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Benjamin Cassidy

Contributor

City Life

The Night They Saved Fenway Park

Twenty-five years ago, the Red Sox planned a grand farewell for Fenway Park. Instead, thanks to Ted Williams, Pedro Martínez, and perhaps the greatest assembly of baseball talent ever, the 1999 MLB All-Star Game helped save the historic landmark.

City Life

Boston, We Have a Wealth-Gap Problem

Following the death of George Floyd, Lee Pelton’s essay “America Is on Fire” went viral. But for his latest mission—fixing the city’s shameful racial wealth gap—the recently installed president of the Boston Foundation knows it’ll take a lot more than words.