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.
The Radio Boston webchat with Fitchburg Mayor Lisa Wong drew spirited questions from people across the Commonwealth. Schools, crimes, jobs, the environment, the challenges of rebuilding a major Massachusetts mill city… click on this webpost to read the full transcript.
claudine
Welcome Mayor Wong to Radio Boston
10:37 meghna157
Hello! This is Meghna from radio boston. I work with Claudine. Thank you to the Mayor for joining us
10:37 Ken Jones
Hi meg,
10:39 meghna157
Hello moderator
Welcome to the Radio Boston live webchat. We’ll run a chatroom like this every week while the show is live and on the air, Fridays from 1-2pm Eastern Time. Log on and listen in to our live stream: www.wbur.org/listen.
Today, a live webchat with Fitchburg Mayor Lisa Wong on revitalizing Massachusetts mill cities.
Doctors reflect on medical errors and their profession
In 1927, Harvard physician Francis W. Peabody wrote, “The secret to the care of the patient is in the caring for the patient.”
This is the art of medicine. But is it the culture of medicine? …
Some patients who have been harmed during medical procedures are opting not to sue, but to talk with the medical team responsible for the harm. Health care professionals are being trained to apologize when things go wrong. Who benefits from a doctor’s mea culpa?
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Plus, in our web specials:Sit in on "disclosure training"for doctors, learn more about MITTS,and the three questions you should ask your doctorto help her avoid mistakes…
Home foreclosures continue to be a problem in most Massachusetts communities in 2008 and many economists expect that it’s only going to get worse. We visit one city where foreclosures are blamed for destabilizing neighborhoods and harming the local economy. Is it (as one analyst says) a "perfect storm" situation where the housing market slump, the credit crunch and predatory lending have combined to create a wave of debt and abandoned buildings?
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It’s one of the most popular video games in America. It’s brought back ripped jeans and rattails. It’s unleashed your inner rockstar. It’s Guitar Hero. And it was created by Harmonix Music Systems, a Cambridge, Massachusetts based design company.
Radio Boston visited a Guitar Hero tournament at the Alchemist Lounge in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. We brought back this revealing look at… Guitar Hero: Behind the Amp.
