The Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival began with a post on a Yahoo! chat room. In 2002, co-founder Stephanie ...

One bill, the Toxic-Free Beauty Act, would ban an additional 18 chemicals as well as the chemical classes of phthalates and ...

Senators Edward J. Markey and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley have reintroduced the Freedom to Move Act, which would provide ...

Just as the Republic Services strike has been called out as a threat to public health, the bar advocate work stoppage ...

A group of bills recently proposed in Congress would address the significant health concerns associated with hair products ...

Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Seth Moulton and Stephen Lynch are urging the company to return to negotiations with members of the Teamsters Union.

All nine members of Massachusetts’ U.S. House delegation have called on trash hauler Republic Services to reach a deal with striking Teamsters, ending a work stoppage that has caused garbage to pile ...

Two Massachusetts pols are taking another crack at making public transportation fare-free nationwide, including the MBTA in Greater Boston.

Members of the Teamsters Local 25 union have been on strike since July 1, causing trash pickup delays in more than a dozen ...

She was, she told me, ‘shutting down the profile and revoking all permissions,’” the Atlantic magazine reporter explained.

The Wu administration is directing $5 million in grant funding toward community organizations with the aim of narrowing a ...