The Boston Women’s Heritage Trail (BWHT) has announced the appointment of Dr. Alexandria Russell as its new Executive Director. Russell brings extensive experience in women's history, education advocacy, and community engagement. With a strong foundation in historical research and storytelling, she is dedicated to uncovering and sharing the overlooked contributions of women throughout history. She is the author of Black Women Legacies: Public History Sites Seen and Unseen, which examines the pivotal role African American women have played in shaping public memory and preserving history, often in the face of adversity.

As the Founder of Black Women Legacies, a nonprofit dedicated to digitally mapping historical and contemporary memorials of Black women…

BOSTON, MA – The Shah Family Foundation today announced the establishment of a groundbreaking research center within the integrated Department of Psychiatry at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. Funded by  $10 million from the Foundation, the Center for Comprehensive Healing…

With respect to Adrian Walker’s column “Not the fix BPS needs" (Metro, Feb. 19), perhaps before transitioning from an appointed to an elected Boston School Committee, a good first step would be for Mayor Michelle Wu to chair the committee.

In recent years, we have seen a troubling pattern: The committee appears to answer only to the mayor and superintendent, not to families or voters. Some longstanding members prioritize protecting the status quo over making difficult decisions, offering performative concern…

Schools are wrestling with how to manage students and their cellphones — devices that can aid student learning or distract from it, and at their worst, provoke violence.

Students have recorded video of fights breaking out at Brockton High School and lunchroom brawls in Revere, posting them on social media to gain popularity or antagonize an enemy.

Now Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has proposed a statewide ban on cellphones in schools under the STUDY Act, short for “Safe Technology Use and Distraction-free education for Youth.”