The Liberian Civil War claimed 250,000 lives including five (5) American Nuns from Ohio. Although Liberia was an American Colony Founded by high ranking American Government officials to remove and colonize all mixed race and free African Americans, thousands of refugees displaced by the war across the United States have been denied access to humanitarian assistance and permits to work like refugees of other wars. Still, on December 22, Liberians will gather in Allston to remember the dead and press the United States Government for equal protection afforded other refugees.
Politics
By uhrinews - 12/11/19 - 10:38 am
Cats & Dogs in America are protected but African American Children Abandoned For 17 years under Democrat Obama and Republicans Bush and Trump.
Kattie(not her real name), an American Citizen, was only one year old when she boarded a US Marines Helicopter in Monrovia, the Capital City of the American Colony of Liberia created in 1822 by the American Colonization Society (ACS) to prevent slave revolt and rid the United States of all mixed race and free African Americans. Katie is now 18 years of age.
By adamg - 12/9/19 - 9:54 pm
WGBH reports a recount showed that Julia Mejia won the fourth at-large seat on the city council by just one vote over Alejandra St. Guillen.
By adamg - 12/7/19 - 10:36 am
Andrea Doremus Cuetara is among the people in the Elections Department at City Hall this morning, waiting for the recount to begin in the race for the fourth at-large seat on the city council - in which Julia Mejia and Alejandra St. Guillen are current separated by less than ten votes.
By adamg - 12/6/19 - 10:51 pm
MassLive.com reports the protesters wouldn't move from Gov. Baker's office and were arrested on trespassing charges.
State Rep. Nika Elugardo (D-Jamaica Plain), reports people can send donations to help with bail, transportation and food costs on Venmo at @SunriseBosJailSupport
By adamg - 12/2/19 - 1:20 pm
WBUR explains why San Francisco city employees will no longer be allowed to take work trips here - and the city will stop considering Massachusetts companies for contracts - next year.
By adamg - 11/26/19 - 12:22 pm
Massachusetts Beverage Business reports that a group representing the state's package stores is suing to block a proposed 2020 referendum that would let convenience-store chains, specifically Cumberland Farms, own as many liquor licenses as they want.
The plaintiffs, led by Sav-Mor Liquors Benjamin Weiner, said AG Maura Healey blew it by approving the measure, in part because it asks voters to do four separate things and the state constitution only allows ballot questions to ask voters to do just one thing at a time.
By adamg - 11/21/19 - 9:32 pm
WBUR reports Brookline Town Meeting voted Wednesday to ban oil and gas hookups in new buildings - or buildings undergoing major reconstruction work. The measure needs the approval of the state Attorney General's office before it can go into effect.
By adamg - 11/21/19 - 11:27 am
WBUR reports the ban would include both cigarettes and vaping cartridges.
By adamg - 11/21/19 - 9:11 am
The Globe reports on a council vote yesterday for a new city cannabis board that would determine who gets licenses in Boston - with an emphasis on local, minority owners. It's the result of an agreement between Councilor Kim Janey (Roxbury) and Mayor Walsh.
Proposed ordinance (5.9M PDF).
By adamg - 11/18/19 - 4:06 pm
With many Red Line riders still fuming over delays this morning that lasted more than an hour, Gov. Baker's office decided 12:35 p.m. was a good time to boast about improvements being made to the Red Line.
By adamg - 11/18/19 - 12:26 pm
Dallas Voice reports a couple of alleged Bostonians organized a "straight pride" rally there:
By adamg - 11/13/19 - 11:26 pm
The latest unofficial city election results now show just five votes separate Julia Mejia and Alejandra St. Guillen for the fourth at-large seat on the city council. Both campaigns have been collecting signatures for a recount of what, on election night, seemed to be a ten-vote election win for Mejia.
H/t James W. Hills.
By adamg - 11/12/19 - 11:34 am
Deval Patrick might stage a Bloombergian late entry into the presidential race, which would bring the number of Massachusetts candidates back up to three - four if you include El Bloombito, who spent his formative years in Medford. Patrick is, of course, upset that none of the roughly 5,000 moderates in the race (remember Seth Moulton?) seem to have put wooden stakes in the Warren and Sanders campaigns yet.
By Kent - 11/12/19 - 9:08 am
Temple Hillel B'nai Torah - Theodore Parker Church - Stratford Street United Church - Holy Name Church - Roslindale is for Everyone - Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale invite you to
A Path to Healing Our Communities: Understanding Restorative Justice
November 19, 2019, 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:30)
Speakers: Susan Maze Rothstein, Suffolk University Restorative Justice Program
Rahsaan Hall, Massachusetts ACLU
Rachel Rollins, Suffolk County District Attorney
Moderator: Tanisha Sullivan, President, NAACP Boston Branch
By adamg - 11/10/19 - 1:39 pm
As the Massachusetts Republican party accelerates into Trumpsylvania, Ed Lyons analyzes Charlie Baker's new super PAC, which put money into a variety of municipal campaigns in this month's election - including those of some Democrats:
By all appearances, Massachusetts Majority is the engine of a new statewide political party, targeting that sizeable majority of largely unenrolled voters who support Charlie Baker and his politics but are not being served by loud partisans to the left and right.
By adamg - 11/7/19 - 1:48 pm
The Dorchester Reporter lists the steps the campaign of Alejandra St. Guillen will have to take to seek a recount of Tuesday's results, which show her losing the fourth at-large seat to Julia Mejia by just 10 votes.
By adamg - 11/7/19 - 11:56 am
Two Rhode Islanders who specialize in annoying people in their state took a trip up to Boston this week to stick their iPhone in the faces of workers at the Massachusetts State House and demand to know up front who they are and what they do. Read more.
By adamg - 11/6/19 - 3:49 pm
Purple shows precincts Wu won.
Matt McCloskey has compiled a map showing which at-large candidates won which precincts in yesterday's council election. As she did in the September preliminary, incumbent and top finisher Michelle Wu came in first in the most precincts across the city, by far.
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