LOCAL NEWS
Warren's win fueled by high black voter turnoutLast spring, the Massachusetts Democratic Party was on the ropes. The state's most popular and charismatic politician was Republican Senator Scott Brown, Republican candidates were gearing up to expand their gains in the state's House and Senate and Democrats were still smarting from Attorney General Martha Coakley's defeat in the special election she lost to Brown in 2010. More » |
Community Voices: Voters have spoken -- will Washington listen?The elections are over and people across the Commonwealth are celebrating (or grieving) for the candidates they supported. More » |
Community Voices: To deal with lab scandal, re-examine the drug warWith the elections now behind us, one of the top priorities for getting our house in order here in Massachusetts should be dealing with the scandal at the state drug lab -- and that means re-thinking the war on drugs. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
GOP voter suppression sparked black turnoutAs political pros, journalists and pundits pick over exit polls to study how and why President Obama beat Mitt Romney for the presidency, a lot of the attention has been showered on the Latino turnout, gender gap and voters under 30. More » |
Blacks and Hispanics lost $1 trillion in home equityAmong the 10.9 million homes that went into foreclosure between 2007 and 2011, more than half of the "spillover" cost to nearby homes has led to a $1 trillion loss in home equity for African American and Latino families, according to a new report by the Center for Responsible Lending titled "Collateral Damage: The Spillover Costs of Foreclosures." More » |
Obama: Americans are looking for consensus, coalitionsAs I said on Tuesday night, the American people voted for action, not politics as usual.?You elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. And in that spirit, I've invited leaders of both parties to the White House this week, so we can start to build consensus around the challenges that we can only solve together. And I also intend to bring in business and labor and civic leaders from all across the country here to Washington to get their ideas and input as well. More » |
Obama's victory: An historic tipping pointFor a year I have been telling people that the 2012 presidential contest is far more important than the 2008 election. Yes, in 2008 America elected its first African American president in Barack Obama. More » |
Tuskegee Airman Herbert Carter dead at 95Retired Col. Herbert E. Carter, a member of the original cadre of the 99th Fighter Squadron of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, died last Thursday at East Alabama Medical Center. He was 95. More » |
