LOCAL NEWS
Broadening the pieFor City Councilor Felix Arroyo, opportunity recently came in the form of a vacated office in City Hall. When City Council's central staff moved into a larger office, they left behind an empty room the councilors wanted to use as a meeting space. More » |
New England '99ers' need unemployment help and jobsDarrell Davis is just one of hundreds of discouraged, long-term unemployed people we met during last week's "Jobs Rebuild America" tour in New England. Our visit to Boston and Springfield, Mass.; Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford, and Stamford, Conn.; and Providence, R.I. put a human face on the unemployment crisis in urban America and confirmed the need for immediate targeted action to rescue those who have been most profoundly affected. More » |
Mass. teens facing summer jobs drought this yearMassachusetts is facing the loss of thousands of summer jobs for lower income and working class teens as federal and state dollars dry up. More » |
UMass student provides 'a second chance' for orphans in Sierra LeoneOver fifty, once homeless, orphans on the streets of Sierra Leone now have a second chance at life thanks to a mere few hundred dollars and one man's passion to help. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Why West's Obama slur made headlinesPrinceton University professor Cornel West's silly, shoot-from-the-lip slur against President Barack Obama as a "black puppet" predictably got the headline that he knew it would for two reasons. More » |
Freedom Riders get place in history 50 years laterMONTGOMERY, Ala. - Freedom Riders who were attacked in Alabama's capital city on May 20, 1961, returned 50 years later to be hailed as heroes and have a museum dedicated at the old bus station where they were confronted by an angry white mob. More » |
Shooting of unarmed youth deemed a non-violent offenseLOS ANGELES, Calif. - Because California penal code does not classify Involuntary Manslaughter as a "violent" or "serious" offense, Johannes Mehserle, the convicted killer of Oscar Grant, could be released as early as mid-June of this year, after serving less than one year behind bars. More » |
Egyptian and American win JFK awardsA Google executive who launched a Facebook page that sparked protests in Egypt and a member of a southern U.S. school board were given the annual John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Monday. More » |
Businessman Cain enters 2012 GOP presidential raceATLANTA - Herman Cain has run a pizza chain, hosted a talk radio show and sparred with Bill Clinton over health care. He's never held elected office. More » |
Obama: '67 borders reflect longstanding policyWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama defended his endorsement of Israel's 1967 boundaries as the basis for a future Palestine, telling America's pro-Israel lobby Sunday that his views reflected longstanding U.S. policy that needed to be stated clearly. More » |
Clarence Thomas' visit to Ga. spurs debateAUGUSTA, Ga. - Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was welcomed with a mostly standing ovation last week when he took the podium to dedicate Augusta's sparkling new courthouse, but not everyone stood. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Warm Irish Welcome for O'BamaPresident Barack Obama lifted a pint and raised a nation's spirits this week in a 12-hour visit to Ireland marked by a poignant side-trip to the rural village from which his Irish ancestor set out on a journey to America. More » |
Mexico mass graves of 219 signal major cartel riftDURANGO, Mexico - The vacant car repair lot hardly looks out of place in a vibrant but gritty part of the northern colonial city of Durango, famous as the set for John Wayne westerns. More » |
