Special to the Sun Boston Food Access Council, of Boston, has been named a recipient of Project Bread’s inaugural Community Power Grants program. The funding will help to drive grassroots advocacy and systems change to address the root causes of…
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Coalition of Mayors across U.S. file Amicusbrief Challenging ICE Surge in Twin Cities
Special to the Sun Led by the City of Boston and the Public Rights Project, 44 mayors, cities, and counties argue that the deadly surge of federal agents into Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota is an unlawful and unconstitutional effort…
The Pitt Demonstrates a Healthcare System on Life Support
The Pitt, the critically-acclaimed hit series on HBO about an emergency room in a big-city hospital in Pittsburgh that has just begun its second season, is far more than just good entertainment. The critically-acclaimed show also accurately portrays the critical…
This is the SAD-dest Time of the Year — So get Outside
With the oppressiveness of a New England winter fully upon us, for many this can be the saddest time of the year — quite literally. The medical community has long-recognized that the shortened days of winter affect all of us…
Op-Ed: Charitable Charities
By Alison Barnet The other day as I was researching charities in the New York Streets neighborhood—a South End project I’ll tell you about as the Feb. 25 opening comes closer–I was struck by how institutions of years ago seemed…
56th Annual Martin Luther king Jr. Memorial Breakfast
D-4 Sees 3-percent Spike in Part One Crime in ’25 from Previous Year
By Dan Murphy As 2025 was drawing to a close, Part One crime in District D-4 was up 3 percent from the previous year. According to Boston Police, 3,346 incidents of Part One crime were reported in the district, which…
Beloved Service Dog Rescue to be Honored at Celebration of Life Event at Copley Square BPL
Special to Sun The Greater Boston community is invited to gather at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square on Saturday, Feb. 7,, from 3 to 4 p.m., for a Celebration of Life honoring Rescue, an extraordinary NEADS Service Dog…
Mayor Michelle Wu Announces Voting Stage of Participatory Budgeting Initiative, “Ideas In Action”
Special to the Sun Mayor Michelle Wu and the City of Boston’s Office of Participatory Budgeting announced the voting phase for Ideas in Action, the City’s participatory budgeting initiative. Over 1,200 ideas were submitted earlier this year, recommending how $2.2…
The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Announces Finalists for the 2026 Dewey Square Mural
Seven artists selected through the first-ever national open call to design Boston’s most iconic public artwork in honor of America’s 250th anniversary Special to the Sun The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, the nonprofit responsible for the management and care of…