LOCAL NEWS
New BHA chief of staff brings unique perspectiveA week or so into her new job as chief of staff at the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) last October, Trinh Nguyen called up Lewis "Harry" Spence, the man who worked wonders during the agency's low point 30 years ago. Spence, appointed by the court to take charge when the BHA went into receivership in 1980, is widely credited with putting Boston's violence-torn and physically deteriorated public housing developments on a path of improvement that continues today. More » |
Local group urging natl. Screen-Free WeekThe Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC), a Boston-based organization known for its efforts to fight child-targeted marketing, is kicking off a nationwide call to families to turn off screens - TVs, DVDs, computers, iPhones - for the week of April 18-24. More » |
Banner Biz: The Great Recession is over - now what?According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Great Recession that began in the second quarter of 2008 was declared officially over at the end of the third quarter of 2009. This recession was dubbed "Great" because it was deeper than the previous 10 post-World War II recessions, but was shorter and was not as deep as the Great Depression. But whatever you choose to call it, this recent economic downturn did plenty of damage. More » |
Brothers for Boston march to fight crime and violenceThere are still concerned men in our community who care about making a difference. This was the message Brothers for Boston aimed to send with their march through Roxbury last Saturday. More » |
Production explored meaning of ChristIn Fyodor Dostoyevsky's great final novel, "The Brothers Karamazov," one of the brothers imagines the return of Christ. He enters Seville, Spain, during the peak of the Spanish Inquisition, as heretics are being burnt at the stake. More » |
'Hurricane' Carter urges crowd to never give upAfter spending 20 years in prison for crimes he never committed, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter understands the importance of never giving up. More » |
Decades later 'Hair' proves relevant, timelessThe 1960s was a decade of civil rights marches, anti-war protests and greater intimacy, and "Hair" was the show. More » |
Report: Mass budget cut by $3B since recessionMassachusetts has been forced to cut $3 billion from its state budget and slash local aid to cities and towns by nearly 40 percent since the start of the national recession, according to an analysis by an independent research group. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Study: Gaps in wealth grew during recessionBlack and low-income households have been hit hardest by the recession, widening the gap between rich and poor, claims a new study by the Economic Policy Institute. More » |
Blacks seek new clout in once-white suburbsWASHINGTON - With more blacks moving from city to suburb, the National Urban League says it is worried states may improperly seek to stem the political clout of African Americans as they spread into historically white districts. More » |
Malcolm X scholar Manning Marable dies at 60NEW YORK - Manning Marable, an influential historian whose forthcoming Malcolm X biography could revise perceptions of the slain civil rights leader, died Friday, just days before the book described as his life's work was to be released. He was 60. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Haitians leaving quake settlement campsPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Large numbers of Haitians are leaving the dirty, overcrowded camps that sprang up after last year's earthquake, some lured away by financial incentives from officials and others forced out by landowners. More » |
Remembering Haiti's children with a magical quiltHow many quilts does it take to cover all the orphans in Haiti? Alda Witherspoon plans to start with one the size of a football field and go from there. More » |
US planes attack as US cuts back Libya missionWASHINGTON - U.S. Air Force and Marine attack planes struck targets in Libya on a stretch of Mediterranean coastline near the cities of Sirte and Brega on Monday, the final day of planned U.S. combat missions in the North African nation, U.S. officials said. More » |
