LOCAL NEWS
The blame game: New Cambridge report gives equal blame to both Harvard professor and Cambridge police officerKing Solomon threatened to split the baby. The Cambridge Review Committee chose to split the blame. More » |
Neglected Popeye's employees win settlementFor three months, Bruce Quick toiled at Popeye's Chicken in Kenmore Square, working for a paycheck that never came. Although his promised rate of pay - $8.75 an hour - is just $.75 above the state?s minimum wage, apparently it was too much for the owners of the Popeye's franchise. More » |
Gov. Patrick signs $27.6B 2011 Mass. state budgetGov. Deval Patrick has enacted a $27.6 billion budget that will cut state aid to cities, towns and schools for the new fiscal year that began last Thursday, at the same time vetoing $457 million in spending, much of it anticipated federal dollars that Congress has yet to approve. More » |
Baker seeks five debates in Mass. governor's raceTrailing Democratic incumbent Deval Patrick, independent gubernatorial candidate Timothy Cahill launched a six-figure advertising campaign last week, while Republican Charles Baker called for five televised debates this fall. More » |
Acting local, thinking globalIt was in 2002 on a Sunday morning, at the Morning Star Baptist Church, when Beth Williams had what a preacher would call an epiphany. Her father, Archie Williams, had just passed away, leaving behind a fledgling business that recycled printer cartridges. More » |
Minority sports professionals and minority business developmentNo one group of professionals within the African American community should be held responsible for the conditions impacting all African Americans. There has always been a debate about whether "progress" is initiated by individuals or requires group solidarity. No matter how you come out on this debate, there is widespread recognition among African Americans that "to whom much is given, much is expected." More » |
Banner Biz Q&AQ: What does a business owner need to take to a lender in order to apply for an SBA loan? More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
'Fight of the Century' - How Jack Johnson became boxing's first black heavyweight world championThe news from Down Under reached New York on Christmas night, speeding there in just 24 minutes through the modern miracles of land and sea cables. More » |
Minority wave in summer tide of Coast Guard swabsNEW LONDON, Conn. - New recruits at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy are supposed to look straight ahead, but Rasheed Breland was able to glance at his classmates long enough to realize that many besides him were minorities. More » |
Ex-Justice Dept. lawyer says whites' rights ignoredPHILADELPHIA - Witnesses described an ugly scene: Two members of the New Black Panther Party threatening white voters the day Barack Obama was elected president, flinging insults like "white devil" and "you're about to be ruled by the black man, cracker." More » |
WORLD NEWS
The spirit of jazz is alive in MontrealMontreal - The Montreal Jazz Festival is more than the sum of 800 bands over 12 days. For many, it is family tradition. More » |
Johannesburg draws poor, struggles to house themJOHANNESBURG - The handsome art-deco building at 193 Jeppe St. was typical of its apartheid times: full of white-collar professionals, mostly white, and an army of blacks pushing brooms and serving tea until night fell and the segregation banished them to their distant townships. More » |
South African soccer great looks back wistfullyJOHANNESBURG - Though thrilled that the World Cup has come to his homeland, South African soccer great Jomo Sono can't help but look back to his glory days in the apartheid era and wonder what might have been. More » |
