LOCAL NEWS
Summer jobs critical for peace in the streets, students sayA crowd of teen activists estimated at more than 700 marched though the streets of downtown Boston last week in a demonstration demanding funding for youth jobs. More » |
Local officials hold forum to discuss JP muggingsFollowing a series of muggings near Orange Line MBTA stops in Jamaica Plain, local law enforcement and elected officials met with neighborhood residents at the Nate Smith House on Lamartine Street last week to discuss the extra efforts made by local police and the ways pedestrians could make themselves safer. More » |
Possible library closings prompt community ireCalling possible branch library closings a potential "catastrophe," City Councilor Charles Yancey called on city and state officials to attend hearings on ways to eliminate the Boston Public Library's budget deficit. More » |
Mass. gubernatorial candidates pledge to serveGun-shy Massachusetts voters spent Gov. Deval Patrick's first term wondering whether he'd serve all four years, or up and leave for some other job like his recent predecessors. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
"Vocation vacation:" Test Driving a New JobThe most recent figures from the U.S. Labor Department announced that unemployment dipped slightly below 10 percent in January. But that still translates to a staggering 14.8 million people out of work. More » |
USDA reaches new deal with black farmersWASHINGTON - The Obama administration announced last week a $1.25 billion deal with black farmers that could end a years-long stalemate over alleged racial discrimination by the Agriculture Department. More » |
NAACP elects Brock, 44, as youngest board chairmanNEW YORK - The NAACP elected a health care executive as its youngest board chairman Saturday, continuing a youth movement for the nation's oldest civil rights organization. More » |
The team that changed the worldEL PASO, Texas - Forty minutes of basketball produced 40,000 pieces of hate mail. More » |
WORLD NEWS
French leader's Haiti visit revives bitternessPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Nicolas Sarkozy's visit, the first ever by a French president, is reviving bitter memories of the crippling costs of Haiti's 1804 independence. More » |
