Archive for June 2020

In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police in Minnesota, and the subsequent protests across the country over the past week, we asked several college presidents about the role campuses should play at this moment. Read More

Juma Crawford writes, "Black and Indigenous people have never had the privilege of believing in the American Dream. Now is the time to create another type of dream." Read More

The Massachusetts Public Health Association and other groups have come together to produce a set of criteria that they insist should be met before the state moves to Phase Two of its reopening. Several of their benchmarks would preclude Gov. Charlie Baker from reopening the next group of businesses, including restaurants and retail shops, by…

On June 3, the U.S. Senate gave most small businesses who took PPP money what they wished for. But that may not be the whole story. Read More

The Cambridge transportation startup confirmed a story that the Boston Business Journal reported last week, and a new round of funding to fuel expansion into shared e-scooter operations. Read More

The level of jobless claims is still massive, but for the first time since March the number of people continuing to receive the benefits declined in Massachusetts. Read More

Good morning, friends. Here are the 5 Things You Need to Know today in Boston business news, plus details on the PPP, new Fed programs, summer reading and a home office for your backyard, but not for mine. Read More

We need real strategies to build the pipeline of qualified medical professionals. And that starts with providing students access to the right real-life skills and training. Read More

Based on federal filings, 74 out of the 100 largest public companies in the Bay State achieved revenue increases. Read More

Wooten looks to her background in home-economics and macroeconomics for building a post-Covid higher-education future in a time of racial tensions. Read More