This year marks the first Boston Freedom Rally since Massachusetts voters chose to legalize marijuana in 2016 , and it continued to be the largest gathering of pro-marijuana supporters on the East Coast and second largest in the world.
Ellen Marie Douglas, a hydrology professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston, gave a lecture Sept. 14 at the New England Aquarium to discuss observations of climate change and how communities should be adapting to these changes.
The Emerald Necklace Conservancy, which is responsible for maintaining the Emerald Necklace, has plans to open new offices on the second floor, which will also be used for conservancy programming.
Ayanna Pressley, councilor at-large, hosted the 4th Annual Jump Into Peace Double Dutch Community Celebration at Malcolm X Park to remember community members lost to violence and to encourage peace in the neighborhood.
Boston city councilors proposed a non-discriminatory ordinance that would encourage people of all ages, voter abilities and citizenship statuses to bring petitions to the City Council.
The closing of Project SOAR and Safe Harbor could be dangerous for homeless people recovering from addiction or living with HIV, participants testified.
Brian Helmuth, a Northeastern professor in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, spoke about the implications of "global weirding" at the New England Aquarium on April 6.
Protesters calling for a minimum wage increase to $15 an hour rallied in the rain Tuesday at the State House on the 49th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.
