At 6 a.m. Friday, Stop & Shop employees at the Mission Hill location went on strike for better wages, pension and health care benefits. This event continues the 31,000-employee walkout across New England that began on Thursday. Workers hope this will improve their chances...
Thousands of Stop & Shop employees may go on strike as tensions continue to build between workers and the company. Employee contracts expired at the end of February and contract negotiations are ongoing. Many employees currently oppose the original proposed agreement, citing...
The Massachusetts State Senate passed legislation (H.140) on March 28 that will ban state-licensed health care providers from practicing conversion therapy on minors within the LGBTQ+ community. Conversion therapy, which attempts to change a person’s gender identity or sexual...
When she was in high school, Tammy Monteiro was picking out her wedding dress instead of her prom dress. At 16, Monteiro was legally married to a 25-year-old man at a New Bedford courthouse.
“In one day we walked into that courthouse and in one day he walked out with complete...
Hoping to improve college retention and graduation rates among former Boston Public Schools students, City Councilor Michael Flaherty has proposed instituting an optional 13th year of school.
“As we know, we live in a competitive global economy that requires our students...
The non-profit King Boston announced on March 4 the official design for a memorial dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King to be installed on Boston Common.
Artist Hank Willis Thomas and MASS Design Group created the chosen design, titled “The Embrace,”...
The first recreational marijuana dispensary in the greater Boston area opened last weekend, bringing large crowds to its doors.
New England Treatment Access, or NETA, opened its doors to recreational users Saturday at 9 a.m. in Brookline. The shop has been used since 2016...
The Boston City Council is considering legislation that would ensure minority equity in the state’s budding cannabis industry.
The American Civil Liberties Union, or the ACLU, cites that for decades, people of color have been arrested and tried for drug-related crimes at...
Happy hour, drinking games, free beer: what do they have in common? They are all banned under Massachusetts law.
Most of the state’s current legislation stems from past alcohol-related incidents. In 1984, then-governor Michael Dukakis signed a bill to outlaw happy hour...
After months of declining revenues and increasing debt, Harvest Co-op Markets has closed both of its Boston locations, bringing an end to nearly 50 years of business. Following Harvest’s closure, there are no longer any cooperative style food markets in the city of Boston....
To the joy of some and dismay of others, the 10th Boston Calling Music Festival, which will be held from May 24 to May 26, boasts Twenty One Pilots, Tame Impala and Travis Scott as its headliners. The festival, which started as a showcase of local artists, will also feature smaller...
As many as 70 people detained by immigration officers refused food to protest the conditions inside the Suffolk County House of Corrections, according to a Feb. 17 statement from the Rhode Island-based community group Alliance to Mobilize Our Resistance, which initially reached...
