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Obama pushes for education turnaroundBOSTON - Arguing that good public education can thrive even in troubled neighborhoods, President Barack Obama showcased a school in a working-class Boston neighborhood Tuesday that turned around its graduation rate thanks to new flexibility for its leaders and plenty of help from private foundations. More » |
Mayor's Ferdinand plan stirs hope for Dudley revitalizationMayor Thomas Menino has announced major plans for long-awaited redevelopment of the old Ferdinand Building in the heart of Dudley Square. More » |
Anti-apartheid efforts felt home and abroadOne hot summer morning, thousands of black students left their classrooms to protest what they thought was a racist curriculum. The high school students marched peacefully, but soon found police armed with deadly weapons, blocking their path. More » |
Raising the bar for minority-owned businessesSecuring capital and building capacity were the key challenges explored recently at a minority business summit, which drew nearly 200 people to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. More » |
MA House nixes independent redistricting panelBOSTON - The Massachusetts House easily defeated a Republican-backed proposal to create an independent commission to redraw the state's congressional and legislative district lines. More » |
Setti Warren weighing 2012 challenge to Sen. BrownHe's been in office a little more than a year, but already Republican Sen. Scott Brown is beginning to attract would-be Democratic challengers. More » |
Two candidates, two visions for District 7The candidates running in next week's District 7 special election have staked out distinct positions: inside player with connections downtown, or independent voice, fighting to put the community's needs first. More » |
Influential Harvard minister Gomes dies at 68CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Rev. Peter J. Gomes, a nationally influential Baptist minister and advocate for tolerance who oversaw Harvard University's Memorial Church for more than 30 years, has died. He was 68. More » |
Journalist chronicles blacks' 'Great Migration'Between 1915 and 1970, some six million African American citizens left the South and its oppressive Jim Crow laws and became immigrants in their own country, seeking greater freedom in the cities of the Northeast, the Midwest and the West. More » |
Honoring Derek WalcottBoston Playwrights Theatre (BPT), now beginning its 30th anniversary season, is honoring its black Caribbean founder and former artistic director Derek Walcott in the most fitting way possible - by putting on one of his plays. More » |
'Rebuilding Haiti' town hall provides vital answersThe local Haitian community got their chance to grill key players in the Haiti earthquake recovery effort at a recent town hall meeting held last Friday, March 4. More » |
Exhibit focuses on fighting foreclosure in BostonDorrett Martin refinanced her Blue Hill Avenue home of 25 years while caring for her ill mother. She lost her job, could no longer make the higher mortgage payments and went into foreclosure. Her foreclosure also threatened her longtime tenant Sandra Douglas, with whom Martin developed a deep friendship over 24 years in the three-family house. More » |
Morehouse making a joyful noise for a good causeIn what has become an annual two-day celebration of music and distinction, Boston will host the 7th Morehouse MoreJazz Weekend, a scholarship fundraiser supporting Boston youth and sponsored by the Greater Boston Morehouse College Alumni Association (GBMCAA). More » |
Mass. Gov. Patrick touts support of union rightsWith public employee unions coming under increasing pressure nationwide, few governors have been as outspoken in their support of labor rights as Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. More » |
Mass. unions offer health care overhaul proposalUnions representing state and municipal workers are offering their own proposal to help cut the soaring cost of health care spending, which threatens the budgets of Massachusetts cities and towns. More » |
