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Today, the Catholic church in the modern century. Are you Catholic? Does the church frustrate or illuminate your life? Where and how is Catholicism changing, or not?
The Archdiocese is 200 — As the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston celebrates its 200th anniversary, we’ll look at who is Catholic, what that means for both parishioners and the church and what it signifies about the power of the church in Massachusetts.
Are you a Catholic church parishoner? Tell us what it means to you.
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Plus, in our web specials: From Latin to Cape Verdean Creole, listen to Boston Catholicism’s past, present, and future…
It’s not exactly news that circulation and staff are down at Massachusetts newspapers. The Boston Globe has made its fourth buyout offer to employees since 2001. Circulation is down again at the Boston Herald. Will there be breaking news that nobody knows about? Where do you go to get your news and information?
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Plus, in our web specials: Meet the Blogfather…. and, some of the best media criticism out there at MediaNation.
The No Bully Zone
Tewksbury, MA
At the John W. Wynn Middle School, the core curriculum includes a comprehensive anti-bullying program called Rachel’s Challenge.
Rachel Scott was the first victim in the 1999 Columbine shootings. She was shot while eating lunch on the lawn with a friend.
Following her death, her family launched Rachel’s Challenge. Based on a school assembly given by members of the Scott family and Columbine survivors, the program promotes five goals:
- Eliminate prejudice by looking for the best in others
- Dare to dream. Set goals. Keep a journal.
- Choose your influences. Input determines output.
- Kind words, small acts of kindness = Huge impact
- Start a chain reaction with family and friends.
These goals are at the center of education at the Wynn middle school. Radio Boston’s Meghna Chakrabarti spent a day at the school to get a taste of life in the "no bully zone"…
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Today, your thoughts on the MBTA. How’s the service? How can it improve? How can the T climb out of its $8 billion debt?
The litany of woes is as long, and as old, as the MBTA itself: An $8 billion debt. Aging trains and buses. Maintenance backlogs. Fare increases. And now, the admission from MBTA general manager Daniel Grabauskas that the T has been secretly cutting tripsfrom its published schedules.
The hope, Grabauskas says, was that cutting trips would cut costs.
That hasn’t happened. The MBTA is still saddled with a debt load among the largest in the nation for a public transit system. Riders say service has been declining for years. And this is one of the few issues where everyone on Beacon Hill seems to be in agreement: the T is in trouble.
But what to do about it?
Get on board as we search for the answer to that question. And another, one of Boston’s most famous: "Should we walk, or do we have time to take the T?"
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Plus, web specials: From the Kingston Trio to Radio Boston, the T in music - popular and platform…
Senator Barack Obama is gaining momentum across the country, running on a platform of hope and change. Sound familiar? Here in Massachusetts voters responded to those same campaign slogans and promises when they elected Governor Deval Patrick.
They both have political ties in Chicago, are alumni of the same law school and both are breaking race barriers in America.
We’ll look into how similar their campaigns and backgrounds really are. What do you think? Did you vote for Patrick? Will you also vote for Obama? Or will you need more than a message of hope to cast your vote?
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Plus, a web special: Listen to a song about Barack Obama by Black Eyed Peas artist will.i.am.
Now that the ground has thawed let’s go on an archaeological dig. What are some of the latest big local discoveries? What do historical artifacts teach us about our past?
