Students who are suspended are less likely to graduate. What’s more, suspensions exacerbate historic racial injustice.

A remedy to that fact arrived, finally, this month with “Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson,” just opened at the ...

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here are a few recommendations from Globe writers and critics, covering music, theater, comedy, museums, family events, and more.

She joined Dr. King in a 1965 march from Roxbury to Boston Common to protest poverty, segregated schools, and housing discrimination. By the late 1960s, Bland and MAW organized the Massachusetts ...

Fletcher Houston Wiley, known citywide as “Flash” Wiley, an attorney, civic leader and a leading member of Boston’s business ...

There is no guarantee that the state authority will approve the city’s funding request, although the city of Boston has seen success in recent grant cycles. Last year, its application for state ...

The Art of John Wilson,” a new exhibit by Roxbury artist John Wilson (1922-2015), is now on display at the Museum of Fine ...

He was athletic director at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury, where he was known as “JT ... “For those of us growing up in Greater Boston in the 1950s and 1960s, John Thomas in ...

Officers arrested a Roxbury man early Friday morning following a traffic stop for allegedly possessing drugs and almost ...

Boston police are investigating a Wednesday night shooting that left two people hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.

Boston Police arrested four individuals after raiding two Roxbury residences, recovering firearms, drugs, and cash, with ...

Boston police arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal hit-and-run that occurred last month in Roxbury, police said. Officers responded Jan. 18 at approximately 8:29 p.m. to a report of a ...