Throughout 2024, efforts across the city and state pushed for greater adoption of technology to address the causes and impacts of a changing climate.

Hydeia Broadbent Hydeia Broadbent, the HIV/AIDS activist, came to national prominence in the 1990s as a young child for her inspirational talks to reduce the stigma surrounding the virus she was born ...

It’s a testament to the strength of the nation’s civil society that the country survived one term of a wannabe dictator. That should give us confidence about surviving another. Draw strength from your ...

In 2024, national and statewide issues had major implications for Boston neighborhoods like Roxbury and Dorchester, where immigration and proposed construction projects were hot-button issues. The ...

Yawu Miller is the former senior editor of the Bay State Banner. He has written for the Banner since 1988.... VIEW BIO Mayor Michelle Wu may face a challenger. For much of 2024, nonprofit executive ...

The closure of the Dorchester hospital came despite protests from employees, patients and community members throughout the month of August. PHOTO: AVERY BLEICHFELD/BAY STATE BANNER For residents in ...

Just in time for the holidays, Fields Corner has received the greatest gift of all: a brand-new independent bookstore called Just Book-ish. Developed by Boston’s poet laureate, Porsha Olayiwola, and ...

Laquaysia Anderson-Jenkins visits a Boston Municipal Court in Roxbury in October to deal with a lawsuit filed by the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority. PHOTO: JENIFER MCKIM/GBH NEWS ...

Learning from the past while planning the future. As we look toward the end of the year, it is customary to also reflect on those we lost and their impact on our community. This year, that reflection ...

On Saturday, dancers from all over New England gathered at Boston Dance Studios for the organization’s first-ever Annual Winter Popping Competition, organized to help Boston Dance Studios fundraise ...

Boston-based attorney Stephen Hall was recently hired as a trial partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP. Hall graduated with a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Southeast Missouri State University ...