By Talia Whyte
The Bay State Banner
As French President Nicolas Sarkozy traveled last week to Washington to establish smoother diplomacy with the White House, a group of French high school students came to John D. O’Bryant School of Math & Science in Roxbury to make their own contribution to Franco-American relations.
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By Talia Whyte
The Bay State Banner
Sugar is one of the most used commodities in the world, but few people think about the story behind the sweetener in their coffee cups. Local filmmaker Bill Haney’s new documentary suggests that if they did, they would realize that sugar is not only a political landmine, but also quite literally a life and death issue.
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By Talia Whyte
The Bay State Banner
As the old saying goes, children should be seen, not heard. But today, with quality of life problems growing for many Boston kids, more adults are recognizing that the city’s youth need to be part of the conversation about finding solutions.
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By Talia Whyte
The Bay State Banner
Boston-area activists have joined the growing international contingent voicing concern about the welfare of missing Haitian human rights activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine.
“The fact that the Haitian government and the U.S. government are not doing anything about this is just not right,” said Josué Renaud, director of the New England Human Rights Organization for Haiti. “After two months, no one is taking this seriously.”
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