Old footage sheds light on Black Power film

"The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975" is a must see documentary about the rise and stall of the Black Power Movement in the United States. Filmed by Swedish journalists in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the film includes interviews with some of the Movement's most pivotal leaders woven together with audio commentaries made by contemporary African American artists, activists and scholars. More »

South Pacific's enduring message on diversity

Rodgers and Hammerstein took Broadway a quantum leap forward in understanding when they targeted the teaching of prejudice in the "South Pacific" stunner "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught." Fans of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning show know that this powerful number unflinchingly denounces the transmission of bigotry from adults to children. More »

The King and I's revival a sharply paced hit

When Anna Leonowens arrived at the court of King Mongkut (Rama IV) in the early 1860's, slavery and inequality ruled Thailand- then Siam - as much as the United States. The now renown governess would later write about teaching many of the monarch's children and wives English and British customs. More »


A missed opportunity

Residents of color in parts of Dorchester and Mattapan missed a political opportunity in the preliminary election for the open seat on the City Council representing District 3. More »

Cape Verdean pol charts GOP course

If the pictures on a legislator's walls tell a story, the story portrayed in the office of 1st Plymouth District Rep. Vinny deMacedo is unlike any other in the Statehouse. More »

Community colleges receive $20 million for job training

The U.S. Dept. of Labor has awarded a $20 million grant to Massachusetts community colleges for programs to help unemployed and displaced workers attain degrees, certificates or other credentials to accelerate their path to re-employment. More »