LOCAL NEWS
Hub Puerto Rican activists livid at racial e-mail gaffeIt happens to everyone at least once. An absent-minded click of the mouse. The eye's momentary inability to distinguish between "reply" and "reply to sender and recipients." More » |
Boston youth speak out on violence, education, healthAs the old saying goes, children should be seen, not heard. But today, with quality of life problems growing for many Boston kids, more adults are recognizing that the city's youth need to be part of the conversation about finding solutions. More » |
ESPN's 'Contender' boxers hit Dudley Sq.ESPN sent the four semi-finalist fighters from the third season of its series "The Contender" to the heart of Roxbury last Saturday. More » |
'Price of Sugar' documentary offers food for thoughtSugar is one of the most used commodities in the world, but few people think about the story behind the sweetener in their coffee cups. Local filmmaker Bill Haney's new documentary suggests that if they did, they would realize that sugar is not only a political landmine, but also quite literally a life and death issue. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Minority enrollment stays strong in Mich.The number of minority freshmen at the University of Michigan remains about the same this fall, despite a ban on affirmative action approved by the state's voters a year ago. More » |
Bush presents Medals of Freedom to honoreesWASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, to recognize contributions in science, the arts, literature and the cause of peace and freedom. More » |
Colleges pledge to narrow minority achievement gapsIn a coordinated stab at one of higher education's most pressing problems, some of the country's largest university systems pledged last Wednesday to cut in half the achievement gaps for minority and low-income students on their campuses over the next eight years. More » |
House Democrats press Bush administration on subpoenasWASHINGTON - House Democrats threatened Monday to hold President Bush's key confidants in contempt of Congress unless they comply with subpoenas for information on the Justice Department's purge of federal prosecutors last winter. More » |
Olympic gold medalist John Woodruff dies at 92PHOENIX - John Woodruff, who joined Jesse Owens as black Americans who won gold medals in the face of Adolf Hitler and his "master race" agenda at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, has died. He was 92. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Winfrey in tears over abuse scandal at S. African schoolJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Oprah Winfrey said Monday she wept for half an hour when she heard a dorm matron was accused of abusing students at her school for disadvantaged South African girls. She promised to "clean house," starting with the headmistress. More » |
