Students, college employees, and political and community leaders told the Globe they believe the school is now moving forward with a steady leader in interim president Jackie Jenkins-Scott, the former president of Wheelock College. Continue reading →
Local officials are holding public meetings to solicit ideas and considering new investments in such solutions as mobile crisis response teams, transitional housing, and improved access to medications that treat addiction. Continue reading →
Federal prosecutors are scrambling to recoup billions of dollars in pandemic aid from people who falsely obtained funds from government programs that were intended to keep the economy afloat during the COVID-19 shutdowns. Continue reading →
Dozens of migrants were dramatically rescued by Italy as they foundered in the sea or clung to a rocky reef Sunday after three boats launched by smugglers from northern Africa shipwrecked in rough waters in separate incidents over the weekend. Survivors said some 30 fellow migrants were missing from capsized vessels. Continue reading →
Nearly a year and a half into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, both sides appear increasingly ready to open a new dimension in the war, taking violence to people and places that have largely been spared until now. Continue reading →
Israeli troops on Sunday killed three alleged Palestinian militants in the northern West Bank, further escalating a wave of violence in which two other people, including a young Palestinian man believed to have been gunned down by extremist Jewish settlers, were killed in fighting over the weekend. Continue reading →
Until every Massachusetts community has the opportunity to build all-electric new construction, the state will be locking in the health, economic, and climate disparities for decades to come. Continue reading →
As former city councilor Kenzie Bok prepares to take the helm of the Boston Housing Authority, the magnitude of her new role is not lost on her. Continue reading →
“This is an issue that educators have been passionate about for quite some time,” said Deb McCarthy, the union’s vice president, on Sunday. Continue reading →
Over the course of an hour-and-half tour, retired Boston Police lieutenant Joe Leeman narrates a mix of revolutionary history you learn in school with chronicles of the city’s underworld. Continue reading →
The US lost a nail-biter to Sweden, but what the team will, and should, truly rue for years to come are those initial round robin games. Continue reading →
The team lacked a true playmaker, especially against the Swedes, as Rose Lavelle was suspended because of two previous yellow cards. Continue reading →
Europe made big, bold promises to slash carbon emissions to slow global warming, but now the bill is coming due, and governments are starting to blink at the political and economic costs needed to power the great transition away from fossil fuels and toward renewables. Continue reading →
Our cultural focus on a few elite schools isn’t healthy for the country. We should focus on the vast majority of kids who don't have these advantages. Continue reading →
The Needham-based maker of consumer appliances has enjoyed strong growth. But inflation and ties to China could dampen its coming out party. Continue reading →
The road trip is a fundamentally “summer” activity, defined by the same hope and possibility that fills the air from June to September. Continue reading →
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