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Jim Roberts’ business grew through the 1990s to include five franchise locations: in Dudley, Roslindale, Egleston Square, Codman Square and on Warren Street.

Black political activists say Biden must choose a black woman as a running mate if he is to capitalize on support from Democrats’ most loyal base in the November presidential election.

Black and Latinx advocates used Memorial Day to commemorate the people of color who have died from COVID-19 and demand a rollback of the state’s reopening plans.

The Boston Planning & Development Agency board last week unanimously voted to elect Priscilla Rojas as board chair. Rojas will be the first woman and Latina to hold the position.

As a stay-at-home advisory or government lockdown is set for many countries across the globe, Muslims are experiencing an overall sadness and struggle to find meaning in and reason for celebrating the holiday this year.

Recent data from the American Civil Liberties Union found that 800 inmates and staff in Massachusetts prisons have tested positive for coronavirus. Decarceration advocates released a 10-point plan urging Gov. Charlie Baker to depopulate prisons throughout the commonwealth.

The Neighbor to Neighbor food delivery program, launched in recent weeks by United South End Settlements to help families struggling to put food on the table, is a lifeline in a time of need.

Factories and construction sites will begin the process of reopening this week under a four-phase plan Gov. Charlie Baker released May 18.

When state Education Secretary Jeffrey Riley and Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius signed a memorandum of understanding March 10, the document was meant to set the course for reforms in Boston over the next three years.

My’Kell McMillan is coordinating the newly-reopened Mildred C. Hailey Youth Leadership Institute.

Sen. Ed Markey joined immigration activists on Friday in an online conversation to discuss COVID-19’s impacts on the immigrant community.