney Denzil McKenzie with a commemorative plaque honoring his firm, McKenzie and Associates, as the oldest African American-owned law firm in Boston.

Bring back the poll tax!
“In certain swing states, there were more votes than people who voted, and in big numbers. Does that not really matter? Stopping Poll Watchers, voting for unsuspecting people, fake ballots and so much more. Such egregious conduct.

District 4 candidates stake out positions
Carvalho’s main priorities are the economic status of Boston’s residents and businesses, and the racial wealth gap. Carvalho is the executive director of Boston’s Human Rights Commission, which works out of City Hall to attend to civil rights complaints and systemic discrimination.

Kim Janey’s first 100 days in office
Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey places her hand on her grandfather’s Bible, held by her granddaughter, Rosie Janey, 6, as she is sworn-in at Boston City Hall on March 24..

AG greenlights city budget ballot question
The Attorney General’s office last Friday cleared a ballot question that, if approved by voters this November, would shift the balance of power in Boston’s budget process by giving the council the authority to amend a mayor’s budget “in whole, or in part,” and override a mayoral veto with a two-thirds vote.

Shakespeare —under the stars—
On July 21, the Boston Common will once again come alive with the sounds of live theater. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) will stage “The Tempest” to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Free Shakespeare On the Common.

BAMS Fest presents Amplify The Soul concert series
The importance of music and its healing abilities is not lost on singer and songwriter Steve Chandy. Born to parents of Indian-Malayalee descent in Bahrain’s capital of Manama, music was an integral part of his early life.

Live jazz is back on the menu!
Live jazz is back at the Mad Monkfish in Central Square, Cambridge. After a long hiatus of nearly 16 months due to the COVID pandemic, this small restaurant has put music back on its pan-Asian and sushi menu. In the month of July alone, 10 performances will take place, with two shows per scheduled evening.