Running with RFK, Rafer Johnson looks back on the 1968 campaign
When Olympic gold medalist Rafer Johnson signed on with Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's insurgent 1968 presidential campaign, the commitment came with a price. More »
UMass-Boston prof critical of South African leaders
Fourteen years after the end of apartheid, South Africa has emerged as one of the continent's premier powers. But it is still a country in transition. Racial strife between the country's white minority and the black majority is still a problem, and new challenges, such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic and widespread violent crime, are draining the country's resources. More »
Victim of police chase car crash still seeks settlement
Emanuelle Ancoin doesn't remember standing at Tremont Street and Columbus Avenue on a Saturday in January of 1997, waiting to cross the street. She has no recollection of the police chase that changed her life - neither the sirens of the pursuing police car, nor the screeching of tires that came before the fleeing vehicle jumped the sidewalk and knocked her 15 feet into the air. More »
