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State Replaces Cell With Classroom In New Effort To Reduce Recidivism

May 19, 2016Crime, Education ...

Inmates are trading bars for books in a new program designed to ease their reentry into civilian life.

A Nubian Notion to Close Doors

April 20, 2016April 30, 2016Bay State Banner, Massachusetts

For generations of Roxbury residents, A Nubian Notion’s flagship Dudley Square store has been a constant presence.

Harvard Leadership Acknowledge University’s Slave History

April 13, 2016April 22, 2016Bay State Banner, Massachusetts

For more than 200 years Titus, Venus, Juba and Bilhah were forgotten to history, their names and the very fact of their existence effectively stricken from the historical record.

Civil Rights Groups Intervene In Charter Case

April 9, 2016April 22, 2016Bay State Banner, Massachusetts

On Friday, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice and other attorneys asked the court to allow Boston Public School students of color, students with disabilities and English language learners as well as the England Area Conference of the NAACP to intervene in a pending lawsuit over the cap on charter schools.

[BOSTON] New Organization Aims to Fight Mass. Income Inequality

April 7, 2016April 22, 2016Bay State Banner, Massachusetts

A $15 minimum wage, paid family and medical leave and a public higher education system that enables students to graduate debt-free are among the goals of Fair Shot, a new organization that launched Monday in Massachusetts.

Boston Public Schools Receive $25m from GE to Build Career Pipelines for Students

April 7, 2016April 22, 2016Bay State Banner, Massachusetts

Boston Public Schools Superintendent Tommy Chang, Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Boston Public Schools Committee Chair Michael O’Neill attended General Electric’s (GE) celebration, which detailed their relocation to Boston and future investments. GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt announced that GE will invest $25 million in Boston Public Schools.

[BOSTON] Public may weigh in on police body camera pilot

April 6, 2016April 22, 2016Bay State Banner, Massachusetts

The chance for broad community feedback on the Boston Police Department’s upcoming body camera pilot program may finally arrive, with three public meetings scheduled for late April.