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The NAACP Boston Branch is calling on the administration of Mayor Michelle Wu to halt demolition on White Stadium, citing the projects displacement of BPS students from the facility, negative community impacts on parking and traffic, what it says is the city’s failure to meet equity standards, and a lack of transparency in the community processes that led to the city’s decision to lease the stadium to a professional soccer team.

The Newberry Library, one of Chicago’s most historic cultural institutions, has presented its Newberry Library Award to Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Alphonso Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University. The annual award recognizes outstanding achievement in the humanities.

Several dozen activists marched from the JFK Federal Building to the Israeli consulate in Park Square to call on U.S. lawmakers to push for a de-escalation of hostilities after Israel bombed Iran Thursday evening, hitting nuclear enrichment facilities and apartment buildings in the suburbs of Tehran.

Dozens of high-achieving students in Boston were invited to Fenway Park Tuesday to participate in the second annual Honor Roll Kickball Game.

In January, the federal administration was not the only one that shifted. Locally, the Boston branch of the NAACP saw a changing of the guard, as it welcomed new members to its executive committee.

When health leaders gathered, June 11, for the Health Equity Compact’s annual trends summit, it was a conversation overshadowed by a changing landscape under the federal administration of President Donald Trump.

This month, 30 small businesses across the city of Boston celebrated their longstanding work and commitment to their communities.

Policymakers have begun fashioning a course-based graduation requirement.

Hundreds of residents, Boston City Councilors and local labor union members gathered in Boston’s Circle Plaza, condemning the recent raids carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los Angeles.

A passionate advocate for equity and systems change, Michele Carroll steps into the role of chief operating officer at Project Bread.

Artificial intelligence and its potential impacts on the life science workforce were center stage at the MassBioEd annual conference.

Five years ago, when the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd sparked anger and a drive for police reform across the country, activists and elected officials in Boston were determined to redefine public safety in Boston.