LOCAL NEWS
At-large bid has Ezedi back on city pol sceneAt 10 a.m., Egobudike Ezedi's campaign kickoff starts off with eight volunteers setting up tables and hand-lettering signs, while the candidate and attorney Eddie Jenkins work the median strip on Blue Hill Avenue. More » |
Ailey dancer, Dot native Boyd takes stage by stormWhile he was a student at the Boston Arts Academy, Kirven J. Boyd frequently replayed a video of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performing "For 'Bird'- With Love," a dance suite dedicated to alto saxophonist Charlie Parker. More » |
Hub tennis club exhibit explores sport's black pastSportsmen's Tennis Club in Dorchester was the site of reflection and celebration last weekend as it hosted "Breaking the Barriers," an exhibit honoring some of the most important black figures in tennis history. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Black voter turnout rates matched whites in 2008WASHINGTON - Nearly one-fourth of voters in last November's election were minorities, the most diverse election ever, fueled by high turnout from black women and a growing Hispanic population, an independent research group found. More » |
White man's burden? Discrimination suits flourishThe issue of reverse discrimination first reached the nation?s highest court in the 1970s, when a student with good grades named Allan Bakke accused a University of California medical school of twice denying him admission because he was white. More » |
WORLD NEWS
NATO ship seizes explosives from suspected piratesNAIROBI, Kenya - A Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on a Norwegian-owned oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden, a NATO spokesman said last Saturday. More » |
