Local Issues

The City of Boston will host a historic summer of global events across Boston, including Boston 250, the FIFA World Cup™, and Sail Boston. From these iconic large-scale celebrations to community-based programming like watch parties and […]

The Boston Home Center (BHC), a division of the Mayor’s Office of Housing (MOH), today announced the launch of the Boston Home Center Solar Loan Pilot Program, a new pilot program designed to help low- and moderate-income homeowners reduce energy […]

Please review the important changes to our operations detailed below: What You Need to Know Off-Site Storage: To protect and preserve our historical records during construction, a significant portion of our collections has been safely relocated to […]

(Black PR Wire) GREAT BARRINGTON, MA — The Du Bois Freedom Center(DFC) is pleased to announce  the opening of an exciting new exhibit Elizabeth Freeman-Reimagined - An Exhibit of Works Celebrating the Life, Story and Legacy of Elizabeth Fr...

The First 200, a new media platform and founder network, has released the first-ever comprehensive index chronicling the first 200 Black women founders in the U.S. The post The First 200 Unveils Index of Black Women Founders Who’ve Raised $1M+ in […]

The Fortune 500, the annual ranking of America’s largest companies by revenue, is one of the most closely watched measures of corporate success. Collectively, these companies The post Fortune 500 List Features Record 11 Black CEOs appeared first […]

The City of Boston, the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC), Causeway Development LLC, MassHousing, community partners, and residents today celebrated the grand opening of Brookley Flats in Jamaica Plain with a block party. […]

Robotics hair-braiding startup HaloBraid has raised a $7 million seed round to modernize textured hair care with automation. Alexis Ohanian’s venture capital firm, Seven Seven Six, The post HaloBraid Raises $7M to Modernize Hair Braiding With […]

Bringing food, beverages, and community gathering spaces to parks across the city, Roundhead’s Beer Gardens will visit six Boston parks throughout the summer. The series kicked off earlier this month at Copley Square Park and will continue through […]

Forbes has released its Top Creators list for 2026, and for the first time in the ranking’s history, the combined earnings of all 50 creators have The post Forbes’ 2026 Top Creators Surpass $1 Billion, With Three Black Creators in the Top 10 […]

On May 15, 2026, the City of Boston convened its first-ever Boston Area Air Quality Summit, bringing together 200 community leaders, researchers, and policymakers to share information, strengthen cross-sector partnerships, and co-create a vision […]

The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) building is historically significant as the permanent home of the New England Conservatory, which has made an international impact in the field of music education and is the oldest independent school of […]

Mayor Michelle Wu today announced Zavia Dickerson as the new neighborhood liaison for Jamaica Plain and Michaela Nee as the new neighborhood liaison for South End and Bay Village within the Office of Neighborhood Services (ONS). ONS plays a vital […]

Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor’s Office of Housing today released the results of Boston’s 2026 Point-in-Time Homelessness Count, showing continued progress in reducing homelessness citywide. The annual census found a 19 percent decrease in […]

(Black PR Wire) Alabama State University (ASU) and Morris Brown College (MBC), a historically black institution in Atlanta, Georgia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday, June 16, to smooth the path from an undergraduate (bachelor’s)...