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Job creation a key piece of Jackson's at-large bidTito Jackson feels like he was destined to be a leader. He traces his path back to watching his father, the late community organizer Herbert Kwaku Zulu Jackson, lead grassroots efforts to force contractors to comply with laws for hiring women and people of color as the founder of the Greater Roxbury Workers Association. More » |
Turner, Henriquez hit airwaves for D7 debateThe two men widely seen as the leading candidates to represent District 7 on Boston's City Council squared off in an hour-long radio debate on Monday morning. The key question was which trait voters will value more: experience or energy. More » |
Hub product turned soccer sensation Ryan Johnson returns home to play this SaturdayRyan Johnson got his soccer start kicking a ball on the playgrounds of Boston. He hasn?t stopped kicking since. More » |
Rwanda trip shows Mass. students meaning of communitySeventeen local high school students traveled halfway across the globe last month on an all-expenses-paid, three-week cultural exchange trip linking two Bay State schools with their counterparts in the African nation of Rwanda. More » |
Dot native finds fellowship on 10-day Holy Land tripThe West Bank is a land crisscrossed by barbed-wire checkpoints, fortified Israeli settlements and a winding, 20-foot-high militarized "separation" wall that Israelis say is designed to keep them safe from Palestinian terrorists. More » |
