Under the theme “The Fierce Urgency of Now,” the NAACP opened its 116th annual convention on July 12, with the intent of both safeguarding and advancing the civil rights gains and social justice efforts under ruthless federal attack.

The Boston Branch of the NAACP has quietly made a departure from the longstanding position of most of the city’s Black leadership on affordable housing. The NAACP’s new approach is a refreshing and insightful addition to the standard approach.

Advocates gathered last week at the Massachusetts GOP headquarters in the West End to protest President Donald Trump’s proposed 2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, which would cut funding in housing for low-income families.

Under the terms of a 2022 ordinance passed by the City Council, the Boston Police Department is required to seek approval from the body before acquiring and deploying new surveillance technology.

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.

The Fiscal Year 2026 budget that Gov. Maura Healey recently signed has a consequential provision: The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education must study municipal contributions to the public schools.

A Major League Baseball season is a marathon event, not a sprint. The Boston Red Sox epitomize that expression as they head into this year’s All-Star game riding the wave of a 10-game winning streak — the longest for the franchise since 2018

Patrick Targete lives by a piece of advice that his mother gave him when he was just 15 years old: Make sure you own where you live.

As Boston blooms and the city’s green spaces flood with walkers, sports leagues and bird-watchers, “Ming Fay: Edge of the Garden” at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum asks what is a garden?

In its 58th year, the annual Puerto Rican Festival of Massachusetts will bring live performances by local and international artists, food, arts and crafts, mechanical rides and a variety of activities to Franklin Park on July 26 and 27.

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