A group seeking to change the name of Faneuil Hall in Boston because the man it's named after was a slave owner and slave trader praised Mayor Marty Walsh for allocating money for a slavery monument, but they still want Faneuil's name gone from the historic building.
"The mayor is responding to calls for a hearing with second-tier prizes. We will take the second prizes but our eyes are on the prize of being granted a hearing on the issue which he currently opposes," said Kevin Peterson, of the New Democracy Coalition, in a written statement Friday.
LAWRENCE, Massachusetts — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, announcing her campaign for president here over earlier this month, used the word "rich" or a variation on it — "richer," "richest" — at least nine times in a single 45-minute stump speech.
She called President Donald Trump "the product of a rigged system that props up the rich and powerful and kicks dirt on everyone else."
