"Gifts should be more than baskets, bows and bling. They should be expressions of what we value and care about, locally and globally."
"While $9 million may not seem like a high cost for a $7 billion-asset bank, this fine is still encouraging to see. "
“The failures of urban planning reveal some of the ugliest parts of human nature and the deficits of our capitalist system."
“The advice I have for Jaylen is to reach out to our elected and city officials, the policymakers, the think tanks, the experts."
“The first to fold are always the weakest hands. The organizations that never had a deep commitment to DEI in the first place."
"People who can't find room in their hearts to acknowledge the humanity and human rights of others are not your future employees."
"Harry Belafonte modeled what he believed — that we couldn't simply rush in with so-called solutions."
"The party that said it wanted the government to be so small it could be drowned in a bathtub now wants it to be big enough to be everywhere."
There are factors that keep many Black entrepreneurs from fitting the profile of an ideal loan candidate.
"All of Boston will be watching for proof positive of the mayor delivering not just a vision, but specific actions to make change happen."
