“When they turn 18, many foster children are entitled to the money they earned from federal benefits like Social Security and disability and survivor benefits. But in a new report by the Children’s Advocacy Institute (CAI) at the University of San Diego...
Katrina White remembers just how determined her parents were to see her, and all her siblings, go to college. That never happened. She lost her father when she was nine years older. Then, she lost her mother, too, in 2013. After living initially with an older sister,...
(WORCESTER) Trish Appert, Executive Director, Friendly House stops by the Sherwood’s Diner studio to talk about the mission of Friendly House and what they have planned for 2024. Appert talks about the role Friendly House play in lifting people out of homelessness and...
Residents of a for-profit Worcester skilled nursing facility were subjected to inadequate care and neglect that in some cases left the patients with complex neurological or behavioral conditions languishing and dangerously ill, according to a state watchdog agency....
When Pamela Daly got new wheelchair brakes, they rattled and didn’t work. She complained to the manufacturer but after a month was still waiting for replacements. Daly, a disability rights advocate, was late to an event at the State House because the chair slipped...
EQUITY, A TERM often at the forefront of discussions surrounding public schools, is not merely a buzzword. It represents the fundamental principle that every student in the Commonwealth, regardless of background or circumstances, deserves an equal opportunity to...
NORTH HAMPTON, N.H. — Brandon Fogwell, of North Hampton, New Hampshire, lives with the risk of having a seizure at any moment, but he said that doesn’t stop him from cycling. Currently, the top individual fundraiser for the American Diabetes Association in New...
In Boston’s current education system, students of color, particularly our Black and Brown students, are disproportionately impacted by gaps in opportunity and outcomes. Race cannot continue to predict educational outcomes for our students in Boston. Racial equity in...
BOSTON – September 20, 2023 – Slowey McManus Communications (SMC) today announced the launch of the Communications Accelerator program for emerging life sciences companies. The program gives young, growing life science companies a concentrated group of services to...
“The only remaining evidence was the testimony of two eyewitnesses who viewed the perpetrator at night for less than ten seconds under circumstances that we now know, based on numerous exonerations and research, create a high risk of misidentification,”...
