LOCAL NEWS
Transit advocates slam MBTA's fare hike planMore than 150 transit activists gathered at the State House on Monday to protest plans forwarded by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) for a system-wide fare hike. More » |
Patrick planning Mass. economic summitGov. Deval Patrick wants to help push the economic recovery in Massachusetts rather than waiting for it to happen, so he's organizing an economic summit this fall. More » |
An American message Obama, the man and symbol, delivered for NAACPLost in all the recent noise about health care reform and the media sensation surrounding the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was a rather thoughtful speech delivered by President Barack Obama at the annual NAACP convention, held last month in New York City. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
At NABJ meeting, role of black press debatedTAMPA, Fla. - Since the 1827 founding of Freedom's Journal, the nation's first black-owned newspaper, the black press has historically served as the voice of the African American community. More » |
Questions about Obama birthplace won't dieWASHINGTON - Despite government documents showing President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, at 7:24 p.m. on Aug. 4, 1961, some Americans - known as "birthers" - still contend he was born outside the country and is ineligible to be president. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Ex-Liberian chief pushes back at U.S. governmentAMSTERDAM - Charles Taylor accuses the United States of "gunboat diplomacy," of dumping him as part of a global policy of "regime change" and hypocrisy on human rights. Defending himself in court against war crimes charges, the former Liberian president is hitting back at his nemesis. More » |
U.N. chief demands halt to sexual violenceUNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last Friday demanded global action to stop government forces and armed groups from using sexual violence "like a grenade or a gun" to pursue their goals More » |
