LOCAL NEWS
Protesters demand more local jobs at FerdinandLocal residents and community activists have been protesting at the Ferdinand site in Dudley Square for the past week to demand more construction jobs for Boston residents on the Dudley Municipal Center. More » |
Boston Public Library opens 'Elevated View'"An Elevated View: The Orange Line" is the latest exhibition to open at the Boston Public Library's Copley Square location. The exhibition features 65 photographs from a 1985 project that documented Boston's elevated rail system prior to its 1987 dismantling. The exhibit is open through Jan. 19, 2013. More » |
In tight Senate fight, Warren, Brown reach out to black clergyWith less than two weeks remaining in one of the most watched U.S. Senatorial campaigns in Massachusetts history, the race between U.S. Senator Scott Brown and Harvard Professor Elizabeth Warren is resulting in unprecedented attention directed to an unlikely source: the black church. More » |
Logan workers file discrimination caseTwo airport workers filed complaints last week with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) alleging that one was fired and another suspended for speaking Creole while on the job. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
President Obama: RFK's prediction finally came trueIn the early 1960s, then-Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy painted a promising picture for African Americans. The interview was broadcast on Voice of America to 60 countries across the globe and occurred at a time when blacks were soldiering through the Civil Rights Movement. More » |
Community Voices: Maxine Waters rising up the financial services ranksIt is always big news whenever ethics charges are brought against a member of Congress. Convictions, though rare, also make headlines. We understand that bad news sells. More » |
WORLD NEWS
In debate, Africa at center of international security"Mali has been taken over, the northern part of Mali, by al Qaeda-type individuals. We have in Egypt a Muslim Brotherhood, president..." More » |
Brazil models new approach to affirmative actionThe Oct. 10 Supreme Court argument in the Fisher v. Texas affirmative action case marks a peculiar turning point in the racial history of the United States and its inspiration in worldwide Civil Rights movements. More » |
Haiti's homeless fight back, but need global muscleWhen the earthquake hit Haiti in January 2010, many in the impoverished country lost what little they had. More » |
