President Trump confronted a political crisis Friday that could undercut badly needed support in the military community for his reelection campaign as he sought to dispute a report that he privately referred to American soldiers killed in combat as “losers” and “suckers.” Continue reading →
“I am a progressive Democrat. I am pragmatic progressive. I will act as such in Congress,” Auchincloss, a 32-year-old Marine Corps veteran, said outside Newton City Hall on Friday. Continue reading →
“Markey’s always been a fairly typical liberal Democrat, but not a progressive crusader,” one observer said. “His reinvention in this campaign isn’t about him changing his positions . . . so much as the way he presents himself to the electorate.” Continue reading →
President Trump confronted a political crisis Friday that could undercut badly needed support in the military community for his reelection campaign as he sought to dispute a report that he privately referred to American soldiers killed in combat as “losers” and “suckers.” Continue reading →
The death toll from confirmed cases of the coronavirus has risen to 8,892, the state Department of Public Health reported Friday, while the number of confirmed cases has risen to 120,038. Continue reading →
How could we as a nation have fallen from the leadership of Lincoln to a president who calls our fallen service members losers and suckers? Continue reading →
Two companion op-eds on the Electoral College -- whether it's racist, and whether it will favor Trump -- stirred readers to offer a range of views. Continue reading →
Boston authorities are in the process of adding 15 social workers to a team that helps police respond to calls involving people with mental health problems, among other situations, more than quadrupling the existing number of such clinicians. Continue reading →
The State Department will make the final decision on whether to send Michael Taylor, 59, and Peter, 27, back to Japan to face charges that they hid Carlos Ghosn in a large box last December and spirited him out of the country on a private jet. Continue reading →
The Raptors gave the Celtics a lesson in not letting down their guard, and that is part of the process in building a championship team. Continue reading →
The Boston-based bank is one of the largest Black-owned financial institutions. Biogen's move comes as part of a trend among corporations to pledge support for Black-owned businesses and communities of color. Continue reading →
The joint stance is seen as a xxxxxx against political pressure being applied on the Food and Drug Administration to get a vaccine out as soon as possible. Continue reading →
There was plenty in the August jobs numbers report for optimists to savor over the long holiday weekend. But it wasn't all good news. Continue reading →
David Graeber, radical anthropologist, provocative critic of economic and social inequality and self-proclaimed anarchist who was a coiner of “We Are the 99%,” the slogan of the Occupy Wall Street movement, died Wednesday at a hospital in Venice. He was 59. Continue reading →
David Graeber, radical anthropologist, provocative critic of economic and social inequality and self-proclaimed anarchist who was a coiner of “We Are the 99%,” the slogan of the Occupy Wall Street movement, died Wednesday at a hospital in Venice. He was 59. Continue reading →
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