Boston’s Open Streets adds Hyde Park to 2024 season
Now in its third year, the program has grown as the city has added neighborhoods and expanded hours for the events, which shut down major roadways to cars from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. — previously they ran only until 3:30 — to invite pedestrians and cyclists out to enjoy the street as a public space.

Ten years before busing, Black leaders organized to end school segregation
On a wintry morning in 1964, Hubert “Hubie” Jones stood outside bundled in a peacoat, gloves and a fedora, with his toddler son in his arms. Next to him was a school bus with a large banner reading “Newtonites Support Freedom Stayout” in all caps pasted on its side.

Gateway school districts lack funding for English language learners as migrant population grows
Their districts are making cuts and trimming services at an inauspicious time. An influx of new arrivals has taken refuge in the Bay State. Fleeing turmoil, poverty or worse, their travel plans weren’t scheduled around an October 1 cutoff date used in the state’s school funding formula.

For older adults, loneliness could mean increased risk of stroke, new study finds
The study, published June 24 in eClinicalMedicine, found that adults in the United States over 50 years old who were identified to be chronically lonely over a span of four years had a 56% higher risk of having a stroke compared to those who were consistently less lonely.

Boston While Black’s Family Reunion is a multigenerational gathering for all
Inspired by the sense of togetherness these customary gatherings offer, Sheena Collier, founder and CEO of Boston While Black, a membership organization serving young, Black professionals, created a similar event where celebrating family in all its iterations is the key.

Vote — before Project 2025 destroys our democracy
Today we are a little under five months before the 2024 presidential election, and the country is once again on edge.

“Don’t sleep on Project 2025.”
“Don’t sleep on Project 2025.”.

A trusted voice: Preserving the future of the Black press
As consumption patterns change, advertising revenue slows and media consolidation takes place, some organizations may perceive more obstacles than opportunities. However, Benjamin Chavis, president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), has the opposite outlook.

Biden offers a chance for real heroism: ‘When we get knocked down, we get back up!’
Following the fallout from his one-night debate debacle, some big media have led the call for President Joseph Biden to abort his run for president.

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A professor of Africana studies, Lemothe’s areas of interest include African America, Afro-Caribbean and Black migration, and transnational literature.

In the face of rising sea levels, art efforts are rising to the challenge
Embroidered dinosaurs decorate the history of fossil fuels on Sandra M. Sawatzky’s “Black Gold Tapestry,” part of an exhibition on human environmental impacts at the MassArt Art Museum. As the city looks to reduce carbon emissions, art like the MassArt exhibit provides one way of communicating about the crisis.

New study shows 1.8 billion adults are ‘physically inactive’
A recent study by researchers from World Health Organization (WHO), together with academic colleagues and published in The Lancet Global Health journal, found that nearly one third (31 percent) of the world’s adult population, 1.8 billion adults, are physically inactive.

Migrant families no longer allowed to sleep at airport
Families on the state’s emergency assistance shelter waiting list will be housed in safety-net sites across Massachusetts, which includes a recently opened facility in Norfolk, the administration said. Other eligible families will be placed in shelters as space becomes available.

The Vineyard Legacy July 4th weekend
Founded in 2017, The Vineyard Legacy brings together Black people from across the country to celebrate the Fourth of July weekend in Martha’s Vineyard while raising money for a good cause..

The Vineyard Legacy Sunset Cocktail Kickoff Event
On June 3, The Vineyard Legacy held their annual sunset kickoff at Sail Martha’s Vineyard. Guests gathered to network and raise money for their new program, “From the City to the Sea,” which brings city kids to the Vineyard to sail, fish and gain new experiences that they might not have been exposed to otherwise.

DCR Summer Nights 2024: Urban Sanctuary
Guests took in the beauty of Roxbury Heritage State Park at the DCR Summer Nights 2024: Urban Sanctuary powered by The Black Market. The events take place every weekend until August..

Quock Walker Day
Members and supporters of the Association of Black Citizens of Lexington during the 4th Annual Quock Walker Day Hike for Freedom..

DCR Summer Nights 2024: Urban Sanctuary
The theme for this week’s Urban Sanctuary powered by The Black Market was Denim on Denim. An onsite sewing circle created this beautiful denim backdrop..

The Good Party
Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries recently held its annual signature event The Good Party to support Goodwill’s mission services. (from left ) Goodwill Board member Marie St. Fleur, Children’s Services of Roxbury CEO Sandra McCroom and.

A tribute to a real hero named Mike Rubin
As of this writing, Michael Anthony Rubin, former headmaster and basketball coach of East Boston High School, is fighting medical issues that threaten his life. We are celebrating him while he is still amongst the living.

Five Black athletes who have opened up about mental health
It was once taboo for athletes to discuss their struggles with mental health for fear that they might be banished. But in today’s more educated and understanding existence, it has become acceptable for even the biggest and strongest athletes to openly discuss their mental health and to even take time away when necessary.

Black Formula One star Lewis Hamilton ties for F1 most wins
From the Formula One racing world, Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton, the seven-time Formula One world champion race car driver, tied with Michael Schumacher at the top of the alltime list. His all-time total of 104 Formula One victories is the best of all-time in F1 history.

Wimbledon roundup
The indelible image of Coco Gauff, with hands spread before her and the words “give me something,” is now a permanent part of her tennis legacy following her major meltdown during her straight-set loss to Olympic teammate Emma Navarro in thirdround action at Wimbledon.

The business case for diversity, equity and inclusion
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard case last summer, race-conscious admission programs for colleges and universities across the country are now under fire.

Celebrate Disability Pride Month with ‘the three Ls’
July is Disability Pride Month, a time to champion everyone who has a disability and to acknowledge the tremendous diversity within this community. This month’s observance is separate from Disability Awareness Month, which seeks to put a spotlight on the importance of making the world more accessible for all.

Advocates for cultural ascension
I see culture as fluid and history as an expanding people map, moving through interaction and the creation of rituals and customs to mark a civilization’s expanding territories in time. I’m interested in the dynamics of those conversations, expressions, meanings and the arts’ representations of these interactions.

Cambridge Jazz Festival at Danehy Park ALL THAT JAZZ (and so much more)
For one weekend in July, Danehy Park in Cambridge transforms into a dance party, a celebration of community, a local business market, a cookout, and most importantly — a two-day jazz concert.

Lot Lab animates Charlestown Navy Yard with unearthed histories
As visitors enter the yard, they are greeted by two sculptures: a quilted cocoon suspended in the air by three converging blue beams, and a vermillion Japanese Torii gate composed of two columns and two horizontal bars.

Coming to the Strand Theatre: ‘Hoops’
Just like the people who wear them, hoop earrings come in endless shapes, sizes and colors. Beyond a fabulous fashion accessory, they are a means of ethnic and ancestral expression, particularly for Black, Latine and Indigenous communities.