Roxbury music school will march to the beat of its own new drummers
While the Greater Boston area may be a bastion of academic prowess, few institutions in the area have much to rave about when it comes to displaying school spirit. Fortunately, one of the masters of the art from Florida has planted a flag in Roxbury..

Healey establishes Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day
During World War II, the first African American military aviators in U.S. history, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, took to the skies in segregated units and helped reshape both the outcome of the war and respect for Black service members.

The 98th Academy Awards makes history
When Michael B. Jordan won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of twin brothers Smoke and Stack in “Sinners,” Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster vampire allegory about race in America, Jordan became just the sixth Black man in the 98-year history of the Academy Awards to win the honor and remarkably, it was his first nomination.

RCC receives $12 million to renovate Dudley House
Roxbury Community College (RCC) recently secured a $12 million investment to restore the David Dudley House and establish the Center for Economic and Social Justice, a space exclusively devoted to education, workforce development, entrepreneurship and long-term economic stability.

Tapping into Indigenous history at DCR’s 38th annual Maple Sugarin’ day
On a recent partly sunny day in Saugus, a small crowd of people huddled around a table in the Breakheart Reservation’s visitor center. One by one, they took turns peering into a shiny steel bucket sitting on a hot plate.

Hundreds gather on the Common to rally for science
A crowd of hundreds gathered on a recent cold Saturday afternoon on Boston Common waving signs and banners and chanting calls to action. The group of concerned students, scientists teachers, policymakers and many others had come together in the name of scientific reason, and reason itself.

Navigating Women’s History Month during an economic crisis
As the nation pauses every March to celebrate Women’s History Month, the air is typically filled with the echoes of glass ceilings shattering and the commemoration of trailblazers who paved the way for social and political equity.

“Yeah, the diversity initiatives are on...
“Yeah, the diversity initiatives are on pause. That means I have to work twice as hard to get half as far again.”.

The depth of Black America’s kinship ties
Family, in Black America, has long stretched past the limits of law and lineage. It lives in the neighbor who kept watch from the porch, the church mother who corrected your grammar, the friend who became a cousin without a ceremony.

The Liberation Edition
Liberation for racialized and marginalized people represents apocalypse, or a radical change, for the Western world.

IN THE NEWS
Robert Chambers, vice president and chief of staff at Massachusetts College of Art and Design and current BAA board chairman, will be honored for championing student success and equity.

A year after USAID cuts, local groups say impact on humanitarian work has been devastating
That study calculated that by 2030, 14 million people would likely die as a result of the funding cuts, including 4.5 million children.

Women’s History Month: a call to action
In today’s environment, it is deeply concerning to witness the erosion of women’s freedom and opportunity. We find ourselves at a pivotal inflection point where women’s rights and autonomy are facing renewed and unprecedented challenges.

A love letter to the women who make us whole
With a hostile Administration that is carrying out draconian and dangerous attacks against women every day — denying survivors long overdue healing, pushing Black women out of the workforce, policing our bodies — the state of women in America can feel grim.

Being first — and keeping my foot in the door
On August 14, 1993, the news paper headline marked a milestone — but it didn’t tell the whole story. When Gov. William Weld and Lt. Gov. Paul Cellucci swore me in as Secretary of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation at the 1747 Shirley-Eustis House in Roxbury, I felt the weight of history and the presence of community at the same time.

Shirley Chisholm was my congresswoman
The profound contributions of Black women to American society were also acknowledged by Barack Obama in his keynote address at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 45th Annual Legislative Conference in 2015.

Before Boston’s Freedom Trail: Recovering the forgotten lives of Black women in colonial Boston
Visitors walking Boston’s Freedom Trail pass familiar landmarks—Beacon Hill, the Old North Church, King’s Chapel, and the streets where revolutionary leaders debated liberty. Yet long before the American Revolution, another story of courage and leadership was unfolding in those same neighborhoods.

Wes Moore’s AI warning to Black America
Bureau of Labor Statistics data show Black workers account for nearly 20% of clerical and administrative support roles despite being just 13% of the workforce. This matters because African Americans remain overrepresented in the exact job categories AI is replacing.

Is co-buying homes a good idea?
You’ve been saving. You’ve been budgeting. You’ve cut back on brunch, skipped the vacation, and maybe even moved back in with your parents for a year. But every time you check Zillow, the houses you can afford are further out, smaller, or in neighborhoods you don’t want to live in.

Shining moments and heartbreaks: Welcome to March
The women of the University of Connecticut and the men of Duke University are the top overall seeds in their respective categories of collegiate roundball competition.

Boston Public Schools All-Star Games
Congratulations to the John D. O’Bryant High School girls and Albert Holland Technical High School boys for winning consecutive City Championships.

Celebrate women during Women’s History Month
In celebration of Women’s History Month, here are some fun events that you can attend throughout March.

Homemade with love
Harvard Business School students Kelly Rooney and Pooja Singhi both grew up with working moms, watching the juggling act of career, kids, schedules and daily meals. Something had to give and for many families, including Rooney’s, that something was food.

Votes for women
Over a century ago, women across the country marched in the streets picketing for the right to vote in the United States. The challenging work and intense emotions of that period of political action, which feel highly relevant to our current moment, come back to life in the Tony Award-winning musical “Suffs,” heading to Boston later this month.

That’s entertainment?
The sordid history of blackface and minstrelsy is in many ways the history of popular American entertainment. As far back as the early 18th century, white supremacists utilized this song and dance and storytelling to ridicule and belittle Black Americans.