LOCAL NEWS
RoxComp suspends clinical operations indefinitelyIn the middle of ongoing federal and state investigations over a range of issues, including financial mismanagement, the Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center (RoxComp) temporarily suspended its clinical operations this week. More » |
Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller: Nation's first black psychiatristDr. Solomon Carter Fuller, the nation's first black psychiatrist, endured employment discrimination to make significant contributions to Alzheimer's disease research and the development of American psychiatry. He was born in Monrovia, Liberia on Aug. 11, 1872. His grandfather, John Lewis Fuller, a slave and skilled shoemaker from Petersburg, Va., toiled, saved his money and purchased both his freedom and that of his companion, Nancy -- a white indentured servant. More » |
Service to honor radio personality Lovell DyettA free memorial service open to the public will be held Saturday at Roxbury Community College for the late Lovell Dyett, a pioneering radio personality who hosted a radio show for nearly 40 years before his death last year. He was 77 years old. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
New book sheds light on Black Panther PartyAs the debate over gun control heats up across the country, the National Rifle Association has tried to portray itself as the supreme defender of the Second Amendment. But less than 50 years ago, the NRA supported gun regulations, backing a California measure that made it illegal to carry loaded firearms in public. More » |
Slavery and the right to bear armsThe Second Amendment is the hottest public policy issue today. It reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." More » |
