Lawrence Latinos, blacks backing embattled school superintendent

Lawrence Latinos, blacks backing embattled school superintendent

A simmering dispute between the mayor of Lawrence and the city's school superintendent has mobilized the city's black and Latino community against what activists there say is a racially charged political vendetta.

Lawrence Mayor Patricia Dowling last week demanded that School Superintendent Mae Gaskins tender her resignation in the wake of media reports alleging that Gaskins abused school funds and hired her sister as a consultant in violation of state ethics laws.

Activists from the city's Latino community and members of the Merrimack Valley and Boston chapter of the National Association for the …

Noam Chomsky.

Noam Chomsky

Hamish Hamilton

Interviews do not succumb to some of critical writing's pressures: they are free and flexible.

Chomsky is not renowned for energy or liveliness, but in this collection of musings, he gives newcomers a robust introduction to the ideas that have made him among the most controversial public intellectuals of a divisive era.

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10 INDICTED IN 3-STATE DRUG RING.(Local)

Four Capital District residents and six others have been indicted on federal charges alleging they participated in an area cocaine-distribution ring over the past 18 months, federal authorities announced Wednesday in Albany.

The federal indictment alleged the 10 defendants "operated an illegal drug organization" and traveled to and from Illinois, Indiana, New York City and Troy and distributed kilos of cocaine in the Troy area, according to a statement released by Frederick J. Scullin Jr., U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York.

The arrests within the past several weeks and subsequent indictments stemmed from a joint investigation of the Albany …