LOCAL NEWS
Hub residents prepare for Obama inaugurationBrian Knowles has spent the last three months preparing for his trip down to Washington, D.C., to attend the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. More » |
Cutting costs, corruption on Hub's legislative agendaMayor Thomas M. Menino revealed the city's legislative agenda for the new year last Thursday, a wish list aimed at enhancing Boston's fiscal flexibility while featuring initiatives from paving the way for single-sex schools to giving Boston police the ability to ticket wayward cyclists. More » |
54th Mass. Regiment to march in inaugural paradeThe Massachusetts National Guard's newly organized and designated 54th Volunteer Regiment (Selected Honor Guard) will carry its proud lineage to Washington, D.C., to march in President-elect Barack Obama?s inaugural parade on Jan. 20. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
SPECIAL SECTION: Honoring the 80th Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.On March 31, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. discussed his planned poor people's demonstration from the pulpit of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. "This is America's opportunity to help bridge the gulf between the haves and the have-nots," King said. "The question is whether America will do it. There is nothing new about poverty. What is new is that we now have the techniques and the resources to get rid of poverty." More » |
Beyond the 'new' black polThere's something different about Obama's generation. But what? More » |
WORLD NEWS
S. African savings clubs brace against bad timesNHLAZUKA, South Africa - Fano Ephraim Mtshali hasn't held a steady job since 1998 and claws out a living for himself, his two children and his eight orphaned nieces and nephews by growing vegetables. More » |
