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CT's Black and Puerto Rican Caucus has identified “four key pillars,” and various members are sponsoring bills supporting these objectives.
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Maria Belén Power is Massachusetts' first ever undersecretary of environmental justice and equity, a new role created by Gov. Maura Healey.
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A 1990 law requires federal agencies and museums that receive federal funding to repatriate certain Native American cultural items, including human remains and sacred objects. But our Accountability Project has found that several Connecticut museums have yet to fully comply with the law.
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Black women who reported experiencing racism in employment, housing and with the police, had a 26% higher risk of coronary heart disease.
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In Massachusetts, teachers of color are 107% more likely to be in their first or second year of teaching than white teachers, the report said. A state law requires non-tenured staffers be cut first during budget shortfalls.
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Last month, four people were arrested for trespassing after staging a sit-in outside the Mayor’s office at Boston City Hall. They were calling for a public hearing to rename Boston’s Faneuil Hall, an iconic marketplace and public meeting space. Commentator Nick DeLuca says the protests provide us an opportunity to face some uncomfortable history and he hopes we’ll take it.
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Freedman Elementary School in Springfield, Massachusetts, asked students to research Black musicians, mathematicians and fashion designers that have had an impact on society.
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The president of the Greater Springfield NAACP, Talbert Swan II, was surprised to receive a letter this month from lawyers representing former NFL quarterback Brett Favre. Favre has been at the center of a multi-million dollar welfare fraud case in Mississippi.
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A commission will study past and current harms to Black community members and propose ways to make reparations.
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In Mount Holyoke College's 186-year history, there have been no permanent presidents who were Black. That will change when Danielle Holley takes over on July 2, 2023.