LOCAL NEWS
The comeback, RCC women back in the game after four-year hiatusMark Leszczyk has a thing for lost causes. In 1999, he took the girl's basketball coaching job at Our Lady of Fatima High School in Providence, R.I., which hadn't won a single game in four years. His first year, the team won one game. The next year, they went to the league playoffs. Last Saturday, six years after Leszczyk had moved on, they played for a Rhode Island state championship. More » |
Whittier's Williams to be honored by UMass-BostonFrederica Williams, president and CEO of Whittier Street Health Center in Roxbury, will receive the University of Massachusetts-Boston's Robert H. Quinn Award for Community Leadership in recognition of her long-running commitment to reversing racial disparities in health care and being an advocate for community health in urban and multicultural communities, the health center announced Sunday. More » |
Casino debate devolving amid Deval/DiMasi tensionThere was a time not too long ago when Gov. Deval Patrick was criticized for not working hard enough to win approval for his casino gambling bill. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Paterson may be first black, blind New York governorALBANY, N.Y. - The man poised to succeed the disgraced Eliot Spitzer will not only become the first black governor of New York. He will also be the state's first legally blind governor, and its first disabled governor since Franklin D. Roosevelt. More » |
Activists bare teeth in Ohio foreclosure fightCLEVELAND - Folks on Humphrey Hill Drive were still waking up on the icy Saturday morning the shark hunters came to town. More » |
Report details challenges facing young black womenNEW YORK - This is a triumphant time for black women: Condoleezza Rice in the global diplomatic spotlight, Michelle Obama captivating campaign crowds as a potential first lady, billionaire Oprah Winfrey playing political kingmaker. More » |
Voters' enthusiasm tilting toward Obama in Penn.STROUDSBURG, Penn. - For Edwin David, who served with the famed World War II unit of black fighters known as the Tuskegee Airmen, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is an easy choice. More » |
Restoration sought for Md. house owned by former slaveGALESVILLE, Md. - His name was Henry Wilson. He was the first freed slave to own property in the Galesville area. He bought two acres for $250 and later acquired another 25 acres. More » |
Entrepreneurs reclaiming black hair care marketBALTIMORE - Hunched over folding tables in their Baltimore basement, Pierre and Jamyla Bennu put the "hand" in Oyin Handmade, meticulously squeezing droplets of oil into amber-colored bottles of "Juices and Berries" hair tonic. More » |
UConn hopes to offer black studies this fallSTORRS, Conn. - Students at the state's flagship university will be able to earn degrees in the study of black history and culture starting this fall if a state board approves the school's plans. More » |
