Two protests and a community festival took place May 6, marking the height of a busy Boston weekend to promote environmental veganism, labor rights and the celebration of spring and local activism.
The 2023 Wake Up The Earth Festival began at noon, just outside of Stony...
The Great Hall of Flags in the Massachusetts State House was filled with determined love and support on the morning of May 8 as the 18th Annual Autism Advocacy Day took place.
The event was hosted by Advocates for Autism of Massachusetts, or AFAM, founded in 2004 under the...
Days after Northeastern graduate students filed federal charges alleging Northeastern intimidated union organizers, Boston City Council unanimously passed a resolution last Wednesday condemning the university’s alleged anti-union practices.
The resolution admonishes Northeastern...
Mayor Michelle Wu’s Office of Women’s Advancement has launched a pilot program to support postpartum women of color in the city of Boston.
The City of Boston hosted a listening session this past fall, and a main piece of feedback was the lack of attention paid towards...
For six years, 4 Corners Yoga + Wellness has provided affordable services to the Dorchester community. But now, the studio is shifting to virtual space after letting go of its lease.
The studio was founded by Christine Rose and Karuna O’Donnell, but Rose took the lead...
When looking for books to buy for her young daughter, Northeastern alum Sailaja Joshi noticed the lack of children’s books that represented South Asian culture.
“At the time, there were five times as many books about dogs and trucks than there were about every single...
On April 30, GrowBoston, the City of Boston’s Office of Urban Agriculture, began reviewing proposals regarding the future of a vacant Roxbury lot.
Located on Woodcliff Street and designated as urban green space by the city, the land parcel is now moving towards concrete...
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joined U.S. Senator Ed Markey and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley Monday afternoon for a press conference in Ruggles Station, providing updates on the city’s fare-free transportation program and announcing the reintroduction of federal legislation to...
Jessica Xing, deputy photo editor
• April 24, 2023
Even from the outside, DIVERSITY Consignment draws in customers with its bright blue exterior and colorful, fun window art. With its racks of secondhand tees, artwork-covered walls and large collection of vinyl records, DIVERSITY Consignment has gained a reputation for the unique...
In the auditorium of a Vietnamese community center in Dorchester, music swells from the instruments of more than 50 community members that make up Me2/’s Boston ensemble. A sign on the door informs all participants they are entering a “stigma-free zone,” part of Me2/’s...
After four decades without a new record store in Beacon Hill, Music Research Library is bringing a curated collection to the neighborhood.
Vasyl Kochura and Zachary Warf, the co-owners of Music Research Library, first opened the store in 2016 in Providence. Seven years later,...
It was April 15, 2013. Thousands of runners sprinted down Boylston Street during the Boston Marathon on Patriots Day, usually a lively celebration in the city of Boston.
At 2:49 p.m., everything changed. Two homemade pressure cooker bombs planted near the finish line...
