Nathan Metcalf

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Brian MacQuarrie |Nathan Metcalf

When Dolores Rodriguez arrived in East Boston from El Salvador, she didn’t speak English or know anyone in the city. Rodriguez, 48, was far from her family, grieving the distance, and struggling to build a life in her new country. Everything changed when she walked through the doors of Most Holy Redeemer Church, she said. “That was the main thing,” Rodriguez said. “Everybody is welcome right there — Latin people, American people.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Esmy Jimenez |Nathan Metcalf

Efrain Sanchez wheeled a dolly carrying Maseca corn flour and beer into Lynn’s Casa Antigua restaurant on a recent Friday afternoon. The restaurant, which serves Central American and Mexican food, was nearly empty, save for a man at the bar asking for a beer, and a mother and her child eating a late lunch.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Nathan Metcalf |Tonya Alanez

Boston University students, in hopes of establishing a sanctuary campus free of federal agents seeking to identify, surveil, detain, or deport international students, staff, and faculty, marched to the Dean of Students office Thursday to make their voices heard. Protesters coordinated chants by call and response between megaphone wielding organizers and the crowd.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Sabrina Shankman |Nathan Metcalf

On Tuesday afternoon, dozens of federal government employees with the Environmental Protection Agency held picket signs and marched near Post Office Square in downtown Boston. They were there as part of a show of solidarity occurring in eight US cities to protest the Trump administration’s plans to dramatically slash the federal organization by 65 percent. Since Trump took office, the EPA has been subject to funding freezes, cancelled grants, and mass firings.