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Second probe of Mass. Probation Dept. plannedA day after Massachusetts' top court released a scathing report alleging corrupt hiring and promotion practices at the Probation Department, the state inspector general said he's forging ahead with his own inquiry. More » |
Curry, Owens vie to lead NAACP BostonMichael Curry has a vivid memory of his mother taking the bus to school with him one day and getting into a confrontation with a white man who was standing outside of the school heckling, "You don't belong here. Go back to where you came from!" More » |
BET's ambassador to gospel musicIf gospel music had an ambassador it would be Bobby Jones - the host and executive producer of Bobby Jones Gospel, Black Entertainment Television's first and most popular gospel music program. More » |
Matriach of A Nubian Notion, Inc. family dies at 96Elva Lee Abdal-Khallaq (Collins), the youngest and last surviving of 13 and mother of 10, grandmother of 26 and great-grandmother of 21, died at 96. She was pre-deceased by her husband Malik A. Abdal-Khallaq. She is survived by sons Abu (Jamila), Sharif (Lesley), Mustafa and Jacob (Rose), and daughters Saafa (Richard), Jumaada (Robert), Hamida, Regina (Devon), Yvette and Yvonne. More » |
Local mentoring program takes national prizesGood deeds have paid off for a Roxbury-based mentoring project. The DREAM Program was named the Philanthropic Small Business of the Year and Most Influential College Student Organization at the second annual Classy Awards. More » |
Patrick to push in-state tuition for immigrantsMassachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick vowed last week to adopt the rest of an advisory panel's immigration reform recommendations, including pushing for in-state tuition for illegal immigrant students at state colleges, during his second term. More » |
