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Diversity & Inclusion
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Providing a safe space: As anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment rises, local bar owners see their businesses as places of comfort and acceptance
Updated: June 24, 2024Anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment is on the rise nationally. Despite being known as a leading state for LGBTQ+ rights, that sentiment has trickled down to Massachusetts.
Updated: June 24, 2024
Franklin brewery to open beer garden on empty downtown Worcester lot
June 14, 202467 Degrees opened in 2020, just a month and a half before COVID-related shutdowns began.
June 14, 2024
Mass. officials take aim at anti-abortion centers with new public awareness campaign
June 11, 2024State officials unveiled a new public awareness campaign Monday to crack down on crisis pregnancy centers that officials say purport to offer legitimate reproductive health care but ultimately provide misleading information that can deter patients
June 11, 2024
Now on the cusp of retirement, Jennie Lee Colosi has built roads and broken glass ceilings at the largest Central Mass. woman-owned construction firm
Updated: June 10, 2024Though the construction industry may still feel like a boys’ club to Jennie Lee Colosi, she seems to have navigated it well over the past five decades.
Updated: June 10, 2024
Worcester hospital named best in state for underserved populations
June 5, 2024UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester is the best hospital in Massachusetts when it comes to serving low-income patients and those from varying racial backgrounds, according to a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report.
June 5, 2024
Progress on state wage transparency bill stalls
June 5, 2024After the Legislature passed a bill last October aimed at reducing gender and demographic wage gaps in Massachusetts, Democrats have not coalesced around the the largely similar texts, which have instead fallen into a seven-months-long black hole.
June 5, 2024
WPI chooses Syracuse dean to replace provost who left to be SUNY president
June 4, 2024Worcester Polytechnic Institute has named a dean from Syracuse University to be the university’s next provost and senior vice president, replacing Winston Oluwole “Wole” Soboyejo, who was the first person of color to be WPI president when he took
June 4, 2024
QCC receives state funding for DEI certificate program aimed at higher ed workers
May 29, 2024Quinsigamond Community College has been awarded a $51,968 grant from the Gov. Maura Healey Administration to develop a diversity, equity, and inclusion certificate program for local higher education faculty and staff.
May 29, 2024
Worcester’s oldest gay bar reopens following renovations
May 28, 2024After being closed for nearly five months, the MB Lounge reopened Wednesday, offering again what owner Marco Guinette refers to as a safe haven for the area’s gay community.
May 28, 2024
New local podcast centers urban planning, inclusivity, and queer joy
May 24, 2024Queer For Cities, a podcast created and hosted by Joshua Croke, looks to make queer a joyful norm—but not in the way you might be thinking.
May 24, 2024
MassHousing launching $50M developers fund to address inequities in capital access
May 20, 2024The new Equitable Developers Fund is the largest publicly led financing program of its kind in the country, according to MassHousing.
May 20, 2024
Veterans Inc. receives $356K in funding for suicide prevention initiatives
May 16, 2024Veterans Inc., a Worcester-based nonprofit, has been awarded one of the largest cuts of $2 million in grant funding to 15 community organizations promoting suicide prevention among the Massachusetts veteran and servicemember community.
May 16, 2024
Two Central Mass. organizations split $1.9 million for suicide prevention efforts
May 13, 2024LUK Crisis Center of Fitchburg and United Way of Tri-County of Framingham are among 19 community organizations receiving a total of $1.9 million in funding over the next 11 years.
May 13, 2024
Framingham charity supporting human trafficking survivors receives cut of $1 million in state grants
May 13, 2024As part of the Healey Administration’s efforts to bolster programs within Massachusetts working to support human trafficking survivors and those most at risk of exploitation, RIA, a Framingham-based public charity, has been selected as one of five
May 13, 2024
Systemic failures: A growing number of Mass. pregnancies are resulting in severe complications, the greatest impact falls on the Black community
Updated: May 13, 2024Rates of severe maternal morbidity in the state nearly doubled from 2011 to 2020, with Black birthing people among the most impacted by negative outcomes of labor and delivery.
Updated: May 13, 2024
The next chapter: After closing her Worcester grocery store, Lynn Cheney charts a new path to boost the local community
Updated: May 13, 2024Following the closure of her Maker to Main grocery store in Worcester’s Canal District, shop owner Lynn Cheney has quickly found a way to continue to contribute to the community.
Updated: May 13, 2024
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