SHIRLEY LEUNG | HIGH & DRY

‘Durgin-Park, I can’t believe that’: How a Mattapan restaurant got its liquor license from the historic Faneuil Hall spot

Mello Vibez's experience highlights a Boston liquor license system that squashes opportunities to build both wealth and community life in underserved neighborhoods. 5:55 a.m.

The cannabis industry is fighting over how many stores one company can own. Here’s why.

A debate over the cap on weed permits has sparked worries of broken promises for entrepreneurs of color and fears of creating a marijuana monopoly. 5:05 p.m.

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To close the achievement gap, some schools take a holistic approach

Experts argue school districts can’t close achievement gaps until they remove, or at least minimize, the societal obstacles that hold so many students back. But can schools alone do enough? 6:30 a.m.

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They sued Boston’s public schools for better education for Black children. Instead, they got busing.

In their quest for better neighborhood schools for Black children, Earline Pruitt and 13 other families, including 43 children, inadvertently landed at the center of one of the most contentious civil rights battles in Boston’s history. 6:30 a.m.

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

The Boston Globe explores the legacy of Boston’s busing era. 6:30 a.m.

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With new busing curriculum, BPS tackles its own history. But will all students get a chance to learn?

For decades, BPS students have learned more about southern integration battles in schools than they have about Boston's own. Now, the district will roll out new lessons on the city's busing history – but it won’t mandate teaching it. 6:30 a.m.

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Meet the families whose lawsuit forced BPS to integrate

Some of the plaintiffs behind the 1974 decision to desegregate Boston’s schools were shielded from the limelight and never publicly spoke of their reasons for signing on to the lawsuit – until now. 6:30 a.m.