Home ownership is like a golden ticket in today’s spiraling housing crisis. But attaining that status is tougher for families of color, who for decades have faced an array of racist and exclusionary obstacles that have prevented them from buying. Continue reading →
After meeting for hours Monday, the members of the Harvard Corporation adjourned without giving any public indication about their answer to this question: Do they back Harvard's president? Continue reading →
With amped-up rhetoric and an almost singular focus, President Biden and his campaign have been going after Donald Trump far more aggressively the past several weeks before any Republican primary votes even have been cast. Continue reading →
Jack Smith, the special counsel prosecuting former President Donald Trump on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, asked the Supreme Court on Monday to rule on Trump’s argument that he is immune from prosecution. The justices quickly agreed to fast-track the first phase of the case. Continue reading →
WATCH: The full episode of Boston Globe Today. Stories include: AI error in healthcare, Middle East flavors in Somerville, Fmr. bank heist fugitive speaks. Watch →
Kate Cox was believed to be the first woman in the country to ask a court for permission for an abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year. Continue reading →
Leaders of the conservation group updated their Red List of Threatened Species, a tracker of biodiversity around the globe. It was mainly bad news. Continue reading →
A new draft released called for countries to reduce “consumption and production of fossil fuels, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.” Continue reading →
The scorched-earth attack against a democratically elected leader in a bid to prevent an orderly transition of power reveals a country on the brink of political crisis. Continue reading →
Let’s curb limited liability corporations and private equity, at least in regard to residential real estate, more aggressively than just requiring full transparency. Continue reading →
Home ownership is like a golden ticket in today’s spiraling housing crisis. But attaining that status is tougher for families of color, who for decades have faced an array of racist and exclusionary obstacles that have prevented them from buying. Continue reading →
Unlike at least 25 other states that require school districts to teach students to read using “evidence based” methods, Massachusetts has no instructional or curricular mandate. Continue reading →
While the end of federal aid could mean a 3 percent budget cut in Massachusetts schools, most districts will likely see that loss covered by increased state aid. Continue reading →
Despite a late-season collapse, the Revolution have established an appealing style of play, making four playoff appearances in the last five years. Continue reading →
Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow said at the Winter Meetings that the Sox could add as many as three starters, but will ownership be the promised “full throttle” on getting back into contention? Continue reading →
The key question facing policymakers: how to ensure consumers benefit from the electricity deregulation that took place roughly 25 years ago. Continue reading →
The decision for Gay to stay or go should be up to the governing boards of Harvard — not politicians, powerful alumni, rich donors, or the peanut gallery on social media. Continue reading →
The company will incur about $175 million-$200 million in severance costs associated with the layoffs, said vice chairman and chief financial officer Eric Aboaf. Continue reading →
Ellen Holly, the first Black actor to play a lead role on daytime television, broke barriers and sparked controversy on the soap opera “One Life to Live” starting in the late 1960s as a woman presumed to be white who becomes enmeshed in a love triangle involving a Black man. Continue reading →
The psychiatrist first advocated for the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill, then became a fierce critic of how that policy was implemented. Continue reading →
There is, alas, no vaccine against the winter blahs. But the exuberant Moonbox Productions staging of “Legally Blonde: The Musical” comes mighty close. Continue reading →
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