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I empathize with the shoemaker’s concern about his reputation, but the carelessly-made shoe still hurts. One night in 1980, just a few years after the busing crisis, I was a college student walking through Harvard Square. Two white boys coming from the opposite direction parted ways...
An electrical fire broke out in the basement of an MIT-owned office building at around 11 a.m. Friday, and investigators spent the weekend combing through mounds of debris in an attempt to piece together what happened. The fire at the 17-story building at 1 Broadway in Kendall Square...
The accident shut down the T temporarily Friday afternoon, and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) was reportedly busing passengers between the Central Square and Park Street stops. Ria S. Tobaccowala '10, who said she and a colleague were on their way to teach civics for a program Friday, was...
The Jefferson County dispute has in some ways been brewing for more than a half century, ever since the Supreme Court in its 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawed school segregation. The busing battles that followed this landmark ruling were the stuff of civil rights lore. But in...
The effects of legalized segregation have been remedied? Recent studies indicate that schools in many communities are growing more segregated. Just 50% of blacks earn a regular high school diploma, compared with 74% of whites, according to research by the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University and the Urban Institute...