By Talia Whyte
The Bay State Banner
Local community leaders took part last week in a nationwide consumer advocacy effort to voice serious concerns about the business practices of CVS Caremark Corp.
Chief among the problems are claims that the Woonsocket, R.I.-based drugstore chain doesn’t provide communities of color with equal access to its stores or to the same quality of products available in other areas.
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By Talia Whyte
The Bay State Banner
Reeling like many other nonprofits from the nation’s economic recession and significant cuts in state funding, the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute may be forced to shut its doors at the end of the month.
But the power of community could make a difference in staving off the local staple’s demise.
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By Talia Whyte
The Bay State Banner
WASHINGTON — With newspapers across the nations watching their circulations decline, many black journalists find themselves re-evaluating the next steps in their own careers.
During a conference last month hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), reporters and bloggers assessed the coming inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, who has vowed to make technology a priority in his administration, and considered how black journalism might fit into the new digital era.
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By Talia Whyte
The Bay State Banner
Robert M. McDowell, one of the five commissioners that head the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), conducted a town hall meeting at Emerson College last Thursday as part of a nationwide tour to inform the public about the upcoming transition to digital television on Feb. 17, 2009.
In 2005, Congress passed the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act, which requires that broadcasters stop transmitting the programming of their full-power television stations through analog signals as of next year. Instead, broadcasters must use newer digital technology.
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