You Go, Girl! First Illegal Alien Muslim City Councilor Heads to Prison on Corruption Charges

<![CDATA[Tania Fernandes Anderson has already made history in all kinds of ways, and this irrepressible trailblazer just keeps on making more. Anderson has amassed an impressive list of firsts to put alongside her name: she is the first former illegal migrant to win a seat on the Boston City Council. As she hails from Cape Verde, she is also the first African-born member of the Boston City Council, and the first Muslim to serve on the Boston City Council. This intrepid breaker of glass ceilings is not, however, the first convicted felon to serve on the Boston City Council; there were others before her. But that doesn’t make her remarkable achievements any less impressive, now, does it?]]>