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Education

‘I don’t know if I made friends’: Kids reflect on the first day of school

After months of agonized planning by adults, kids were back in classrooms, ready to provide insight on in-person learning (thrilling), Zoom (boring), masks (complicated), recess (still pretty great) — and everything else about a school year that will be unlike any before. Continue reading →

Health

Should you send your child back to school? The expert consensus leans toward ‘yes,’ with caveats

The decision becomes achingly personal, informed by a family’s tolerance for risk, faith in the school system, and such circumstances as whether a vulnerable person lives in the home. Continue reading →

Investigations

With dangerous truckers, most states fail to act quickly on warnings

The Globe’s recent “Blind Spot” investigation showed how the increasingly deadly trucking industry — linked to nearly 5,000 deaths a year — operates with minimal federal government oversight. The dilemma is compounded by state motor vehicle agencies that struggle mightily to communicate with each other, allowing dangerous drivers to skirt scrutiny. Continue reading →

Politics

Ranked-choice voting would transform Massachusetts elections. But is it constitutional?

The proposal to restructure how residents pick many of their elected officials would almost undoubtedly invite legal challenges should it clear the ballot box, attorneys and legal scholars say. Continue reading →

Patriots

Quick peek at the scoreboard: Belichick 1, Brady 0

It was business as usual for the Patriots coach, but Tom Brady struggled in his Tampa Bay debut. New England beat the Dolphins 21-11, and the Saints beat the Buccaneers 34-23. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

As wildfires burn out of control, the West Coast faces the unimaginable

Across a hellish landscape of smoke and ash, authorities in Oregon, California and Washington state battled to contain mega-wildfires Sunday as shifting winds threatened to accelerate blazes that have burned an unimaginable swath of land across the West. Continue reading →

The World
Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

VOTE!

As November approaches, voters must arm themselves with information about the qualifications and deadlines for early or mail-in voting in their states. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

DHS must address the threat of white supremacists, even if Trump won’t

Homeland Security’s mission has been compromised, and so has the safety of the American people. Continue reading →

OPINION

How Americans vote is threatened

Officials must invest in robust information campaigns across multiple platforms that provide clear instructions to voters on deadlines, locations, and methods available to cast ballots. Continue reading →

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Education

‘I don’t know if I made friends’: Kids reflect on the first day of school

After months of agonized planning by adults, kids were back in classrooms, ready to provide insight on in-person learning (thrilling), Zoom (boring), masks (complicated), recess (still pretty great) — and everything else about a school year that will be unlike any before. Continue reading →

Politics

Ranked-choice voting would transform Massachusetts elections. But is it constitutional?

The proposal to restructure how residents pick many of their elected officials would almost undoubtedly invite legal challenges should it clear the ballot box, attorneys and legal scholars say. Continue reading →

ADRIAN WALKER

Fixing bias in Massachusetts courts has to start with changing the bench

A report released last week confirmed what many observers had long suspected: that Black and Latino defendants are punished more often, and more harshly, than their white counterparts. Continue reading →

Sports

Patriots

Quick peek at the scoreboard: Belichick 1, Brady 0

It was business as usual for the Patriots coach, but Tom Brady struggled in his Tampa Bay debut. New England beat the Dolphins 21-11, and the Saints beat the Buccaneers 34-23. Continue reading →

PATRIOTS

Stephon Gilmore, Patriots secondary pick up right where they left off, with three INTs of Ryan Fitzpatrick

After leading the league in interceptions in 2019, New England had three more Sunday while shutting down Ryan Fitzpatrick and the Dolphins. Continue reading →

Patriots

Patriots stand for national anthem as Dolphins follow through on commitment to staying in locker room

Players stood together along the goal line and were joined by the coaching staff as well as Patriots owner Robert Kraft and team president Jonathan Kraft. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Need time off to volunteer at the polls? More companies are offering the option

Corporate America is having a get-out-the-vote moment after the social unrest that has swept the country Continue reading →

Business

Former GE life sciences business is adding 200 jobs in Massachusetts

Cytiva, now owned by Danaher Corp., is investing $500 million to upgrade and expand its properties and equipment over the next five years. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Married for 67 years, Ora and John Costello died 20 hours apart

Together since meeting on a Valentine's Day blind date in 1951, Orry and John Costello inspired everyone they knew with their devotion to each other. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Florence Howe, ‘mother of women’s studies,’ Dies at 91

Florence Howe, a key architect of the women’s studies movement and the founder of the Feminist Press, a literary nonprofit dedicated to promoting social justice and amplifying overlooked voices, died Saturday in Manhattan. She was 91. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Gene Norman, who helped save landmark Broadway theaters, 85

Mr. Norman helped spare several iconic Broadway theaters and the Coney Island Cyclone from destruction or defacement by developers. Continue reading →