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Mass. launches plan to address ‘serious public health threat' of racism
In a city and a state known for its world-class health care, there is a push to take things to the next level. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has launched a health equity plan, referring to racism as a “serious public heath threat.” “Some of the best health outcomes across the country, but those good outcomes are not equally…
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Mass. DPH launches health equity plan to address racism
Massachusetts calls racism a “serious public health threat” and is taking action to prevent it.
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6 Southwick teens charged in racial bullying incident
Hampden District Attorney Anthony described the incident as a “hateful, racist online chat that included heinous language, threats and a mock slave auction”
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6 youths to be charged in Southwick racial bullying incident involving ‘mock slave auction'
Multiple youths are facing charges in connection with a serious racial bullying incident that occurred last month in Southwick, Massachusetts, involving a “mock slave auction” on social media. The hate speech and race-based bullying occurred on Feb. 8, Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said at a news conference Thursday, and he learned of it a week later, at which point…
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Mass. seeks to end disparities that endanger Black women in pregnancy
The first-ever assistant health commissioner in Massachusetts with the word “equity” in the job title has put a priority on eliminating racial disparities in maternal health. Black women in the state are more than twice as likely to suffer severe health complications during pregnancy when compared to white women — and recently, the disparity has widened. “There is something profoundly…
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Combatting disparities in maternal health care
Black women giving birth is far more dangerous than it should be.
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Boston doctors discuss ‘devastating problem' of health inequity
Racial disparities continue to plague Massachusetts’ health care system, but thankfully, there’s a lot of work underway to change that. “The pandemic is probably what changed and brought a lot of these issues that we’ve been dealing with to the forefront of people’s mind,” Boston Medical Center Dr. Sabrina Assoumou said. One silver lining that came from the COVID-19...
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Addressing racial disparities in Massachusetts' health care system
Racial disparities continue to plague the health care system in Massachusetts, but experts say that they’ve seen progress in efforts to addressing them.
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Shoppers thrown out of Boston Sephora in filmed apparent blackface incident
A video showing a Sephora worker telling off a person in apparent blackface at the store in Boston’s Prudential Center has prompted the makeup store to issue a statement reiterating the “type of behavior tolerated” there.
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Driver sentenced to life for deadly 2021 Belmont road rage attack
The Massachusetts man convicted in the racially motivated road rage killing of a man on a Belmont street three years ago was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday. Dean Kapsalis was convicted in May of racially motivated murder over a Jan. 19, 2021 road rage confrontation in which he shouted racial slurs at Henry Tapia before hitting the man…
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Suspended cannabis regulator accused of racist remarks appears in court
Suspended Cannabis Control Commission Chair Shannon O’Brien was back in court on Monday following her suspension in September. Her attorney asked the judge to delay Tuesday’s administrative hearing on her lawsuit filed again Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg.
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Mass. Cannabis Control Commission drama aired at court hearing
A Massachusetts judge will decide Tuesday morning whether a meeting between suspended Cannabis Control Commission Chairwoman Shannon O’Brien and Treasurer Deborah Goldberg scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday can go forward as planned. Superior Court Judge Debra Squires-Lee heard about 45 minutes of arguments Monday afternoon as the long-running drama unfolding between the former treasurer and current treasurer hit the courtroom…
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Cannabis Control Commission chair accused of racist remarks
Massachusetts’ top cannabis regulator was suspended from her job this fall after allegedly making racist comments about a person of Asian heritage.
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Mass. bill targets police misuse of facial recognition
Police departments in Massachusetts would be significantly curtailed in their ability to rely on facial recognition technology under revived legislation touted by civil rights activists that’s meant to crack down on racial disparities among people of color wrongfully suspected of crimes. Proposals from Reps. Orlando Ramos and Dave Rogers and Senate Majority Leader Cindy Creem (H 1728/S 927) would centralize…
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Teenager arrested after racist attack on MBTA Red Line
A 16-year-old has been arrested after a racist attack on a woman last month on the MBTA. The incident on the Red Line on Sept. 21 was captured on video. Teenagers could be seen harassing a woman, hurling racial slurs and trying to stop her from getting off the train. Transit police said Tuesday that a 16-year-old male had been…
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Racist attack on the T captured on video
The victim tells NBC10 Boston she has lived in Boston her entire life and has never experienced anything as terrifying as what happened that night.
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Melrose woman sentenced in racist attack on Muslim city councilor
A Massachusetts woman was sentenced Tuesday to six months probation after a racist attack on a Melrose city councilor late last year. Joan DiTomaso, 68, was charged with assault and battery following the altercation with City Councilor Maya Jamaleddine at a Melrose gas station in December. Prosecutors say the encounter began when DiTomaso verbally assaulted Jamaleddine, calling her a “terrorist…
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Woman sentenced in racist attack on Melrose city councilor
A judge sentenced 68-year-old Joan DiTomaso to six months probation after she assaulted Muslim Melrose City Councilor Maya Jamaleddine, calling her a “terrorist Arab.”
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Alexander Mattison, Vikings, NFL address racist messages from fans following Eagles TNF loss
The Vikings’ running back revealed the racially abusive messages he received from fans after losing a fumble on Thursday Night Football against the Eagles.
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Teen out of jail in alleged racist attempted drowning at Cape Cod pond
A white 14-year-old accused of trying to drown a Black youth in a racist attack on a Cape Cod pond was released to the custody of his father at a Monday court appearance. John Sheeran was indicted by a grand jury on charges of attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon over the July 19 incident at Goose Pond…