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Sunday, September 27, 2026
Today's Headlines
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Arts

In Boston, the BSO’s Andris Nelsons is on his way out. In Leipzig, it seems they couldn’t love him more.

At the maestro's other home, in Leipzig, Germany, orchestra leaders hope to continue relations with the BSO and its musicians. Continue reading →

Politics

Under Trump, scientific funding has become a constant political football. The battles have hit Mass. particularly hard.

The NIH grant process remains intact. But supporters on the Hill and in research institutions worry the administration will try to alter it again. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump is using the government to wage an unprecedented American history culture war

The White House’s campaign to reorient history around the president’s desired narrative is far reaching in scope and relentless in its pursuit. Continue reading →

K-12 Education

Metco is an experiment that’s an undeniable success. So why hasn’t a single suburb been added in decades?

Launched in 1966, Metco hasn’t expanded in decades, despite longstanding inequities between schools in Boston and its wealthier suburbs. Continue reading →

Globe Magazine
The Nation

Nation

In backyard ultramarathons, the race goes on until everyone gives up

In a backyard ultramarathon, runners must complete the same 4.167-mile loop once each hour. If they finish early, they can rest for the remainder of the hour. If they fail to finish a lap, they are eliminated. Continue reading →

Nation

As work requirements kick in for Medicaid, some states are taking a tougher stance

At least six states will require documentation that individuals are too sick to meet Medicaid work requirements kicking in next year. Continue reading →

Nation

OpenAI’s systems meddled with US government sites after going rogue

OpenAI's artificial intelligence went rogue and meddled with the websites for the Education Department, the Commerce Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission this summer without the AI lab's knowledge, according to security researchers and a person familiar with the episodes. Continue reading →

The World

World

Far-right settlers divert West Bank spring water as Israel backs heritage site takeovers

Israel has occupied the West Bank since it captured the territory, along with east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, from Jordan and Egypt in the 1967 war. Continue reading →

World

Stuck on the battlefield, Russia wages ‘total war’ on Ukraine’s economy

The war of attrition between Russia and Ukraine is expanding to encompass both countries' economies. Continue reading →

World

A Tetris-like maze blocks protests in Pakistan’s capital

Two rows of colorful containers snake along the road leading to the prime minister’s house and parliament, pushing the representatives of the Pakistani people out of sight and out of reach. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Letters

As Mass. drums up clean-tech sector, it needs to build up housing supply

I’m all in favor of a great new business sector but only if its employees have somewhere to live. Continue reading →

Letters

Transgender kids are being used as political props

The politics obscures a basic fact: Schools do not put children in foster care. No child is removed by DCF because they disagree with their parents about being transgender, or anything else. Continue reading →

Letters

Some data may look rosy, but the demonization of trans people goes on

It is well documented that the federal administration and Republican-controlled state legislatures have systematically curtailed transgender rights. Continue reading →

Metro

Health

How one family’s DCF case turned into a national story and brought a federal investigation to a small Mass. school district

A federal probe of a Massachusetts school district is part of a larger pattern of investigation into school policies for transgender kids across the country. Continue reading →

Health

Former Harvard researcher unveils massive federal funding disruptions

Scott Delaney, the former Harvard researcher and founder of Grant Witness, says the impact extends far beyond scientific research. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Fall nor’easter batters New England coastline leaving tens of thousands without power

The bad weather didn’t discourage many from heading to the coastline to see pounding waves and raging wind. Continue reading →

Sports

Red Sox

The American League is terrible, which helped the Red Sox make the postseason

Never before has the modern American League featured so few elite teams and so many bad ones. Continue reading →

Patriots

The NFL felt a long way from Rhode Island. Jaguars coach Liam Coen found his way there.

Just one season into his tenure as coach of the Jaguars, Coen’s rise is undeniable. But his path to Jacksonville was far from easy. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Which version of the Red Sox can we expect to show up in the playoffs? And other thoughts.

Red Sox-Yankees is shaping up as a pitchers’ duel, especially now that it looks like Aaron Judge (calf strain) is out. Continue reading →

Business
Ideas

Ideas

Reagan and Thatcher shaped Anglo-American politics for generations. Now something new is taking shape.

With the rise of figures like New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, the “special relationship” is changing. Continue reading →

Ideas

Give kids a recess for the mind

Schools should give students 20 minutes a day to read whatever they want — with no quizzes, assignments, or screens. Continue reading →

Obituaries
Arts & Lifestyle

TV

For women on TV, friendship is the tie that binds

The past few months have illustrated how vigorously TV is trying to make up for lost time. Continue reading →

Visual Arts

The Winthrop Building is so modest, people don’t notice how immodestly beautiful it is

Curved to follow the street, elegantly detailed, and colored with yellow Roman brick and orange terra-cotta, it is a piece of sculpture that blends in, unobtrusive in its marvelousness. Continue reading →

Music

Ringo Starr on the right (and wrong) moves he’s made on life’s ‘Long Long Road’

As the lead vocalist and drummer on his new country album, Starr returns to the style like slipping on a pair of broken-in cowboy boots. He and his All Starr Band perform at MGM Music Hall at Fenway Sept. 30. Continue reading →

Travel

Travel

From old haunts (literally) to modern guest houses, a fresh guide to places to stay in the Berkshires

One of the many delights of a getaway to the Berkshires is the sheer variety of lodgings. Here's a look. Continue reading →

Travel

For about $50, you can apply to be a Canadian citizen. But you will need to wait … for awhile.

When the amendment to the Canadian Citizenship Act went into effect in December 2025, the expected wait time for processing citizenship applications was about 9 months. Now it’s 33 months. Continue reading →