Though the issue gets scant attention in this center of world-class medicine, segregation patterns are deeply imbedded in Boston health care. Simply put: If you are black in Boston, you are less likely to get care at several of the city?s elite hospitals than if you are white.
That was no typo: The median net worth of black Bostonians really is $8 The median net worth for non-immigrant African-American households in the Greater Boston region is $8, according to ?The Color of Wealth in Boston.?
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New England (10-3) lost for the first time in two months, and Tom Brady?s career record at Hard Rock Stadium is now 7-9.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Enjoy what you are seeing with Tom Brady, people He started his 28th straight game on Monday, an accomplishment given the rash of injuries to QBs this season.
BULLS 108, CELTICS 85
NBA-worst Bulls overwhelm Celtics Without Kyrie Irving, the Celtics weren?t competitive against a Chicago team that came in with five wins.
PETER ABRAHAM
?We were not on his list. So they were going somewhere else,? said the Sox president of baseball operations.
Boston City Archives
On Dec. 11, 1856, the City of Boston approved the plan to fill in the Back Bay and build what would become one of the city?s most distinctive neighborhoods.
KEVIN CULLEN
The essence of Christmas Christmas in the City transforms the convention center into a wonderland. The beneficiaries: an estimated 6,000 homeless children.
Prison guards acquitted in death of Bridgewater patient Eight years after the tragic death of a 23-year-old patient with schizophrenia, three prison guards were acquitted Monday on charges they killed Joshua Messier.
Friend told victim of Caribbean Day shooting: ?Stay with us? The murder trial for two men accused of killing Dawnn Jaffier, a 26-year-old youth worker, opened today.
More details emerged Monday about harassment allegations brought against acclaimed WBUR host Tom Ashbrook.
?One of our attorneys is a Jew,? says Roy Moore?s wife ?We have very close friends who are Jewish and rabbis,? Kayla Moore said.
Women renew their accusations against Trump President Trump?s history of alleged sexual misconduct re-emerged Monday amid the national reckoning over inappropriate behavior.
Boston?s six women councilors discuss their historic election in special conversation Prior to 2013, only 10 women had been elected to Boston?s City Council since its inception in 1910.
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THOMAS FARRAGHER
For 53 years, she ranged wide for the newspaper, from ?Fabulous Fenway? to war-torn Saigon. Negri died on Sunday.
Students keep finding needles near their school. They want action from the city. On his way to school in Roxbury each morning, Emanuel Pires tries to avoid the discarded needles. But they are everywhere.
Here?s how Sarah Sanders defended Trump against accusations of misconduct When asked for a response to calls for President Trump to resign or for a congressional investigation, the press secretary used a familiar refrain.
Michael A. Cohen
Fake news? Try Fox The network is trying to cajole and convince the president ? a dedicated Fox watcher ? to fire Robert Mueller.
New Yorker severs ties with reporter Ryan Lizza The New Yorker cut ties with noted reporter Ryan Lizza due to ?improper sexual conduct,? the magazine said in a statement Monday.
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He put BSO on the map ? then landed in a world of trouble One hundred years ago, one of the world?s top conductors was ensnared in a scandal involving patriotism and sex. It almost toppled Boston?s famed orchestra.
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The best of the arts this upcoming holiday season ?Tis the season for music, shows, and productions of all kinds, just in time for the holidays.
The way over-the-counter drugs are regulated is a mess Lawmakers are moving to overhaul the way over-the-counter drugs are treated ? and to ensure the FDA can move more nimbly.
The Red Sox? top rival got a lot stronger just as the Winter Meetings got rolling.
Governor Baker, angered by a report that painted the department as rife with dysfunction, dispatched a defense of the agency to its workers.
Homes in Back Bay, the South End, and Downtown Crossing took the top spots o our list.
During a radio show Monday, the US Senate candidate took aim at a political group that has run ads hammering him.
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Ford to roll out at least 15 new electric vehicles in China by 2025 as Beijing pushes hard to clean up smog-choked cities
The suspect and three others were being treated for non-life-threatening injuries after a crude device went off in the subway near Times Square on Monday.
Michael Hanson?s Cengage is unveiling a subscription service in time for next fall?s classes.
Ben Raphel?s dinner date at Cafe Sushi in Cambridge didn?t pan out, but he?s doing OK for himself.
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California is dealing with another round of disastrous wildfires.
