The Boston School Committee is currently deliberating changes proposed by Boston Public Schools (BPS) that would reduce, or in some cases, eliminate bonus points awarded to vulnerable students in exam school admissions. Early projections from BPS data suggest that the changes would likely lead to decreased enrollment among Black, Latino, and low-income students.

The city of San Francisco is currently weighing whether to accept a reparations proposal designed to address decades of systemic injustice faced by Black San Franciscans.

The San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee (AARAC), an organization tasked with developing programs and recommendations for improving the treatment of Black citizens, outlined the necessity of reparations for Black San Franciscan residents in a proposal addressed to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Boston’s Zero Waste Initiative is now in its sixth year of a 16-year plan aimed at reaching an 80% recycling rate by 2035, yet, according to the city’s Director of Environmental Quality Alice Brown, its recycling rate has decreased from 25% in 2019 to 19% today. Even more concerning, since the initiative’s launch, the city has introduced a series of programs designed to manage residential waste, however, commercial and residential sources—which account for the vast majority of the city’s waste—r...

Hardly a patch of grass could be seen among all the blankets sprawled out at Golden Gate Park this weekend, as attendees of the 24th Annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival basked and danced in the sun. The three day event, which took place on some of the hottest days San Francisco has seen all year, drew an estimated 750,000 and featured free performances from over 70 artists, including Emmylou Harris and Steve Earl.

That’s where the “Roxie Forever” campaign comes in. The campaign aims to do more than raise funds, it’s about rewriting the Roxie’s future. Owning the building would not only preserve a vital piece of San Francisco’s cultural history, it would also guarantee that future generations will not lose this important community space. Sloan said, “We have just about $1.4 million to raise, and we are really hopeful that we'll be able to purchase our building, which will be just an incredible next chapter...