29 Jan Jamaica Plain News: Mayor Walsh Appoints Two Jamaica Plain Residents to Reactivated Human Rights Commission

Posted at 16:42h in In the News 2020

Source: Jamaica Plains News By David Ertischek | January 28, 2020 Boston's Human Rights Commission had been inactive since 1996, but seeing the challenging times we live in, Mayor Marty Walsh decided to reactivate it. "As attacks on human rights continue from the highest levels of our country, here in Boston,...

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28 Jan Boston Globe: A dubious distinction: Massachusetts ranks first in growth of family homelessness

Posted at 11:05h in In the News 2020

Source: Boston Globe By Zoe Greenberg Globe Staff, January 28, 2020 Every year, thousands of Massachusetts children and their families tumble into homelessness. The state is a dismal national leader, in fact, with the highest percentage increase in family homelessness in any state since 2007, according to new federal...

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