At 21, he joined Boston’s Laborers Local 223 Union, maintaining active involvement for over 20 years. Now, the 53-year-old is being pulled to D.C., where he awaits a likely confirmation as President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Labor.
Boston University celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s memory in a virtual event on Monday. For King, the university is close to home — it’s where he earned his doctorate degree and the city where he met the woman he would marry.
We must reopen Boston’s economy in a safe way, but whether we are able to do so is dependent on decisions at a personal level — and the best way to get there is not through inviting outsiders to come flocking into the neighborhoods that are already more likely to experience disproportionately severe cases of COVID-19.
On today’s episode, “New Year, New Improvements” — a glance at initiatives promising to bring positive change in 2018. We’ll discuss Mayor Martin Walsh’s efforts to improve Boston’s emergency shelter system, the Time’s Up movement in Hollywood and a new organization proposed at BU that encourages fitness camaraderie.
We are lucky to live in an era where our friends and family are often no more distant than a FaceTime away. We can text, post or tweet for days on end if we’d like. Yet, we must be aware of our actions...
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Thursday the launch of the new Boston PayTix application, a free app that will allot users “quick, convenient and secure parking ticket payments by smartphone,”...
Boston officials paid a visit to Boston University’s Charles River Campus Monday to encourage students to take advantage of services offered by the City Hall To Go truck.
The truck, part of an initiative...
