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City aims to tackle life expectancy gap, health disparities with new Live Long and Well Agenda
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City aims to tackle life expectancy gap, health disparities with new Live Long and Well Agenda
Under a campaign called the Live Long and Well Agenda, the city is looking to target overdose deaths, cardiometabolic diseases and preventable cancers — conditions that disproportionately affect communities of color and that the commission has identified as the leading causes of premature death in those communities of color.
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Mass. General Brigham planning hundreds of layoffs, citing $250M budget deficit
BOSTON — Mass. General Brigham, the largest private employer in Massachusetts, is planning hundreds of layoffs citing a huge budget deficit.
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U.S. Department of Education worth saving
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U.S. Department of Education worth saving
So much is wrongheaded about the misguided effort of Elon Musk and his crew to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. It’s hard to know where to start.
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Conservancy proposes alternate vision for White Stadium
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Conservancy proposes alternate vision for White Stadium
Just before demolition began on the George Robert White Memorial Stadium last Friday, activists gathered Thursday evening at Lena Park Community Development Corporation’s American Legion Highway building to discuss an alternate vision for the stadium.
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Pressley reintroduces reparations bill during Black History Month
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Pressley reintroduces reparations bill during Black History Month
For many Americans, Black History Month is a time of reflection. For Rep. Ayanna Pressley, it’s a time of action. At a Feb. 13 press conference, she reintroduced a bill that would create a federal reparations commission.
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Academically excellent charter school expanding to Somerville
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Academically excellent charter school expanding to Somerville
Success is self-reinforcing at the Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School in Cambridge. Principal Sherley Bretous said, “If I knew what the secret sauce was” then “I would give it to the whole world for free.
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Fletcher ‘Flash’ Wiley, 82
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Fletcher ‘Flash’ Wiley, 82
Fletcher Houston Wiley, known citywide as “Flash” Wiley, an attorney, civic leader and a leading member of Boston’s business community, died on Feb. 7 at 82.
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Barber runs two successful businesses in Seaport
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Barber runs two successful businesses in Seaport
After trying to figure out what his next step in life should be in 2013, Andrew Alicea decided to open his own barbershop right in his own neighborhood.
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Janiva Ellis explores the unfinished in art and beyond
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Janiva Ellis explores the unfinished in art and beyond
Anyone with artistic inclinations (or an overly ambitious to-do list) knows that some works don’t get finished. Some canvases are painted over, some rolls of film lay dormant and some musical compositions get dissected and redistributed to other songs.
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New perspectives on Black History from WriteBoston's Teens In Print program — week 2
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New perspectives on Black History from WriteBoston's Teens In Print program — week 2
This Black History Month, the Banner is teaming up with WriteBoston’s Teens In Print program, highlighting young voices of color. Each week, we will feature the work of three new students, who will deliver their perspectives on Black History and what it means to them.
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Celtics mid-season report card
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Celtics mid-season report card
Fans of the NBA defending champion Boston Celtics who are wondering what is wrong with this year’s squad need look no further than the team’s drop-off in shooting, particularly from the three-point range.
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Students take on city issues in Aspen Challenge program
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Students take on city issues in Aspen Challenge program
Under bright, colorful lights, to the beat of music, high schoolers across Boston gathered to kick off a new opportunity to make their voices heard.
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