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umass dartmouth is putting a focus on the contributions of african americans well past black history month. the university is offering year-long programming including faculty presentations, films and visits to historical sites in new england. organizers say topics will range from politics to social justice considering a bobcat hunting and trapping season. they held a public meeting in concord last night. many people calling the proposal inhumane, while supporters are arguing that there are enough bobcats to support a limited hunt. officials will vote on it in two weeks. if approved, the proposal would taking a look at your economy now, tufts medical center reporting losses in 2015. last year' s historic snow storms and the handling of potential cases of ebola for the $15.4 million operating loss. the boston business journal reports during the same fiscal period in 2014 tufts had a gain of $8.6 million. new fallout tonight for air bag manufacturer, takata. a panel looking into the company' s now defunct airbags says takata lacks processes to improve product quality. takata airbags have been blamed in at le

tufts university, aaron o' brien, professor of political science at humid boston, and paul weston on d, director of the institute for asian american studies at the college of liberal arts also at umass boston. let' s jump right in. we have already seen the results in new hampshire and iowa , but i wonder, these states are predominately white. should they, in today' s world, have so much influence, and immediate attention that comes along with it, in terms of picking presidential nominees? >> should they? the answer is no. do they? new hampshire and iowa is the american election process on speed. the general election would set up a voting rules to discourage communities of color from voting. iowa and new hampshire put that on further display. interest groups have undue influence. it is wildly unrepresentative, but it mirrors the way in which the general election is also wildly unrepresentative. unrepresentative is the nature in which their electorate to drive the agenda. i am all in favor of looking and corn subsidies and hog futures, discussion i thought we were going to have in this election two years after ferguson, for example, was about race relations in the u.s. immigrants. the