The question remains:
What if King had lived?
Allen G. Breed
The preacher in him would have continued speaking out against injustice, war and maybe even pop culture. He would likely not have run for president. He probably would have endured more harassment from J. Edgar Hoover.
Four decades after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. fell to an assassin’s bullet, colleagues and biographers offer many answers to the question: What if he had lived? Full story
Sen. Barack Obama, speaks at the Mansfield-Metcalf Dinner at the Civic Center in Butte, Mont., on April 5. Obama and his chief rival for the Democratic nomination, Sen. Hillary Clinton, are now sparring over endorsements from a number of superdelegates. Scenes
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Mass. skepticism facing Patrick’s economic speech
Steve LeBlanc
The way Gov. Deval Patrick sees it, Massachusetts has any looming national recession right where it wants it.
Rather just than ride out the slump, Massachusetts is poised to surge ahead of other states, according to Patrick, who was set to offer a roadmap through the dim economic times in what he billed as a major speech on Wednesday.
“We are talking about how we can position ourselves to not just weather … but take advantage of some opportunities presented by the economic downturn,” said Patrick, hoping to reassure a public jolted by the foreclosure crisis and turmoil on Wall Street.
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‘Wire’ creator talks urban decline in Hub
Talia Whyte
Few television shows impact the way viewers think about their place in society; the critically acclaimed HBO drama “The Wire,” which ended its five-season run last month, was one.
Although the series never found the high ratings enjoyed by some of the cable network’s other flagship programming, the multifaceted drama developed a devoted audience that included many critics, who frequently called it “the best show on television no one is watching.” Full story
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