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.?
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.
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.?
New England (10-3) lost for the first time in two months, and it will have to wait a week to clinch another AFC East title.
Tara Sullivan
The Dolphins rushed to take advantage of New England?s lack of energy.
BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL
Not having Rob Gronkowski or Julian Edelman exposed some painful truths about the offense.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
The Patriots should move on to Pittsburgh.
CHAD FINN
On this weird night, the Patriots got beat thoroughly by a team that was ready for them.
KEVIN CULLEN
Christmas in the City transforms the convention center into a wonderland. The beneficiaries: an estimated 6,000 homeless children.
THOMAS FARRAGHER
For 53 years, she ranged wide for the newspaper, from ?Fabulous Fenway? to war-torn Saigon. Negri died on Sunday.
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Without Kyrie Irving, the Celtics weren?t competitive against a Chicago team that came in with five wins.
Kimmel returned to his late-night show one week after young Billy underwent heart surgery.
The president?s history of alleged sexual misconduct re-emerged Monday amid the national reckoning over inappropriate behavior.
?We have very close friends who are Jewish and rabbis,? Kayla Moore said.
The guards were acquitted for their role in the 2009 death of Joshua Messier.
Students and teachers at the Orchard Gardens K-8 Pilot School are directing their ire at city officials.
The deal between the ballclub and Boston Beer Co. runs through the 2025 season.
The 192,000-square-foot high-security biolab has sat mostly empty since its completion in 2008.
More details emerged Monday about the allegations brought against acclaimed talk-show host Tom Ashbrook.
It will be the largest female contingent on the City Council, which four years ago had only seen 10 women elected in more than 100 years.
The biotech told doctors and pharmacists to return more than 12,000 syringes filled with an injectable arthritis gel.
?Master Thieves? will be based on the book by former Globe reporter Steve Kurkjian.
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?Tis the season for music, shows, and productions of all kinds, just in time for the holidays.
Lawmakers are moving to overhaul the way over-the-counter drugs are treated ? and to ensure the FDA can move more nimbly.
?We were not on [Stanton?s] list. So they were going somewhere else,? said Dave Dombrowski.
Talia Hyatt took the stand Monday in the trial of two men accused of killing Dawnn Jaffier.
In a masterful move, architect Carter Williams of LDa Architecture & Interiors in Cambridge, Massachusetts, transformed the very element her clients wanted to play down ? the kitchen ? into the understated focal point of their home.
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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A Bangladeshi immigrant is accused of setting off a pipe bomb strapped to his body Monday morning at a busy transit hub.
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.