Boston's stories of justice, hope and resilience

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Boston's stories of justice, hope and resilience

The Scope
Boston's stories of justice, hope and resilience

The Scope
Chinatown has only one public restroom, and community members are desperate for more options

Chinatown has only one public restroom, and community members are desperate for more options

Yuqing Jin, Reporter
April 20, 2023
Mayor Wu, who was at the time a mayoral candidate and City Councilor, walks with volunteers at the Roxbury Unity Day Parade on July 18, 2021. A large part of her campaign was progressive climate policies.

Mayor Wu’s policies instill hope for mitigating the climate crisis

Isabel Meyers, Reporter
April 14, 2023
Sherri Ettinger’s daughter, Maia (right), 8 at the time, signs autographs during the Wheelock Family Theater’s 2019 performance of James and the Giant Peach. Photo courtesy of Sherri Ettinger

‘Vacation camps’ provide safe and fun — sometimes free — place for kids whose parents work during school breaks

Cassidy McNeeley, Reporter
April 7, 2023
The Politics of Menstruation: How Boston organizations and local policymakers are working to end stigma and increase access to period products

The Politics of Menstruation: How Boston organizations and local policymakers are working to end stigma and increase access to period products

Isabel Meyers, Reporter
April 3, 2023
Pilot of retrofitted electric street light at 212 Stuart St. in Bay Village.

Boston to switch its 2,800 gas lamps to LEDs

Emily Niedermeyer, Reporter
March 24, 2023
Boston, MA: Feb. 24, 2023 — In February, many of the stalls at the Somerville Winter Farmers Market look like this one: packed with locally-sourced seasonal root vegetables like carrots, parsnip, daikon and radishes. As climate change influences agriculture practices in the area, farmers may see a shift in their harvest and the produce it yields.

Boston-area farmers find solutions for unusually warm winter

Elisabeth Hadjis, Assistant Editor
March 21, 2023

This nonprofit in Jamaica Plain is pushing to change the healthcare industry through food

Shuang Jing and Elijah Nicholson-Messmer
March 2, 2023
The free Route 23 bus arrives at Ruggles Station. This is one of the most active lines in the whole system and has been fare-free for almost a year.

Transit activists celebrate anniversary of fare-free buses, call for expansion

Ben Crawley, Reporter
February 22, 2023
Boston, Massachusetts - Jan. 27, 2023: Student artist Sophia Vaz places her newly-made artwork on one of the walls for the "Stories that Make Us" exhibit, which recently opened at the Teen Gallery of the Institute of Contemporary Art Studio in Seaport. The space was filled with pre-made art plus, as the night evolved, immigrant teenagers of diverse backgrounds worked on small 3x3 mirrors using colorful markers to tell stories of their new lives in the U.S.

New exhibit at Teen Gallery celebrates the immigrant experience

Desirée Vignola-Hung, Reporter
February 20, 2023
Coats hanging in Catie's Closet distribution center in Dracut, MA. Photo courtesy of Catie's Closet.

Free clothing organizations in Boston work to help children thrive in school

Cassidy McNeeley, Reporter
February 16, 2023
Approximately 3,000 people walked in the Winter Walk march on Sunday in Boston.

‘Everyone deserves a home’: Annual Winter Walk uplifts stories of homelessness to fight for change

Rachel Umansky-Castro, Reporter
February 13, 2023
The Bra Run, July 2022. Photo by George Grullon and courtesy Elizabeth Rock, co-founder and co-organizer of the Bra Run and TrailblazHers Run Co.

Boston’s running community pushes for inclusive change

Kelly Chan and Pavithra Rajesh
February 8, 2023
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