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Mayor Wu announces new five-year budget proposals

Nathan Metcalf April 19, 2023
Mayor Michelle Wu revealed two new multi-billion dollar budget proposals for the 2024 fiscal year to the Boston City Council last Wednesday.
Nice Racism by Robin DiAngelo

‘White Fragility’ author hosts ‘fireside chat’ at Boston Public Library

Lian Niu October 20, 2022
Robin DiAngelo shared her motivations for writing about racial and social injustice on Oct. 17.
Renovations to the Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library finished on Tuesday. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Boston Public Library completes Roxbury Branch renovation

Rin Velasco October 29, 2020
The renovation of the Boston Public Library’s Roxbury Branch finished Tuesday, nearly three years after the project began. The renovation came after years of BPL branch assessments that determined the location did not meet the needs of modern library-goers.
Five proposals for the Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King memorial to be permanently installed in the Boston Common will be on display at the Boston Public Library for comment from the public. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DPF FILE PHOTO

Bostonians invited to weigh in on King memorial

Audrey Martin September 20, 2018

Boston residents are being given the chance to provide input on which of the five selected Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King memorials they want to see permanently installed in the Boston...

Following a low voter turnout in the Boston mayoral preliminary election, the City Council Special Committee on civil rights hears a docket addressing voter registration issues at Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Thursday night. PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Civil rights committee discusses restrictive voter registration laws

Camille Fowler September 29, 2017

The Boston City Council held a public hearing on Boston University’s campus regarding voter registration — with the council’s Special Committee on Civil Rights deeming Massachusetts laws as too...

Progress has been made on the Central Library Renovation project in Copley Square, which will feature The Newsfeed Café and a WGBH's satellite news bureau and studio. PHOTO BY BRIGID KING/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston Public Library announces partners for renovations

Luis Castro November 19, 2015

The Boston Public Library Board of Trustees voted Tuesday in favor of a joint proposal from The Catered Affair and WGBH Educational Foundation to create a 4,500-square-foot space in the Johnson Building...

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