LOCAL NEWS
Tenure fight just the latest racial skirmish for EmersonComplaints filed with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) by two black Emerson College professors have shined a spotlight on what some say is a problem that has long plagued the school - poor handling of on-campus diversity. More » |
Murphy's law: Everything that could go wrong did go wrong for one Hub mother, but now she's back on trackIrene Murphy didn't have much to celebrate when she turned 50 in 2000. The Boston newspaper she worked for as a data-entry supervisor fired her during downsizing. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Pioneering historian Franklin dies at 94RALEIGH, N.C. - In his early days as a young academic, researching his pioneering book on the black experience in the U.S. and setting the foundation for a life's work chronicling African American history, John Hope Franklin had to leave Duke University's manuscript collection to eat lunch or use the bathroom. More » |
Questions, answers about domestic partner abuseDr. Tricia B. Bent-Goodley is an associate professor and chair of the Macro Practice Sequence at the Howard University School of Social Work in Washington, D.C. Her publications and research have largely focused on how domestic violence intersects with cultural competence, child welfare, prisoner reentry, adolescent violence, health and mental health, and faith- and community-based intervention development. She has authored or co-authored three books relating to social policy and people of color, and is an appointed committee member of the National Association of Social Workers' National Committee on Women's Issues. More » |
WORLD NEWS
30 years on, Egyptians at odds over Israel peaceCAIRO - Thirty years after Egypt signed a historic peace treaty with Israel - the first Arab country to do so - many here still question whether the 1979 deal with the Jewish state delivered the benefits Egyptians believed it was supposed to. More » |
