PART I The Education of Charles Taylor ←Click here to go back to Introduction Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor was born to poor parents in a rural town in Liberia, about 30 miles upriver from Monrovia, on Jan. 28, 1948. His father, Nielsen Philip Taylor, the great-grandson of immigrants from the American South, was educated through […]
SOMERVILLE ARTIST PAINTS MURAL IN JP
New work by Julia Csekö opens Saturday, May 21 (Somerville Wire) – As part of a long-term plan to uplift and celebrate the Stonybrook community in Jamaica Plain, Somerville-based artist Julia Csekö has created a new mural on an exterior wall of the Extra Space Storage facility at 141 McBride St. in Jamaica Plain. Csekö’s […]
SOMERVILLE NURSES FIGHT FOR FAIR CONTRACT
During negotiations with Cambridge Health Alliance, nurses feel unrecognized.
PICS & RECAP: COMMUNITY CANDLE VIGIL HONORING VICTIMS OF ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE
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BINJ REPORTING HIGHLIGHTED NATIONALLY
While we can use all the local push that we can get, we are thrilled that The Appeal and The Marshall Project—both leading sources of news and information regarding criminal justice and prisons—picked up the latest from BINJ and reporter Jean Trounstine.