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May 9, 2020
The Museum of Fine Arts announced earlier this week it is collaborating with Massachusetts on a $500,000 fund for diversity.
Police Car thegrio.com
September 20, 2019
An officer in the Boston Police Department has been placed on administrative leave after high school students say he called…
Ayanna Pressley thegrio.com AP
September 5, 2019
Ayanna Pressley's support of demonstrators against a parade touting "straight pride" in Boston has become a sticking point with the…
Boston
May 28, 2019
During a visit to one of the nation's most prestigious art institutions, a group of Boston students from a largely…
racism thegrio.com
May 24, 2019
Administrators at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston apologized to a group of Black students from a local middle…
Willie O'Ree
March 1, 2019
At 83, the barrier breaker in the NHL could receive the Congressional Gold Medal for ending the color line in…
New Hampshire TheGrio
October 23, 2018
A lunch lady at a Cambridge, Massachusetts elementary school was serving up more than soup when students reported that she…
racism thegrio.com
September 19, 2018
[griojw id=”5QX3H5n8″ playerid=”x9J2bwvH”]   A Black employee who has worked for the University of Massachusetts Amherst for the last 14
Smith college employee call police on Oumou Kanoute thegrio.com
September 17, 2018
Oumou Kanoute, a sophomore at Smith Collegeexperienced the heart-wrenching pain that has become commonplace for so many Black folks when
Ayanna Pressley AP thegrio.com
September 6, 2018
The choice by veteran Democrats not to support Ayanna Pressley in the Massachussets Democratic primary proved to be a mistake
Ayanna Pressley
September 5, 2018
Ayanna Pressley took a surprise win in the Massachusetts Democratic congressional primary, but there's a few things you might not…
Ayanna Pressley thegrio.com
September 4, 2018
[griojw id=”9o6uomQA” playerid=”BqxyiSkR”]   Ayanna Pressley just pulled off another stunner. Tuesday night, Pressley, the first woman of color to win
August 15, 2018
[griojw id=”i1VqDS57″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]Since the beginning of the policing in the city of Boston, Massachusetts the city has never seen a
William Gross thegrio.com
August 8, 2018
William Gross was sworn in Monday as Boston's first Black police commissioner, a city that has a norious history of…
the Boston Water and Sewer Commission thegrio.com
August 7, 2018
Two former employees have filed a lawsuit accusing the Boston Water and Sewer Commission of a racist and sexist company…
Smith college employee call police on Oumou Kanoute thegrio.com
August 3, 2018
Smith College has enlisted the help of an outside investigator to review a disturbing incident where a black student was
oston Police Department thegrio.com
July 24, 2018
[griojw id=”mZ7om8Yx” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   William Gross, a 33-year veteran of the Boston Police Department has made history as the first
Theresa A. Lund thegrio.com
July 23, 2018
[griojw id=”tpyUYN52″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   A white woman, identified as a Harvard University employee has been “placed on leave” from her
Dwayne Moore thegrio.com
June 11, 2018
Lawyers for Dwayne Moore, a black man convicted of killing four people including a baby, are fighting for a new…
Phocian Fitts thegrio.com
June 9, 2018
Phocian Fitts admitted on TV to a cold-blooded, fatal hit and run that left an 80-year-old retired art teacher dying…