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Front Page - 2012-03-01

Obama urges governors to invest more in education

No issue will have a bigger impact on the future performance of our economy than education. In the long run it's going to ... determine whether businesses stay here. It will determine whether businesses are created here, whether businesses are hiring here. More »

Drop in black unemployment rate stirs hope, anxiety

The latest unemployment figures are music to Usama Robert's ears. Out of work more than two years, the Riverside, Calif. manufacturing supply chain manager is among the 243,000 Americans who found work in January 2012 - far exceeding expectations of about 150,000 new jobs. More »

Saul William's new album 'Volcanic Sunlight'

Poet and actor Saul Williams is a gifted storyteller who expertly mixes rhymes and rhythms on his newest album "Volcanic Sunlight." More »

We're already paying a 'War Tax' at the gas pump

It's hard to miss the higher cost of gas every time we fill up our cars these days, but the media doesn't do a very good job of explaining why. More »


Projects piling on for Dudley square

Through decades of promises, plans and projects, the revitalization of Dudley Square has been an elusive dream. Now, signs suggest revival is around the corner. More »

Several black newspapers operated in Lower Roxbury

Back when the city's dailies were clustered along Newspaper Row in the heart of downtown, another Newspaper Row existed in Lower Roxbury, where at least five weeklies serving the black community were published. More »

An apology ceremony we need to publicize

On February 26, an apology ceremony took place in California. The state apologized to approximately 400,000 people of Mexican ancestry who were deported in a spate of ethnic cleansing that gripped the United States during the Great Depression. More »