LOCAL NEWS

Forum brings minorities closer to opportunities

Minority and women contractors seeking business opportunities gathered at Massachusetts Minority Contractors Association (MMCA)'s Dorchester office recently to hear about upcoming construction projects and potential opportunities for small businesses. More »

Taking it to the streets

When Matthew Osofisan sat next to Michael Toney as a freshman in his first class at Northeastern University (NU), he did not expect to share more than notes with his classmate. More »

BPS superintendent talks about closing achievement gap

Some major cities have departed from tradition and hired people who have never been educators as school superintendents, on the theory that their managerial skills will whip public school systems into shape. More »

Growing diversity demands dramatic redistricting reform

The emerging demography of Boston over the two last decades has virtually transformed the city's neighborhoods, creating new social and electoral enclaves in communities that were once racially, culturally and economically monolithic. More »

NATIONAL NEWS

NCAA reviews members' diversity practices

Perhaps because keeping score is an intrinsic part of competitive sports, the NCAA has tracked diversity by the numbers, counting how many ethnic minorities and women work as coaches and athletic directors, particularly at Division I schools. More »

Racial attitudes play large role in presidential vote

After the 2008 election of President Barack Obama, many proclaimed that the country had entered a post-racial era in which race was no longer an issue. But a new, large-scale study shows that racial attitudes have already played a substantial role in 2012 during the Republican primaries. They may play an even larger role in this year's presidential election. More »

One in 10 U.S. veterans has no health Insurance

One in 10 veterans under the age of 65 is living without health insurance, according to a new study examining health care access for retired service members. More »

America's minority population is growing

We've been hearing about it for years, and now the time has come. The Census Bureau recently announced that, for the first time, the birth rate of people of color exceeded that of whites -- 50.4 percent to 49.5 percent. More »

HEALTH

AIDS activist: Still more work to be done

At the height of her career as an accountant for a major corporation, Kim Wilson was stricken with an unexplainable sickness that left her hospitalized for half a year. More »

African American families face Alzheimer's disease

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-"He was saying that some fellow across the street was taking gas out of his truck," said Ann Small about her husband, James. "I know that [the neighbor] would never do such a thing-and then [James] accused someone of taking tires off of his truck. I didn't pay much attention to it. Then after he was diagnosed, a lot of these little things come to mind." More »