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New BHA chief of staff brings unique perspective

A week or so into her new job as chief of staff at the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) last October, Trinh Nguyen called up Lewis "Harry" Spence, the man who worked wonders during the agency's low point 30 years ago. Spence, appointed by the court to take charge when the BHA went into receivership in 1980, is widely credited with putting Boston's violence-torn and physically deteriorated public housing developments on a path of improvement that continues today. More »

Local group urging natl. Screen-Free Week

The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC), a Boston-based organization known for its efforts to fight child-targeted marketing, is kicking off a nationwide call to families to turn off screens - TVs, DVDs, computers, iPhones - for the week of April 18-24. More »

Banner Biz: The Great Recession is over - now what?

According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Great Recession that began in the second quarter of 2008 was declared officially over at the end of the third quarter of 2009. This recession was dubbed "Great" because it was deeper than the previous 10 post-World War II recessions, but was shorter and was not as deep as the Great Depression. But whatever you choose to call it, this recent economic downturn did plenty of damage. More »

Brothers for Boston march to fight crime and violence

There are still concerned men in our community who care about making a difference. This was the message Brothers for Boston aimed to send with their march through Roxbury last Saturday. More »

Production explored meaning of Christ

In Fyodor Dostoyevsky's great final novel, "The Brothers Karamazov," one of the brothers imagines the return of Christ. He enters Seville, Spain, during the peak of the Spanish Inquisition, as heretics are being burnt at the stake. More »

'Hurricane' Carter urges crowd to never give up

After spending 20 years in prison for crimes he never committed, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter understands the importance of never giving up. More »

Decades later 'Hair' proves relevant, timeless

The 1960s was a decade of civil rights marches, anti-war protests and greater intimacy, and "Hair" was the show. More »

Report: Mass budget cut by $3B since recession

Massachusetts has been forced to cut $3 billion from its state budget and slash local aid to cities and towns by nearly 40 percent since the start of the national recession, according to an analysis by an independent research group. More »