Boston is the second best city in the nation when it comes to economic mobility, according to a recent report by The Boston Foundation’s research center, Boston Indicators.
Almost one year ago, Brockton resident Felicita Sepulveda made a call to JetBlue asking for a last-minute ticket to Puerto Rico. Just four days after Hurricane Maria struck her family’s homeland, Sepulveda was frantically heading home to search for her brother, who had been missing since the start of the storm.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, along with 10 others in the Massachusetts congressional delegation, sent a letter to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Friday to ask for material regarding...
With 50-60 percent of Puerto Rican residents still without power, one Boston-based group is working to bring water filtration systems to the island that was ravaged by tropical storms earlier this...
Boston Saves, the Boston’s children savings account program, received a $150,000 grant from The Boston Foundation, according to a press release from Mayor Martin Walsh’s office on Thursday.
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Lower-income Boston residents in communities of color are disproportionately impacted by incarceration, according to a report presented Thursday titled “The Geography of Incarceration.”
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Boston Mayor Martin Walsh stepped up to the podium in the assembly hall at Oliver H. Perry K-8 School in South Boston on Monday morning and asked a group of about 60 fourth and fifth graders, “Who...
In an effort to curb gun violence and the flow of illegal firearms into New England, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and Boston Police Commissioner William Evans announced a partnership with Arms With Ethics...
Demand for housing in Boston is currently out of line with supply, according to the 12th annual Greater Boston Housing Report Card of 2014-2015, released Tuesday by The Boston Foundation.
While the...
The Boston Foundation and the Boston Centers for Youth and Families will collaborate to create a comprehensive public safety strategy, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Saturday.
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