Back in March, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the government agency responsible for funding museums and libraries across the nation was gutted along with several other agencies by an executive order. The agency’s entire staff was put on administrative leave shortly after.

In the wake of District 7 Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson’s April 9 announcement that she will step down, a battle has begun over councilors’ bid to skip a special election to fill her seat.

The decision of City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson to plead guilty to federal corruption charges and resign at some point has set off a debate over whether the city should hold a special election to fill the District 7 seat representing Roxbury and parts Dorchester, the Fenway and the South End.

Boston is fortunate to have both a Black history museum, the Museum of African American History on Beacon Hill, and a Black art museum, the Museum of the National Center for Afro-American Artists in Boston. Few, if any other cities have both kinds of cultural assets. Both need to be preserved.

$500,000 in city grants will go to community-based organizations to support Black men and boys across Boston in a spate of new awards announced last week.

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.

In recognition of Earth Day next week, April 22, the Banner is looking to start new conversations about climate change and the environment by launching Encyclopedia Climatica, a new effort featuring the burning questions our readers have about the climate and environment.

Last week, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Legal Defense Fund sued the United States Department of Education. Rushing to defend diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming, the NAACP’s lawyers may find themselves on rocky rhetorical terrain: Convincing a federal judge that the nation’s foundation is fundamentally flawed.

The Celtics began their march to NBA title No. 19 with a convincing 103-86 win over the Orlando Magic in game one of their best-of-seven first-round playoff series.

Painter Stanley Whitney found freedom in restriction. In his first retrospective exhibition “Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon” at the ICA Boston, viewers can see how the artist found his signature structure of colored blocks and the way he has explored that structure for decades.

The city of Boston’s Office of Small Business and Licensing Board recently held a liquor license information session in Mattapan for entrepreneurs to learn and ask questions about the process.

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