Haitian Unity Parade returns to Mattapan
On a hot and humid Sunday afternoon, thousands came out to enjoy the annual Haitian Unity Parade celebrating the Caribbean nation’s 219th Flag Day with music, food and an opportunity for the community to access health services amid the ongoing pandemic.

Calculating the cost of health inequity
“The injustice and inequity exists no matter where you look, the data tell us clearly that the playing field is not equal,” Dr. Joan Reede, a Harvard Medical School professor, told a gathering of 40 Black and Latino healthcare leaders at a meeting Monday at the Dimock Center in Roxbury.

Wu commits $2b to school buildings
Surrounded by Boston Public Schools and city officials, Wu said the city’s new approach to school building construction and repair — led by an inter-agency collaboration between Boston Public Schools and the city’s Operations cabinet — would be more equitable and transparent than past efforts.

Tufts student starts social justice clothing line
Harper started out by informally making shirts for friends and family. Demand soared after her mom posted images to her Facebook page. Ayah found that the work offered an outlet for her frustration regarding world events, and a way, she says, to “show her support for the cause without appearing as performative.

Demonstrators vow fight for abortion rights
The rallies came more than week after a draft of a Supreme Court opinion overturning the Roe v. Wade decision upholding a woman’s right to an abortion was leaked to the press on May 3, sparking outrage among women’s rights supporters and civil rights groups.

The right candidate for the job?
The most reliable qualification for political candidates now seems to be celebrity. Rather than acknowledge such a feckless standard, political pundits tend to identify this qualification as “name recognition.

“Mayor Wu and her political cronies plan to influence the vote for Suffolk County DA.”
“Mayor Wu and her political cronies plan to influence the vote for Suffolk County DA.”.

BPS needs real accountability, not state intervention
Several weeks of heartwrenching reports about the Mission Hill School were followed by a bag of bullets found outside of a school, then a bullet found in a different school bathroom in what seemed like a movie scene.

Melvin B. Miller receives Yankee Quill Award
Bay State Banner publisher Melvin B. Miller (left) and George Geers, chairman, Academy of New England Journalists, recipients of the Yankee Quill Award from the New England Newspaper & Press Association, enjoy a moment during the award ceremony.

He didn’t ‘act alone’
What’s almost as terrifying as the targeted murder of 11 African Americans in Buffalo by the alleged shooter Payton Gendron, is his age and the motive behind the mass racial murder. Gendron is only 18. So young, but yet so imbued with a hodge-podge crackpot racist, hate-filled theory and belief about Blacks.

Councilors question police brass on budget
As the city’s budget process continues, the Boston Police Department has now had its first turn at scrutiny by City Council members who, during nearly six hours of questioning, focused their attention on issues of staffing, overtime and department...

A FASHION FORCE
On Saturday, May 14, models strutted down the runway of the 2022 MassArt fashion show, displaying months of work by the graduating seniors of the fashion design program. Titled “404 Not Found” the show featured work by 21 students exploring themes such as race, gender, grief, the environment and inclusivity.

Paul Willis: All of the above
Paul Willis, who is performing onstage at the BAMS Festival in Franklin Park on June 11, is a musician, educator, artist and community organizer. With more energy than Con Edison and Eversource combined, the Boston resident focuses on bringing together seemingly disparate artistic, political and economic elements.

Lawsuits hope to extinguish racist gerrymandering in multiple states
The 2020 Census found that in state after state, population growth in Black, Latinx, Asian American, and Native American populations is outpacing white growth.