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

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

State Senator Stanley Rosenberg (left) and his husband, Bryon Hefner.

Rosenberg?s husband draws FBI scrutiny

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

Omarosa Manigault Newman and President Trump in better days.

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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Many of those who write to Globe Santa know what it?s like to grow up going without anything but food, heat, and shelter. And for some, the challenges only get tougher as they age into adulthood.

capitals 5, bruins 3

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Alex Chiasson scored a pair of goals for Washington, which is unbeaten in its last 11 meetings with Boston (0-9-2).

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

Duncan Ketter.

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Educated, black, and dead

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.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/IMG_1753.JPG 3-alarm fire damages Somerville house

The fire tore through a triple-decker at 15 Connecticut Ave., causing an estimated $750,000 in damage, Fire Chief Patrick Sullivan said.

//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.

A Public Garden squirrel wasn?t shy about wrangling a snack from a visitor to the park.

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A hot attraction among Boston?s many: obese squirrels

Boston?s plump squirrels have visitors ? and residents ? marveling.

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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.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/26000758_1512696212.3429.jpg After teen?s suicide, Sutton family launches fund-raiser for bullying prevention

A Sutton family said their teenage son took his own life earlier this month after struggling with bullying from his peers.

One person unaccounted for in Oxford fire

Investigators from the Office of the State Fire Marshal responded to the multi-alarm fire at 16 Sacarrappa Road at about 9 p.m. Thursday.

North Shore high schools clash over the transfer of two basketball players

A Superior Court judge cleared the way for one student to play this year for St. Mary?s High School in Lynn, after transferring from Peabody Veterans Memorial High School.

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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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The state House of Representatives should approve a bill passed by the Senate to establish a long-term plan for climate change.

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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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