Volunteers offer hope, help amid foreclosures

Dorrett Martin, a volunteer with the Jamaica Plain housing advocacy group City Life/Vida Urbana, navigated her car along the short curvy streets near Mattapan Square. More »

Labor committee reviewing bill mandating paid sick days

Having healthcare coverage is one thing, but according to the Massachusetts Paid Leave Coalition (MPLC), healthcare is of no use if people are not able to take the time away from work to receive that coverage. More »

MIT dialogue sheds light on race and mainstream media

In a wide-ranging discussion on the mainstream media, noted journalist Juan Williams and MIT professor J. Phillip Thompson equally agreed that both are falling short in consistently providing important information to communities of color. More »

Prize-winning authors to grace Boston book festival

Bibliophiles have been grumbling for a while that something in Boston was missing. More »

Obama's Nobel prize sparks vitriol, spite

WASHINGTON - Vitriol and invective stain American political history, but falsehoods, half-truths and innuendo now spread with the speed of light across partisan airwaves and the Internet the din drowning out the country's moderate political center. More »

Obama's Nobel Peace Prize and its message to the world

Though Barack Obama's selection as this year's Noble Peace Prize recipient is unconventional - and some would say controversial - it's perfectly logical when one considers what Obama represents in historical context. More »

Obama's worthy message of hope and presidential election

The awarding of the Nobel Prize for Peace to Barrack Obama has provoked what one correspondent called "a huge national conversation." The responses have ranged from shock to downright viciousness. President Obama acknowledges that the award is more for hope and American leadership than for anything he himself has achieved personally. But reporters keep asking the question, "Does he deserve it?" More »