Communities

Jesus and Vanessa Salamanca say paying it forward is central to how they approach their community.

Nashua-based educator Priscilla Colón is leading an effort to teach the Taíno language, once spoken across the Caribbean, to new generations.

Many Muslims in Massachusetts say they still feel a need to defend their religion and patriotism.

National trends suggest that growing numbers of people are ditching the conventional club, with its late nights and bright lights, in favor of a new one: the run club.

Guiding the work is the nonprofit Aquinnah Land Initiative, a group founded in 2023 to ensure the three-acre property would remain in Indigenous hands.

When the United States was still deeply entrenched in the slave trade, the USS Constitution led a squadron that worked closely with formerly enslaved Black revolutionaries — illustrating that, in a democracy, foreign policy is only as permanent as the next election.

For nearly five decades, Chan’s has paired Chinese food with live jazz and blues, earning the Woonsocket institution a reputation far beyond Rhode Island

A 98-year-old Korean War veteran in South Windsor is receiving what many are calling long overdue recognition.

St. Andrew’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Rye Beach held its first service in the summer of 1876. The historic chapel was built for $4,000.

Flyers advertising services, concerts and lost pets have long been part of urban culture. That's despite ordinances banning them. In Northampton, Massachusetts, a tension has been brewing in the last few months around its no-posting ordinance established in the 1970s. There's a movement to change it.