LOCAL NEWS
New report details impact of Recovery ActIn a recently released report, University of Massachusetts Boston offered a first-ever look at the demographic breakdown of Recovery Act jobs in 2010. Chief among the findings was that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in Massachusetts created or retained jobs generally in proportion to the state population. More » |
Mass. advocates shift to immigrant tuition billWhen the U.S. Senate failed to pass the federal DREAM Act, Deivid Ribeiro and other undocumented student immigrants in Boston watched the voting on TV in silence. Some cried while others vowed to continue to press for a bill that would grant conditional legal status to young illegal immigrants who enroll in college or join the military. More » |
An actor's legacyIn the same small theater where James Spruill once directed and acted in plays, friends of the late Boston University professor brought him back to life, reminiscing about his skillful acting, outsize personality and attentive mentoring, which groomed thousands of college students and raw recruits into performers over more than 40 years. More » |
MIT economist hopes comics will explain health lawAn MIT economist and adviser to President Barack Obama is turning to comic books to help make the pitch for the administration's embattled health care law. Jonathan Gruber said he was hesitant at first when a book publisher approached him with the idea of translating the complex new law into a genre more typically populated by superheroes in tights. More » |
Mass. to boost lottery's profile on social mediaState lotteries across the country are increasingly turning to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to connect with customers, a trend that Massachusetts Treasurer Steven Grossman said is one of his top priorities as he looks to boost sales in coming years. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Study: 62 percent drop in home mortgages to minoritiesWASHINGTON, DC - Since the housing market collapsed, mortgage lending to African Americans and Hispanics has plunged precipitously - by more than 60 percent, according to a new study of loan information that banks submit to the federal government. More » |
Census: Vermont's getting more diverseMONTPELIER, Vt. - Lily-white Vermont - which has a higher percentage of white people than any U.S. state - has become more racially diverse during the last 10 years, with huge increases in the number of blacks, Asians and people who self-identified as being of more than one race, according to new census data released last week. More » |
Letters from Thurgood: Segregation is Un-American, tooAs the Cold War with the former Soviet Union unfolded, Congressional investigators hunted for Communists in the American film industry, a search best exemplified by the "Hollywood Ten" case. More » |
Secret meetings key to civil rights movementSPARTANBURG, S.C. - Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks drew national attention to racial injustices, but it was the quiet heroic work of others that forced an end to segregation in the South. More » |
Study: Loans to minorities did not cause housing crisisConservative Republicans and commentators have frequently blamed the housing crisis on the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), which encourages banks to make loans in the low - and moderate-income areas where they operate. But a study to be released this week and a bipartisan commission, conclude that the federal law had little impact on the crisis. More » |
Busing Fuss - N.C. marchers take aim at school diversity policyRALEIGH, N.C. - At a rally on Saturday where the main issue was the end of a busing-for-diversity policy in North Carolina's largest school district, speakers warned the large crowd that marching is not enough. More » |
Fed initiative targets gangs in KC, across nationKANSAS CITY, Mo. - In a city where there are twice as many identified gang members as there are police officers, the announcement last week that seven Kansas City residents are facing federal gang-related charges might not seem like much. More » |
WORLD NEWS
'Egyptians have inspired us'After 18 days of non-violent protest, Egyptians successfully overthrew Hosni Mubarak, the dictatorial ruler of the country for nearly three decades. The protests, which reached in the millions, drew from a wide section of Egyptian society, including tech-savvy youth, 80-year-old feminists, the unemployed, and wealthy businessmen. More » |
Duvalier foes seek justice for dictatorship abusesPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - As a political prisoner in the 1970s at Haiti's most dreaded lockup, Claude Rosier sat in his squalid, crowded cell and dreamed of the day that tubby, boyish dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier would face justice. More » |
After jail, a 2nd chance to rebuild soccer dreamsPARIS - Mara Kante saw his dreams crushed when he was convicted of carrying a weapon during riots outside Paris in 2007. Now the young Frenchman who trained with clubs in England and Italy is getting a second chance. More » |
