LOCAL NEWS
Justice for Jason? - On the second anniversary of UMass attack, Jason Vassell's fate is still unknownTwo years ago, Jason Vassell was a normal senior at UMass Amherst. The youngest son of Jamaican immigrants who had settled in Mattapan, Vassell was a well-liked biology major dreaming of medical school and a career researching treatments for cancer and AIDS. More » |
New GED program opens at Central Branch YMCAAfter four years of successful programming in the South End, the Pathway Technology Campus (PTC) inaugurated its new GED Readiness Program last week at the Central Branch YMCA with an open house. More » |
Genealogist: Obama, Mass. Sen.-elect Brown relatedIt was bad enough that President Barack Obama lost his filibuster-proof margin in the U.S. Senate to a Republican. Now it turns out he also lost it to a relative. More » |
New England's 1st black elected mayor pens memoirHARTFORD, Conn. - When the confetti stopped flying and the cheers died down on Election Night 1981, Mayor-elect Thirman Milner looked over Hartford's skyline and one half-jesting thought filled his mind. More » |
After Brown win, new Mass. focus on stimulus jobsA fierce competition among construction companies for limited public stimulus dollars is producing an unexpected silver lining for Massachusetts amid the recession. More » |
City Fresh caters to community needsSay this about Glen Lloyd. He is a community guy. For the last 20 years, he has driven through Roxbury and Dorchester preaching the gospel of minority-owned businesses. More » |
The What, How and Why of Minority Business CertificationThey say that every generation must learn the key lessons of life. Similarly, every generation of minority entrepreneurs needs to be made aware of the world of minority business certification. There are so many official and legal documents that are required for entrepreneurs to maintain and have ready for one certification or another that is understandably confusing and frustrating for those entrepreneurs who are just trying to make money. More » |
Banner Biz: Q&AJoyce Beach Small is Director, Corporate Diversity at Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts (BCBSMA). She has worked at BCBSMA for the last 13 years, and has held leadership positions in various departments, including, Operations, Sales/IT and Human Resources. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Do blacks truly want to transcend race?Five little words - "I forgot he was black" - have caused a furor in the United States and exposed a contradiction in the idea that it has become a post-racial nation since electing its first black president last year. More » |
Oil heat program launch warms Harlem Co-opNEW YORK - Chyresse Lopez pushed through the sidewalk crowd to get a better look at the blue-jacketed delivery man hauling a hose up to the fill-pipe of her Harlem apartment building. More » |
Obama, Republicans swap barbs, ideas in meetingBALTIMORE - In a remarkably sharp face-to-face confrontation, President Barack Obama chastised Republican lawmakers Friday for opposing him on taxes, health care and the economic stimulus, while they accused him in turn of brushing off their ideas and driving up the national debt. More » |
Protesters reflect on success of 1960s sit-insGREENSBORO, N.C. - The four college freshmen walked quietly into a Greensboro dime store on a breezy Monday afternoon, bought a few items, then sat down at the "whites only" lunch counter - and sparked a wave of civil rights protest that changed America. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Haiti minister: US Baptists could face US courtsPORT-AU-PRINCE - Haiti's prime minister said Monday that 10 Americans who tried to take a busload of undocumented Haitian children out of the country knew that "what they were doing was wrong" and could be prosecuted in the United States. More » |
