Mayor Marty Walsh (D) considers access to quality education, especially for underprivileged children, his greatest responsibility. As the son of immigrant parents who worked hard to send him to good schools, Walsh witnessed firsthand both the challenges and benefits of different types of schools in the Boston area.
After taking office in 2014, Walsh promoted the standard issues one might expect, such as increasing employment and public safety. But education has remained his central focus ever since he was a state representative from the 13th Suffolk district.
(CNSNews.com) – Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz said that although the Democratic Party "wants to give every opportunity to grassroots activists… to participate" in its presidential nomination process, superdelegates "exist… to make sure that party leaders and elected officials don't have to be in a position where they are running against grassroots activists."
Wasserman-Schultz made the comments Thursday in response to a question by CNN's Jack Tapper on why Hillary Clinton garnered the same number of delegates in the New Hampshire primary as rival Bernie Sanders even though Sanders won 22 percent more of the vote.
