Subject of BINJ feature who was victim of 1981 attack by fellow firefighters one step closer to full pension We started the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism in 2015 to report stories that weren’t being told about people who were often ignored by big media. That’s become the leading cliché offered by many who have […]
FRAN SWEENEY’S FIGHT AGAINST FASCISTS IN THE 1940S MIRRORS TODAY’S BATTLE AGAINST BIGOTRY
“The object of The Boston City Reporter [was] to tell the public who is using prejudice against entire races and religions for undemocratic purposes—and how.”
PROTESTERS DECRY NONPROFIT LAYOFFS; FOUNDERS RESPOND TO CLAIMS OF UNION-BUSTING, RACISM
“I don’t think we’re a racist organization. I just think the power structure, the culture, is made up of people who don’t look like me.”
THE COUNCILOR WHO RESPONDED TO HATE WITH HOPE AND HELPED THROUGH THE PANDEMIC
With her first 100 days in office coinciding with the COVID-19 crisis, Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia perseveres in the interest of most vulnerable, disconnected populations
ROCK AGAINST RACISM TURNS 40
Here, five individuals associated with RAR share their memories of Boston back then, what they gained from having RAR in their lives, and how, in 2019, we can continue to honor the groundwork RAR laid for a better Boston.