Jaydha Rackard News Today

By Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff February 10, 2021 Jaydha Rackard A seventh grader at Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy in Fields Corner is behind a new “Covid self-care” workshop for girls ages 10-14 that will take place next week over February break. Jay’dha Rackard,12, a South End resident, explained to the Reporter that she saw an opportunity to teach her peers some necessary self-care skills and practices. After applying for and winning a $20,000 grant, Rackard set about organizing...

Pandemic. Politics. Protest. Those were the central issues that dominated 2020. Our photographers selected images from our coverage that best capture and illustrate those major storylines of 2020. Below are the images that told the story of the protests. We also have photo highlights of the year in politics and the pandemic. You can find a complete collection here of more than 100 of the very best shots WBUR took in 2020. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) April 23 | Protesters screamed out of their windows, ...