For blacks in Boston, a shortage of power



Despite Boston?s reputation as a liberal bastion, the region?s power base remains largely white men. Blacks? political achievements are more occasional than institutional. There are no black faces in Massachusetts? congressional delegation, nor among statewide officeholders, and the only black to win election to statewide office since 1972 is former governor Deval Patrick.

At ESPN, the problems for women run deep

?ESPN has failed to address its deeply ingrained culture of sexism and hostile treatment of women,? said Adrienne Lawrence, who filed a complaint this summer with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

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The unforgiving culture at the sports media behemoth has led some women to feel pressured to hide pregnancies or take short maternity leaves. One anchor even did her scheduled broadcast while she was having a miscarriage.

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Adrian Walker from the Globe?s Spotlight team joins host Chris Gasper to talk about racism in Boston sports.

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Boston, MA - 9/20/2017 - State Attorney General Maura Healey (cq) addresses the crowd. The Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery (MOAR) holds its 27th Annual Recovery Day Celebration at Faneuil Hall (cq) and Quincy Market Place (cq) (Artists in Recovery exhibit). Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 21recovery Reporter: XXX

Maura Healey sues Betsy DeVos, again

This marks Attorney General Maura Healey?s third lawsuit against the education department under the Trump administration and Secretary Betsy DeVos.

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Despite expanding notions of what counts as a ?gift?--a jerky subscription--Americans waste $9.5 billion on unwanted presents.

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Duncan Ketter worked for his money, six days a week, at a rental car company. He believed in the power of education, enrolling in college, hoping to become an engineer.

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You?d better watch out; you?d better not steal.

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The FBI has begun looking into allegations that Bryon Hefner, husband of state Senator Stan Rosenberg, allegedly assaulted several men and boasted of his influence on Beacon Hill.

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City signs off on $290 million, 32-story apartment tower plan that includes room for expanded arts venue.

Star Wars fans, some dressed in costumes, waited to be let in for

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Star Wars fans line Tremont Street hours before premiere of ?The Last Jedi?

May the Force keep them warm.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_121417_15bruce_7686x.jpg It?s been 25 years since he killed a Tufts graduate. Today, he was sentenced to life

For 25 years, James Witkowski had escaped punishment for raping and murdering Lena Bruce inside her South End apartment.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/1b3e6c1e322242d19474f692d3af798f-1b3e6c1e322242d19474f692d3af798f-0.jpg White nationalist now faces first-degree murder in Charlottesville killing

A man who has voiced racist and pro-Nazi views faces the possibility of life in prison in the death of a woman during clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia.

A look at the approximate number of children killed by gunfire since Newtown

The number of children under the age of 17 killed or wounded by gunfire in the United States is astounding.

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A video of Ayrton Little, a student in Louisiana, has been viewed millions of times.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/865879614.jpg The Omarosa mystery: What exactly happened yesterday?

Did she try to get into the White House residence to ask her friend Donald Trump to keep her on? It?s not clear.

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More than one-third of employees at the Interior Department said they were harassed or discriminated against in the previous year.

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The failed Alabama Senate candidate will fight to keep his antebellum ideas in the spotlight.

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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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