LOCAL NEWS
Hub radio host to return, but airtime cut angers fansWeeks after a budget crunch led to his dismissal, one of Boston's longest-tenured black media voices is coming back to local airwaves, but the supporters who pushed for his homecoming are not pleased with the terms of his return. More » |
Pilot BPS civics class shows early promiseEnglish High School teacher Efrain Toledano has Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 projected onto the whiteboard of his civics class. With the section of the landmark law that prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin and sex displayed for all to see, Toledano has asked his students to write about why sexual harassment occurs. More » |
N.E. minority biz council merger to open new doorsAs it did to a number of local and national institutions last month, change came in January to the New England Minority Supplier Development Council. And according to Dr. Fred McKinney, it's a change minority business owners can believe in. More » |
Unemployment woes hit hard in New EnglandTashon Brown says she had no idea she was in danger of losing her job when she arrived for work one day last December - until a security guard told her she no longer had permission to enter. More » |
Amid State House shift, odds of casinos in Mass. improvingThe odds of Massachusetts rolling the dice on expanded gambling - whether slot machines, full-blown casinos, or both - are getting better by the day. More » |
An intellectual sparring ground: Boston radicals found a home in New BedfordIt was called "the New Bedford Annex for Boston Radicals," and at the dawn of the 20th century, the well-appointed house on Arnold Street was one lively place. More » |
Late Hub campaigner celebrated at serviceThroughout his life, Juan Tennyson was famous among his friends for the artistic zeal he brought to passions like bending metal into sculpture and shooting amateur films. But it was his enthusiasm and skill for the art of politics that many members of the local political establishment mourned last Saturday, when about 300 people gathered at St. Mary of the Angels Church in Roxbury for a memorial service in Tennyson's honor. More » |
