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Advocates cheer new credit reporting rule, but want more action on medical debt
This week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule to remove medical debt from consumer credit reports, which will take effect in about two months. Advocates say the change will make ...
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Free museum admission and more events in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday, Jan. 20 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a celebration and honoring of the work done by the famed civil rights leader.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and sports inspiration
King would also inspire baseball player Curt Flood, who challenged Major League Baseball’s reserve clause in 1970, bringing ...
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NAACP’s education work marches on
Sixty years ago, the NAACP demanded that the Boston School Committee admit to the de facto segregation of BPS. The U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment protects us from segregation. Boston’s NAACP ...
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For health equity advocates, work of MLK came first
While much of the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is focused on things like workers’ rights, access to quality ...
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Activist pushback on BPS closings
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joined BPS Superintendent Mary Skipper last week to announce the closure of Excel High School in ...
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Embrace Boston is ‘pushing forward for change,’ mirroring King’s legacy
In recent years, the work done by organizations such as Embrace Boston has been targeted by anti-DEI advocates. This has ...
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The best monuments to MLK: acts of activism like his
These monuments to King must not be the only ones. I had the pleasure of being honored at Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury as the new publisher and editor of the Bay State Banner, along with my ...