LOCAL NEWS
Cambridge forum digs into race, class issuesCAMBRIDGE - Mayor E. Denise Simmons continued a decades-long city tradition last Thursday, hosting a community discussion of race- and class-related matters in the Sullivan Chamber of Cambridge City Hall. More » |
Students to pols: Hub schools need fundingMore than 200 Boston Public Schools (BPS) students converged on the State House last week in a rally that capped a five-month struggle for more school funding. More » |
Conn. House endorses apology for slaveryHARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut may soon become the second Northern state to apologize for slavery, segregation and other racist policies its lawmakers once condoned. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
N.Y. judge rises from projects to the U.S. Supreme CourtNEW YORK - Sonia Sotomayor's path to the pinnacle of the legal profession began in the 1960s at a Bronx housing project just a couple of blocks from Yankee Stadium, where she and her family dealt with one struggle after another. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Human 'mules' haul coveted goods from U.S. to CubaHAVANA - The human mule is in her 70s, gaunt and hunched over with short, white hair and the deeply wrinkled face of a chain-smoker. More » |
