A fight for tolerance
For a decade, St. Cloud State University has worked to change a broad climate of intolerance that had pervaded the campus of the second-largest university in Minnesota. How much change has occurred, though, is a matter of debate. More »
Nonprofit aids clients in building credit, buying cars
More Than Wheels - a nonprofit company that uses car buying as a catalyst for economic stability - is helping clients take control of their finances. Founded in 2001 in New Hampshire, the successful organization now has offices a stone's throw from South Station in Boston. Focused on helping people understand their credit and modify their attitudes toward money, More Than Wheels has helped more than 1,500 people purchase cars. More »
'Every Person Has A Story' raises funds, shares mission
More than 400 people visited Faneuil Hall's Red Line bar earlier this month to attend the largest fundraising party "Every Person Has a Story" (EPHAS) has ever hosted. For a voluntary $20 donation at the door, patrons could support the organization and get a chance to meet and listen to rapper-activist Emmanual Jal. More »
Do hard hats signify the return of Boston's economy?
"One of the things that can tell you the economy has gotten better is to look up and see cranes in the sky." Tracy Parks, a member of the Boston Workers Alliance and Laborers' Local 151, told me that recently. And, it is not just cranes in the sky, but also shovels in the ground. On a busy street, you no longer just see suits, you notice more hard hats and lunch boxes. More »
