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Boston officials rip handling of Haiti immigrants as reprehensible

Boston officials rip handling of Haiti immigrants as reprehensible
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For the first time, no white men running as a major candidate for Boston mayor

Boston fields historically diverse crop of mayoral candidates; all top candidates identify as people of color Meghan E. Irons © Lane Turner/Globe Staff The pandemic and social justice protests for Black lives and to stop Asian hate have introduced a new sense of urgency in reckoning with Boston’s racist past and confronting the lingering effects. As Tuesday’s deadline to take out papers for city office came and went, the field of candidates for the next mayor of Boston emerged as a historic one: For the first time, all of the major candidates identify as people of color. It is a significant and transformational milestone in a city with a notorious history of white political power, although most of its residents are Black, Latino, Asians, or other people of color. This moment highlights the fact that “the city is ready to move on,’ said state Representative Russell Holmes of Mattapan, who added that he does not see Boston returning to a time when

Can police be taught to stop their own violence?

Can police be taught to stop their own violence? Boston’s department and others are adopting a peer-intervention training program. The ideas come from a UMass psychologist who survived the Holocaust, thanks to the help of others. By Douglas StarrUpdated May 6, 2021, 7:31 a.m. Email to a Friend Ervin Staub, a professor emeritus at UMass Amherst, is an expert on the science of interventionzack wittman for the boston globe THE KILLING OF George Floyd is a recurring national nightmare. It played out again during the trial of his murderer, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin — nine minutes and 29 seconds of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck, ignoring Floyd’s pleas and the shouts to stop from people nearby. What has been relatively less examined is the behavior of the other officers at the scene: Tou Thao, who stood facing the crowd, stopping people who were trying to help; J. Alexander Kueng, who held Floyd’s waist; and Thomas Lane, who held his le

Who gets to live in a new Holyoke Soldiers Home?

Who gets to live in a new Holyoke Soldiers Home?
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