Dorchester, Roxbury, and Jamaica Plain residents report rising car break-ins and package theft. Boston police data shows 12% increase in property crimes this year amid delayed emergency response.
From modest academic institutions to major property holders reshaping neighborhoods, a look at how higher education's financial muscle transformed the city.
Community leaders and city planners must decide whether to approve a mixed-use project that promises affordable housing but threatens longtime businesses.
Decades of industrial decline, regulatory pressure, and grassroots activism transformed a city once choked by pollution into a model for urban sustainability.
Community organizations across Roxbury and Jamaica Plain report record demand for immigration support this week, even as federal policy uncertainty looms.
From postwar development patterns to restrictive zoning laws, understanding the policy decisions that created the region's affordable housing shortage.
Zoning restrictions, speculation, and underinvestment in transit infrastructure have shaped the affordability emergency now dominating City Hall debates.
With enrollment shifting and capital needs mounting, the district must soon choose between raising property taxes, seeking new revenue sources, or cutting programs across dozens of schools.
New analysis of emergency response records shows where the city's public safety challenges cluster, and what the statistics tell us about resource allocation.
City leaders and immigration experts say the Hub needs federal support and regional coordination to manage what they call an unprecedented strain on housing, schools, and social services.
As a $250 million development proposal gains traction, Boston residents and officials face pivotal decisions about housing affordability, cultural preservation, and community control.
