LOCAL NEWS
Second probe of Mass. Probation Dept. plannedA day after Massachusetts' top court released a scathing report alleging corrupt hiring and promotion practices at the Probation Department, the state inspector general said he's forging ahead with his own inquiry. More » |
Curry, Owens vie to lead NAACP BostonMichael Curry has a vivid memory of his mother taking the bus to school with him one day and getting into a confrontation with a white man who was standing outside of the school heckling, "You don't belong here. Go back to where you came from!" More » |
BET's ambassador to gospel musicIf gospel music had an ambassador it would be Bobby Jones - the host and executive producer of Bobby Jones Gospel, Black Entertainment Television's first and most popular gospel music program. More » |
Matriach of A Nubian Notion, Inc. family dies at 96Elva Lee Abdal-Khallaq (Collins), the youngest and last surviving of 13 and mother of 10, grandmother of 26 and great-grandmother of 21, died at 96. She was pre-deceased by her husband Malik A. Abdal-Khallaq. She is survived by sons Abu (Jamila), Sharif (Lesley), Mustafa and Jacob (Rose), and daughters Saafa (Richard), Jumaada (Robert), Hamida, Regina (Devon), Yvette and Yvonne. More » |
Local mentoring program takes national prizesGood deeds have paid off for a Roxbury-based mentoring project. The DREAM Program was named the Philanthropic Small Business of the Year and Most Influential College Student Organization at the second annual Classy Awards. More » |
Patrick to push in-state tuition for immigrantsMassachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick vowed last week to adopt the rest of an advisory panel's immigration reform recommendations, including pushing for in-state tuition for illegal immigrant students at state colleges, during his second term. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Raising retirement age hurts poor, low-income workersWASHINGTON - Raising the retirement age for Social Security would disproportionately hurt low-income workers and minorities, and increase disability claims by older people unable to work, government auditors told Congress. More » |
Rangel censure specter draws sadness, scorn in NYNEW YORK - The prospect of a public scolding in Washington for Rep. Charles Rangel over ethics violations has drawn both sadness and scorn in his Harlem neighborhood, where he was just re-elected with 81 percent of the vote and remains an icon to residents who say they'll be the ones to decide his political fate. More » |
TSA chief says no change in screening policyWASHINGTON - Air travelers buoyed by President Barack Obama's request for his national security team to consider less intrusive airport screenings shouldn't expect anything different at airports soon. More » |
Delius Doherty added a bit of flavor to 'Chorus Line'When ?A Chorus Line? first opened in 1975, many theatergoers were rightly concerned about "token black characters" in the arts. In fact, this Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical has only one African American character in it, albeit a memorable featured part. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Fidel Castro is happy with direction of CubaHAVANA - Fidel Castro says he is happy with the direction Cuba is taking under the leadership of his brother Raul, his most explicit remarks to date about the sweeping economic changes the country is undergoing. More » |
China's Nobel fury unmatched since Soviet daysOSLO, Norway - China is not the first nation to be rankled by a Nobel Peace Prize. But its furious assault on the 2010 award to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo has reached proportions last seen during the Soviet and Nazi regimes. More » |
