Judge rules in favor of stadium overhaul
“The ruling demonstrates the court’s understanding that the communities around Franklin Park and White Stadium should not have to wait any longer for the decades of neglect and underuse to be addressed,” said Jennifer Epstein, lead owner of BUSP.

Lou Gossett Jr.: An appreciation
Born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, he was the only child of Louis Gossett, a porter, and Helen (Wray) Gossett, a nurse. He made his Broadway debut when he was 17 and still a student at Abraham Lincoln High School.

Community members sue for receivership of Benjamin nursing home
In a lawsuit filed March 28, two family members of residents at the historically Black nursing home officially pushed for receivership of the Mission Hill facility,...

Senate votes to confirm Providence native to seat on federal bench
For well over a year, the judge maneuvered the judicial hoops it would take to get her from her current standing as an associate judge on the Rhode Island District Court to the federal bench.

Nutrition Lab serves Roxbury through cooking
Behind her is a cylindrical contraption with tendril-like attachments. From its sides protrude green leaves of varying sizes and shades.

Rachael Rollins
A new addition to RCC’s commitment to serve the community.

Why Rollins is right for Roxbury Community College
Over the past 50 years, Roxbury Community College has provided quality education to generations of students. RCC’s curriculum focus has always been about providing real tools for members of Boston Black and brown communities to learn skills and find jobs that can blossom into rewarding careers.

A full-court press to get the lead out
There’s nothing quite like seeing a kid who was born healthy but now suffers cognitive impairment and is prone to outbursts of anger.

IN THE NEWS
Girls Inc. of Boston and Lynn has announced the appointment of Natalie Martinez as its new chief executive officer. Martinez brings extensive experience in nonprofit leadership and a deep commitment to empowering young women and girls. She joins Girls Inc.

Capitalism is not a God-ordained economic system
Black Americans have been calling out capitalism’s anti-Blackness for a long time

Actions of Mississippi Goon Squad ‘just tip of the iceberg’
The police officers, who were sentenced last month with a combined total of 132 years in federal prison, still face sentencing in their state court trial and members of the local NAACP are pushing for the removal of Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey.

Central Boston Elder Services celebrates 50 years
“We have empowered our seniors to age in place with dignity and grace in the communities that they’ve helped to build. We owe them nothing less,” said Sylvia Exantus, executive director of the organization, headquartered in Nubian Square, at the March 28 reception.

Gain control of your finances with one simple tool: a budget
It always happens just when you least expect it: The car breaks down, the water heater fails, or your daughter wants to go on the class trip.

Diversity, equity and inclusion should not be taken for granted
Price Cobbs, whom she calls the “godfather of DEI.” Monroe has helped to shape the role of the chief diversity officer, or CDO, for decades to come.

Opening day stirs baseball memories — and new hopes for Brighton batsmen
I cherish the memory of a Philadelphia childhood spent listening to baseball games on the radio in the back seat of my father’s car and at Al Frankel’s candy store and pool room, where I worked after school.

And then there were four!
The Gamecocks of South Carolina, the only undefeated team (36-0) in Division 1 basketball competition (women or men), tops the headlines.

PAUL GOODNIGHT IN CONVERSATION WITH ARTIST Gale Fulton Ross
This is the 15th interview in a weekly series presenting highlights of conversations between leading Black visual artists in New England.

‘Framing Freedom: The Harriet Hayden Albums’
Boston Athenæum exhibit offers glimpse of Black lives in Civil War-era Boston

‘Company’ Broadway tour gets a fresh, diverse face
Stephen Sondheim’s 1970s comedic musical “Company” gets a modern upgrade in the Broadway tour production in Boston this month. The show follows a single just-turned-35-year-old who navigates the dating scene while learning about marriage and divorce from a robust friend group.

Decades-old collective uses art to shift public narratives about Haiti
In the late 1980s, a tense political situation in his home country of Haiti left visual artist Charlot Lucien with little hope for his future. He was in his mid-20s at the time and involved in political cartooning at a moment when the country’s leaders scorned political expression through media.

3,000 BU graduate students go on strike
Roughly 3,000 unionized Boston University graduate students went on strike Monday, with many saying their stipends aren’t enough to meet the city’s soaring rent and child care costs.