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From pain to pride: A difficult journey enables Yvette Modestin to help girls find themselvesYvette Modestin remembers the feeling of isolation that came from claiming two cultures but being embraced by none. More » |
Civic community partnership helps Hub voter turnout soarFueled in part by the presidential campaign of Barack Obama and high-profile elections featuring local legislators, Boston last year saw its highest rates of voter participation since the 1960s. Leading the electoral pack were the city's minority communities, with ballot surges in neighborhoods like Dorchester, Roxbury, Jamaica Plain and Mattapan. More » |
At 100, 'Aunt Gertrude' a witness to historyGertrude Smith was focused. It was Jan. 20, 2009. Barack Obama was taking the oath of office, and the 100-year-old wasn't about to miss a second of history unfolding. More » |
Report: Mass. sentencing laws not doing the jobCalls for reform of mandatory minimum sentencing laws received some added support recently from a report by a Massachusetts incarceration think tank that claims current policies are failing to keep children safe from the dangers of drugs. More » |
Hub woman honors late husband via Delta charityLast October, Ines Soto-Palmarin decided to go on a trip to the Mississippi Delta with a friend to take a break from the nightmare she was living in. Her husband, Jorge Palmarin Jr., had died of cancer in May. He was just 37. More » |
Food stamp demand surges as economic crisis deepensThese days, Project Bread is fielding more inquires about food stamps than ever before. More » |
Theater-police partnership helps develop teen leadersThey swagger, tease and laugh the way most high school students do. But when Naheem Garcia says, "Hold it," they listen. More » |
