Relocation, resettling and assimilation are components of the African diasporic experience that have significantly impacted the artists in “States of Becoming,” an exhibition of contemporary African ...

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• Sedentary lifestyle Inactive lifestyles can result in weight gain, leaving you prone not only to diabetes but also heart disease, high blood pressure, depression and anxiety, or even chronic liver ...

The Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts recently announced its Holistic Health Access Initiative, which will allow citizens 60 and older to access five free Lyft rides with the intention of using ...

Roxbury’s NuSquare Life Science Training Center has recently received $50 million to support training Franklin Cummings Tech students, most of them of color, and other college students and adult ...

That dedication to community was on brand for Fox, who passed away Tuesday at age 82. “That’s just who she was,” said Sharon Scott-Chandler, president and CEO of the anti-poverty agency Action for ...

“Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” hit movie theaters in 1991, fueling a popular cultural fantasy of teenagers running their lives without adult supervision. The story got a contemporary makeover ...

Thanksgiving in the Black community can be a deeply meaningful and culturally rich celebration. While the holiday itself has roots in Native and colonial American history, African American traditions ...

When the Boston Foundation presented its 2024 annual Greater Boston housing report card at an event Nov. 12, the results weren’t particularly positive. “This year’s housing report is certainly ...

On Nov. 8, the Boston Public Health Commission released a health advisory due to a cyanobacteria bloom in Sprague Pond in Hyde Park, which falls in the Neponset River watershed. For two weeks in ...

On November 28, a high school football tradition renews as the Boston Latin High School Dragons battle the Boston English High School Eagles at Harvard Stadium. This high school football game is one ...

SNAP’s commitment to a well-rounded holiday season is both internal and external. SNAP rewards programs like the HIP Program, or Healthy Incentive Program, incentivize beneficiaries to use their ...