Turmoil and Transition in Boston tells the personal and political story of Larry DiCara, the youngest person ever elected to the Boston City Council. DiCara s story is intimately woven into the fate of his hometown of Boston. Then a federal court order mandating busing to achieve racial integration in the public schools ripped apart his city. DiCara shows how public policy decisions and economic and demographic changes from that time transformed Boston into one of America s most diverse, affluent, and successful cities in the twenty-first century."

Barbara and Herb Shapiro are a husband and wife team who own and operate a wealth management, financial planning and investment firm in Dedham, Massachusetts. They decided to write a practical guide to finance and money after divorce after seeing divorcing couples make the same mistakes and wrong assumptions over and over again. The Shapiros have written an eye opening expose of the financial disaster that results when a couple divorce. Two cannot live as cheaply as one after divorce. The divorce ends a financial partnership as well as a romantic relationship. One household becomes two and...

The authors describe the creation and evolution of the New Leader Scholarship Program that seeks committed scholars from marginalized groups who attend Bay Area public universities. These future leaders come from a wide range of disenfranchised groups and are individuals seeking social justice who are strong, risk tolerant, resilient yet need help.