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The Boston City Council met Thursday afternoon to discuss a proposal to establish a job quota for women and people of color working at construction sites. PHOTO BY ABBY FREEMAN/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Boston City Council discusses required quota for minorities at construction sites

Ben Rabin December 9, 2016

The Boston City Council gathered on Thursday to discuss a new proposal that would establish quotas for the minimum percentages of women and people of color working at the city’s construction sites....

Boston University President Robert Brown, who was scheduled to appear before Boston City Council Tuesday to discuss diversity in higher education, will instead attend a hearing on Dec. 19 after reaching a postponement agreement Monday. PHOTO BY KENSHIN OKUBO/DFP FILE PHOTO

Boston University President Robert Brown to testify at later date before City Council

Mina Corpuz December 2, 2014

As the result of a Monday agreement between Boston University officials and Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson, BU President Robert Brown will attend a hearing about student and employee diversity on...

Boston University President Robert Brown was subpoenaed Nov. 24 by the Boston City Council to appear at a hearing on Tuesday to address issues of employee and student diversity. PHOTO BY FALON MORAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston University goes to court to fight City Council subpoena

Mina Corpuz December 1, 2014

Boston University has gone to court as a result of a subpoena from the Boston City Council issued on Nov. 24 asking BU President Robert Brown to testify at a hearing on student and employee diversity...

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EDIT: Pushing Out the Pushcarts

Editors October 3, 2014

Paris’s famed Les Halles Marketplace was once a centuries-old bustling wholesale market where vendors from all over the city could sell their produce and wares. Today, it is a mega mall. Faneuil Hall...

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