60 years ago, during the civil rights movement, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, outlawing discriminatory voting practices.

The deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., by the Trump administration signals another controversial and, ultimately, unjustified action. While framed as a necessary measure to combat a “public safety emergency, and help reestablish law and order,” it has no justification in fact or law.

A new effort from the Boston Foundation will attempt to close gaps in food access across eastern Massachusetts through $1.5 million in new grant funding.

A coalition of housing activists, unions and social justice organizations plan to collect signatures to place a rent control ballot measure before voters in next year’s state election.

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 a world saturated with information, the newsroom has long been a bastion of human-led inquiry, a place where dedicated journalists sift through the noise to bring clarity and context. Yet, the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought a new, powerful and often controversial player into this hallowed space.

Under the heat of the summer afternoon, in the parking lot of Whittier Street Health Center, children jumped in bouncy houses, music blasted, the sweet smell of cotton candy wafted through the air and Jahquicia Bryant dabbed mustard on a hot dog.

Alisa Lawrence comes from a long family lineage of distilling. In 2015 her uncle, Robert Patton-Spruill, founded their family-owned and operated business, New England Sweetwater Farm & Distillery, located in New Hampshire.

Byron Barnett, the renowned former Boston 7News reporter died last Sunday, Aug. 3. He was 69.

Suppose you were traveling past the Ray and Joan Kroc Community Center on August 5 and saw hundreds of young people on the field directly across the street from the facility participating in a special lacrosse clinic.

After graduating from college in Boston as an international student, Mireille Tushiminina made the decision to make the city her new home. However, she realized that other African students like herself who settled in Boston were feeling disconnected from one another.

The Boston Athenaeum wants to turn back time, and it needs the help of Bostonians to do it. In 2026 the historic private library in Beacon Hill will launch an exhibition of photographs by Constantine Manos inspired by his participation in the 1976 installation “Where’s Boston?”