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Oct. 11 will no longer be recognized as Columbus Day in Boston after acting Mayor Kim Janey signed an executive order on Thursday. Instead, the day will be referred to now as Indigenous Peoples Day.

The chant that greeted Mary Sheffield on Detroit’s primary election night rang true Tuesday: “First female mayor! First female mayor!” Detroit ― one of the country’s Blackest cities ― finally joined ...