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Zach Taye manages the register at Blue Nile restaurant

GALLERY: A look inside the Blue Nile Restaurant

Conor Kelley February 17, 2021

Located near Mahoney Square in Jamaica Plain, Blue Nile is known for its Ethiopian cuisine. While the pandemic forced restaurant owner Yosef Haile to reduce his staff, Haile still runs the business on...

Mother-daughter duo Dana Bonner and Florence Taylor of Dorchester’s Pink & Pretty nail salon showcase their craft on their Instagram page, @pinkandprettyceo. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Black-owned businesses across Boston

Cameron Morsberger June 12, 2020
In light of the racial and societal strains that recent events have augmented, as well as the added pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, here are several Boston-based Black-owned businesses and creators to check out.
Marion McNabb speaks at the “Community First in Cannabis!” event on Feb. 26. PHOTO COURTESY MARION MCNABB

TERRIERS IN BIZ: Marion McNabb brings cannabis research advocacy to Boston

Simone Migliori March 14, 2018

Dr. Marion McNabb met Doubt at an orphanage in Harare, Zimbabwe. Named for his uncertain chance of survival, Doubt was HIV positive, and died when he was just 7 years old. Without the resources...

Worldview: Ethiopia’s grand dam and the end of Egypt’s control of the Nile

Worldview: Ethiopia’s grand dam and the end of Egypt’s control of the Nile

David Damiano February 26, 2018

  In 2011, Ethiopia began construction of a massive dam located in the headwaters of the Blue Nile River. At the project’s onset, the dam was named the Millenium Dam, but has since been given...

Bearing Witness: Footsteps toward ‘never again’

Ariel Stein February 12, 2018

My footsteps took the same journey as those who marched through the freezing forests, naked, to their death. My footsteps took those same uncertain steps, on the ground that was beaten down by the boots...

Worldview: China’s railway to success

Worldview: China’s railway to success

David Damiano February 3, 2018

Chinese investment and involvement in Africa has been a subject of great concern for Western nations, especially the United States, for most of the 21st century. While the fear of socialism spreading to...

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