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City Council discusses safety conditions of Boston Public Schools in extreme temperatures

Molly Swanton, Assistant Editor
October 1, 2021
President of the board of directors of the North American Indian Center of Boston, Jean-Luc Pierite, asked the crowd to close their eyes and imagine the land that they’re on. “I want you to project yourself back into time,” he said. “Where we know there to be water, there might be land there at that point in time. Where we have solid land, the water might be. But no matter where that situation is, go back to that time and the people that were born here, that lived here, that died here. And now I want you to take yourself ahead in time, to a point in the future where all the seeds that we’re planting here today and all of the work that we’re doing with the social changes that need to happen, our descendants are living in that time; where the fruits of our labor...they’re enjoying that. So we just want to acknowledge the land and the world that we are leaving for our descendants.”

The Red Deal proposal prioritizes climate justice and liberation for Indigenous people

Nia Beckett, Reporter
February 11, 2021
East Boston

City officials, community members fight against rising sea level in East Boston

Kelly Thomas, Reporter
December 16, 2020
UVIDA shop owner Maria Camila Vasco (right) explains one of her deodorant products to a customer at the North End store.

Latina-owned zero waste shop UVIDA helps customers use less plastic

Nia Beckett, Reporter
December 8, 2020
Protesters at the Climate Justice Strike

Boston students and workers strike for climate justice

Maya Homan, Reporter
October 17, 2020
Dorchester and Roxbury do not have many air conditioned public spaces where residents can cool off during heat waves.

Boston Neighborhoods Impacted by Urban Heat

Julia Hong, Reporter
May 14, 2020
Dorchester and Roxbury do not have many air conditioned public spaces where residents can cool off during heat waves.

A summer heatwave could hurt Boston neighborhoods already suffering from COVID-19

Julia Hong and Ben Farber
May 14, 2020
Nick Rabb, Ph.D. student at Tufts University and leader of Sunrise Boston’s education team.

Changemaker: Nick Rabb, climate activist with Sunrise Movement

Ben Farber, Reporter
March 9, 2020
Chelsea, located just outside Boston, is home to an expansive minority population, and is also the site where oil companies choose to dump their toxic waste. Photo by Nolan Piccola.

Environmental injustice: Pollution poses greater threat to vulnerable communities

Nolan Piccola
December 30, 2019
David Corbie is the outreach manager for Greenovate boston, the latest climate action initiative out of City Hall. Photo by Ruth Hunger.

Changemaker: David Corbie, Greenovate Boston manager and climate action advocate

Ruth Hunger
December 16, 2019
Sharon Amuguni, a facilitator of the discussion on climate change last week, speaking to the community members gathered at Codman Square Health Center. Photo by Eileen OGrady.

City team tasked with including communities of color in climate change conversations

Eileen O'Grady
November 26, 2019
Cindy Rowe, executive director of the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action. Photo by Eileen OGrady.

Changemaker: Cindy Rowe, executive director of the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action

Deanna Schwartz
November 19, 2019
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