LOCAL NEWS
Emerson College busy diversifying its staffFaced with a public controversy over its limited faculty diversity, Emerson College has responded with a spate of hirings and promotions of minorities, capped by the installation of its first African American president, M. Lee Pelton. More » |
Racial profiling in Boston night clubsDisturbed by a rash of racial incidents at Boston night clubs, City Councilors Ayanna Pressley and Tito Jackson are holding a public hearing next month to increase awareness of the state Public Accommodations Law. More » |
Former House Speaker DiMasi sentenced to 8 yearsFormer House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi, once one of the most powerful figures in Massachusetts politics, was sentenced Friday to eight years in federal prison for using his influence to steer $17.5 million in state contracts to a software firm in exchange for kickbacks. More » |
Redistricting should protect minority voting rightsThe redistricting process now underway in our state presents great opportunities to correct forms of electoral injustice that ostensibly function as civic barriers for millions of minorities. These barriers persist as roadblocks that impede full political participation for blacks, Latinos and Asians in mainstream civil society. More » |
Elizabeth Warren enters Mass. Senate raceConsumer advocate and Democrat Elizabeth Warren will enter the Massachusetts Senate primary for a shot at challenging incumbent Republican Scott Brown for his seat. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Obama employment plan heartens frustrated blacksPresident Barack Obama's jobs pitch is already playing well with blacks, who had grown plenty irked with him over what they perceived as his indifference to their needs. More » |
Census: US poverty rate swells to nearly 1 in 6WASHINGTON - The ranks of the nation's poor swelled to nearly 1 in 6 people last year, reaching a new high as long-term unemployment woes left millions of Americans struggling and out of work. The number of uninsured edged up to 49.9 million, the biggest in over two decades. More » |
Obama increases number of female, minority judgesWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is moving at a historic pace to try to diversify the nation's federal judiciary: Nearly three of every four people he has gotten confirmed to the federal bench are women or minorities. He is the first president who hasn't selected a majority of white males for lifetime judgeships. More » |
Before the NAACP, the Niagara Movement fought for equal rights, human brotherhoodBy the time the Niagara Movement hit Boston for its annual conference in late August 1907, W.E.B. Du Bois was poised for battle. The Movement had inched along the prior three years, and the strain of running an organization plagued with chronic infighting, limited resources and an almost insurmountable goal of attaining racial equality within turn-of-the-century America was a daunting task. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Sharp splits emerging among Libya's new leadersSharp splits are already emerging in the ranks of Libya's new rulers between Islamic conservatives and more secular figures competing for power even as the leadership begins to settle in Tripoli and start creating a post-Moammar Gadhafi government. More » |
Gen. Rodriguez: US soldiers to be spread thinnerAs the war in Afghanistan winds down, the U.S. soldiers will be spread thinner and must be ready to perform a wider array of missions, the new Army commander in charge of training and providing troops for the wars said Monday. More » |
