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A record for life: Ex-cons battle overwhelming obstacles, oddsChristina Mercogliano, 25, has nine years of retail experience. You name it, she's worked it - everything from the cash register to stocking shelves to overnights in shipping and delivery. More » |
Chang-Diaz ousts Wilkerson in primary night shockerDespite an organization packed with some of the most seasoned campaign veterans in Boston's black and Latino communities, longtime incumbent Dianne Wilkerson lost the Second Suffolk District seat in the state Senate to challenger Sonia Chang-Diaz, falling short in Tuesday's Democratic primary election by just over 200 votes. More » |
Hennigan youth hoops league gets kids activeRobert White had a problem. "I saw a lot of these children hanging out during open gym time, not doing anything," said White, athletic director of the Hennigan Community Center in Jamaica Plain. "[I] figured they needed something to do." More » |
Wellesley exhibit looks at the black woman's bodyFrom the "Hottentot Venus" of the 19th century to the video vixens so prevalent in hip-hop music videos today, pop culture renderings of the black female form have been debated - and often decried - for years, by social critics and ordinary people alike. More » |
Hoops hall looks to honor black schools' coachesSPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Savannah State coach Teddy Wright was so good that legends grew up around him. Like the time he supposedly split his squad in two, sending half to play a game in the Southwest and the other half to play against a school on East Coast. More » |
