LOCAL NEWS
Cambridge forum digs into race, class issuesCAMBRIDGE - Mayor E. Denise Simmons continued a decades-long city tradition last Thursday, hosting a community discussion of race- and class-related matters in the Sullivan Chamber of Cambridge City Hall. More » |
Students to pols: Hub schools need fundingMore than 200 Boston Public Schools (BPS) students converged on the State House last week in a rally that capped a five-month struggle for more school funding. More » |
Kennedy picks first woman as Mass. U.S. AttorneyCarmen Ortiz, an assistant U.S. attorney who prosecutes white collar crime, has been recommended to President Barack Obama as the next U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, Sen. Edward Kennedy announced last Tuesday. More » |
Troubled Lawrence schools chief faces new problemsIn his nine years as Lawrence's school superintendent, Wilfredo Laboy has been a lightning rod for criticism in the poor, heavily Latino city. More » |
Conn. House endorses apology for slaveryHARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut may soon become the second Northern state to apologize for slavery, segregation and other racist policies its lawmakers once condoned. More » |
