Boston Globe Today | February 21, 2024

WATCH: Wednesday's show. Stories include: Highlighting Boston's civil right heroes. And, the 3 keys to make the Bruins' west coast trip a success. Watch →

Addressing chaos and violence at Brockton High School

WATCH: Some school committee members are asking the Governor to call in the National Guard. But as correspondent Daniel Kool explains, it's complicated. Watch →

Boston’s battle against the sea in Eastie

WATCH: Climate reporter Erin Douglas describes the city’s plan to reinvent the coastline. But is it enough? And, at what cost? Watch →

Nation

Trump and allies plotting militarized mass deportations, detention camps

The former president is making immigration a core campaign theme, promoting a proposal for an unprecedented deportation effort if he is returned to power. Continue reading →

Nation

Biden administration cancels $1.2b in student loans with new repayment plan

The notice makes good on the administration’s promise to accelerate forgiveness for borrowers with low original balances who are enrolled in a government plan. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Biden’s brother says president was never involved in relatives’ business dealings

The interview with James Biden is the latest in a series that GOP lawmakers have conducted recently as they seek to rebuild momentum for an impeachment process surrounding the Biden family’s overseas finances that has stalled in recent months. Continue reading →

World

Israeli raid in West Bank city of Jenin kills 3, military says

The military said the Jenin raid had targeted “terrorism” and was part of a broader operation in the West Bank. The Palestinian Authority’s news agency, Wafa, said the Israeli forces had stormed two houses in Jenin, resulting in “violent confrontations.” Continue reading →

World

US warns allies Russia could put a nuclear weapon into orbit this year

The assessment came as US intelligence officials conducted a series of rushed, classified briefings for their NATO and Asian allies, as details of the US assessment of Russia’s intentions began to leak out. Continue reading →

World

US defends Israel’s policies toward Palestinians

The latest US defense of Israel on the global stage came at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, where Richard C. Visek, the acting legal adviser at the US State Department, urged a 15-judge panel not to call for Israel’s immediate withdrawal from occupied Palestinian territory. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

THC-infused gummies shouldn’t be sold without regulation

Makers of hemp-derived products aren’t pay the state’s marijuana taxes, creating unfair competition to legal marijuana dispensaries. Continue reading →

OPINION

Even when it doesn’t act, the Supreme Court speaks volumes

Through inaction, several members of the court’s conservative majority are signaling loud and clear their views on academic diversity, LGBTQ rights, affordable housing, and their own ethics obligations. Continue reading →

OPINION

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sinking ship: All aboard the Titanic

"It bothers me every day that so many in the campaign can’t see the iceberg that is dead ahead," one former RFK Jr. staffer said. Continue reading →

Social Justice

Plans to turn White Stadium into a soccer palace has sparked a huge controversy — and a lawsuit

The Emerald Necklace Conservancy is hopping mad — and raising valid concerns — about the city’s plans to transform White Stadium, in Franklin Park, into the new home of Boston’s expansion women’s professional soccer team. Continue reading →

Money, Power, Inequality

Armando Martinez has devoted a lifetime to activism, organizing

The equality-seeking, anti-war, flower-child era “absolutely” spoke to Martinez, he said. Continue reading →

Politics

Make Milton an example

The state has warned the town that failing to allow more housing will cost it. Good. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Why Red Sox catcher Connor Wong says he’s focused on framing during spring training

Despite ranking in the 78th percentile in pop time and the 92nd percentile in caught steals above average, Wong was below average in framing last season, in the 18th percentile. Continue reading →

tara sullivan

From Caitlin Clark to Sabrina Ionescu, women’s basketball is hitting one high point after another

Caitlin Clark and Sabrina Ionescu are the latest faces of success, but there have been greats in the sport for some time. Continue reading →

Patriots

New Patriots offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt ‘coming in with a clean slate’ after unit’s disappointing 2023 season

“No preconceived expectations or notions about who these guys are,” he said. “We’ll build it from the ground up.” Continue reading →

NH BUSINESS

$8 million relief fund for N.H. farmers approved

Farmers who lost at least 30 percent of their planted acreage to severe weather events in 2023 — including flooding, frosts, and freezes — will be eligible to get a grant. Continue reading →

innovation beat

With new fund, Boston’s .406 Ventures drills down on AI, cybersecurity, and health care

Venture capitalist Liam Donohue has been in the business for three decades, but said this is the toughest market yet for raising an investment fund. Continue reading →

Consumer

Who’s using the Apple Vision Pro? Some Boston companies.

The Apple Vision Pro is getting a warm reception from companies that hope the system will offer a better way to train workers, design machines, or sell home furnishings. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Jimmy Van Eaton, purveyor of the Sun Records beat, dies at 86

Mr. Van Eaton played drums on Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” helping to propel the Memphis sound. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Jimmy Van Eaton, purveyor of the Sun Records beat, dies at 86

Mr. Van Eaton played drums on Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” helping to propel the Memphis sound. Continue reading →

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Arts

Roxbury Community College celebrates five decades with Golden Jubilee Gala

The event takes place Feb. 24 and includes a new art installation for RCC. Continue reading →

BOOKS

Fields Corner’s new bookstore, justBook-ish, aims to be a hub for the neighborhood

Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola and Bing Broderick envision a place for the people of Dorchester, Boston’s largest neighborhood, to gather and be inspired. Continue reading →

Television

Boston Rob pops up on another island — this time to hunt for $200 million

He made a name for himself on “Survivor” 22 years ago. Now Boston Rob is one of 13 competitors on “Deal or No Deal Island,” along with three more native New Englanders. Continue reading →