Healey talks business in tour of Nubian Sq. area
Healey, who is running for governor, came to the square — Roxbury’s largest commercial center and transportation hub — without the slate of announced policy positions many have come to expect of candidates for office. Her campaign has so largely shied away from specifics.

Locals protest after Roe opinion leaked
On May 3, in front of the State House, several speakers addressed activists who came bearing signs with slogans like “We won’t go back” and “Abortion is health care.” Additionally, coat hangers — both real and drawn — could be seen scattered across the crowd, symbolizing the risks of at-home abortions.

Coletta is victor in District 1 race
Coletta declared victory within an hour of polls closing Tuesday night. Unofficial results from the Boston Election Department were still pending by the time she made victory remarks to a crowd of a few dozen supporters gathered at an East Boston restaurant.

Pressley secures tuition funding
In March, Pressley secured millions in federal funding for Boston as part of a government spending package that passed Congress and was signed into law by President Biden. In addition to the free community college program, job programs and substance abuse programs also gained new funding.

Harvard students skeptical of slavery fund
Their doubts were aired in the wake of the university’s release of a blockbuster 134-page report formally acknowledging its ties to slavery and announcing a plan to amend for its lengthy history of profiting from enslavement.

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An overdue improvement to American democracy
Americans have been shocked to learn that the U.S. Supreme Court is considering the termination of Roe v. Wade, the federal law that has protected a woman’s right to an abortion. Although the legal protection became effective in 1973, those who are ardently opposed to “Roe” have continued their protest over the intervening 50 years.

Cheap labor
For example, we know that race is a social construct created to justify slave labor and global white supremacy in the post-medieval developing economies. Yet racial classification remains a catalyst for social injustice, state-sanctioned violence and economic inequity across the planet.

IN THE NEWS
Conrad will join Skidmore on July 5, continuing her 30-year career in the private and nonprofit sectors, including 18 years leading her own communications firm and the last nine years at Cambridge College, where she is currently vice president of communications and public relations.

‘Woke’ creator Keith Knight returns to Salem State
Cartoonist and Malden native Keith Knight, whose semi-autobiographical series, “Woke,” is airing its second season on Hulu, has been tapped to deliver the graduation address at his alma mater, Salem State University. Knight has authored and illustrated 19 books and cut three albums with the hiphop band Marginal Prophets.

Officials urge caution as COVID cases rise
State data shows a weekly average of 368.82 new cases per 100,000 residents, or 6.25% positivity — a level not seen since the end of January when cases spiked in the wake of the Omicron variant. Health officials have worried for weeks about the spread of Omicron variants BA.

New solar program
Mayor Michelle Wu joined city officials to announce a new solar program aimed at streamlining and expediting the process of providing solar panels to residents of Boston..

CFPB sues TransUnion on credit reporting violations
Of the more than 800,000 credit or consumer reporting complaints that CFPB received in its most recent reporting period, more than 700,000 were submitted about one of the nation’s three major credit reporting agencies: Equifax, Experian, or TransUnion.

Alito opinion could usher in new Jane Crow era
By now, nearly everyone in America has heard the news that someone privy to the inner workings of the United States Supreme Court leaked a 98-page draft opinion by conservative Associate Justice Samuel Alito that spells almost certain doom for Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that legalized abortion in America.

Mother’s Day Walk For Peace
Elected officials joined the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute and thousands of supporters of peace for the 26th annual Mothers Day Walk in Dorchester..

License bill now on Gov’s desk
With enough support to withstand a potential veto from the governor, the state Senate passed a bill Thursday that would allow residents without legal immigration status to apply for standard driver’s licenses. If enacted, applicants will be required to present proof of their identity, date of birth and Massachusetts residency.

Columbian soccer star was national hero
His extra-time goal against Germany in the 1990 World Cup staved off first-round elimination. The goal also raised the morale and conviction of a nation resolutely opposing the ghastly brutality of narco-trafficker Pablo Escobar and other vicious cocaine cartels.

‘It Must Be Now!’
On Saturday night, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology presented an immersive music and multimedia event with themes of racial injustice and healing.

A music education rooted in Black culture
Charles Street AME Church congregation members Ruth Hamilton and Elta Garrett founded Hamilton-Garrett in the church. Hamilton, who died in 2001, was a world-renowned contralto who studied with Roland Hayes and was a constant advocate for the power of spirituals.

‘Champion’ jazz opera reflects on life of boxer Emile Griffith
This month, the Boston Lyric Opera returns to the stage for its first full performance in a theater since 2019. And they’re coming back with a bang: “Champion: An Opera in Jazz” celebrates the legacy of six-time world champion prizefighter Emile Griffith.