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Nation

Last Words: A home to die in

They were the most vulnerable to COVID-19 — thousands of elders in nursing homes across the state. Yet for Governor Baker’s administration, praised for its overall pandemic response, they were for too long a secondary priority. The result was calamity — 1 in 7 dead, among the highest rates in the land. Continue reading →

Business

After a slow start, Boston racial equity fund will begin fund-raising

The mayor has assembled a 16-member steering committee of civic leaders, led by Emerson College president Lee Pelton. One focus of the group: the oft-quoted Federal Reserve Bank of Boston report that highlighted just how little in total wealth is owned by Black households in the Boston area. Continue reading →

Early Education

State’s emergency child-care centers kept COVID-19 in check. Here’s how.

Only nine of the 550 emergency child-care centers reported more than a single case of COVID-19 from March through May, a feat that could provide lessons for a state still reopening. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump’s taxes show chronic losses and years of income tax avoidance

President Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes the year he won the presidency. In his first year in the White House, he paid another $750. He had paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years — largely because he reported losing much more money than he made. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump isn’t just picking conservatives for the courts. He’s picking young conservatives like Amy Coney Barrett

Barrett is the youngest Supreme Court nominee since 1991, highlighting Trump’s push to appoint federal judges who could still be handing down rulings into the second half of the century. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Last Words: A home to die in

They were the most vulnerable to COVID-19 — thousands of elders in nursing homes across the state. Yet for Governor Baker’s administration, praised for its overall pandemic response, they were for too long a secondary priority. The result was calamity — 1 in 7 dead, among the highest rates in the land. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump’s taxes show chronic losses and years of income tax avoidance

President Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes the year he won the presidency. In his first year in the White House, he paid another $750. He had paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years — largely because he reported losing much more money than he made. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump isn’t just picking conservatives for the courts. He’s picking young conservatives like Amy Coney Barrett

Barrett is the youngest Supreme Court nominee since 1991, highlighting Trump’s push to appoint federal judges who could still be handing down rulings into the second half of the century. Continue reading →

The World

World

US tells Iraq that it may pull out of Baghdad embassy

The United States has told the Iraqi government and its diplomatic partners that it's planning a full withdrawal from its embassy in Baghdad unless Iraq reins in attacks on personnel linked to the American presence there - a move that Iraqi officials said caught them by surprise. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

We need a different Democratic Party

Yes, people of color want to elect people who look like and sound like us, but who also do the work of serving our communities every day, not just around elections. Continue reading →

Editorials

In all that tall corn, there’s confusion, muttering and, for the lucky, a change to ring the bell

The Great Vermont Corn Maze is one of the region’s toughest and most tangled challenges, where agriculture and geometry, logic and perseverance intersect, sharing the same confounding map coordinates. Continue reading →

OPINION

On Nov. 3, I am voting for myself

The American political system has failed us. But when we choose ourselves and we choose our communities, we are insurmountable. Continue reading →

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Metro

Metro

Boston orders Salt Bae’s restaurant shut Saturday, days after it opened

A Boston restaurant opened by Instagram star “Salt Bae” a little over a week ago has already landed in hot water with city officials, who said they ordered the eatery closed Saturday for repeatedly failing to follow COVID-19 safety standards. Continue reading →

Metro

The federal government rejected funding for a major Blue Hill Avenue bus project. Now what?

The commissioner of the Boston Transportation Department, Greg Rooney, said the grant decision was obviously disappointing, but the Blue Hill Avenue project remains a priority for Mayor Martin J. Walsh. Continue reading →

Metro

Milton officials ‘disappointed’ that large gathering of teenagers broke COVID guidelines

Milton school officials were “saddened and disappointed” after a large gathering of teenagers didn’t adhere to COVID-19 health guidelines while convening near a golf course in town Friday night, school officials said in a statement Sunday afternoon. Continue reading →

Sports

HEAT 125, CELTICS 113

From intriguing restart to enchanting playoff possibilities, Celtics' run comes to a close, and other observations

Boston rallied to lead by six early in the fourth quarter, but Miami used a big 26-6 run to move on and face the Lakers in the NBA Finals beginning Wednesday. Continue reading →

peter abraham | on baseball

After disastrous season, could Red Sox turn to Alex Cora – again – to replace Ron Roenicke?

Chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom will be looking for a manager to help turn things around next season. Continue reading →

Patriots

Cam Newton didn’t have his best day against the Raiders, but Patriots prove they aren’t a one-man team

A dominant rushing game — the Patriots topped 200 yards for the second time in three games — overpowered the Raiders. Continue reading →

Business

Business

After a slow start, Boston racial equity fund will begin fund-raising

The mayor has assembled a 16-member steering committee of civic leaders, led by Emerson College president Lee Pelton. One focus of the group: the oft-quoted Federal Reserve Bank of Boston report that highlighted just how little in total wealth is owned by Black households in the Boston area. Continue reading →

Business

After a slow start, Boston racial equity fund will begin fund-raising

The mayor has assembled a 16-member steering committee of civic leaders, led by Emerson College president Lee Pelton. One focus of the group: the oft-quoted Federal Reserve Bank of Boston report that highlighted just how little in total wealth is owned by Black households in the Boston area. Continue reading →

Business

Black Lives Matter, the Green New Deal, and the color of money at Moynihan’s Bank of America

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan is trying to do good and do well. Is it just PR to make a giant corporation look socially and environmentally woke? Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Varujan Boghosian, who turned castaway objects into art collages, dies at 94

Varujan Boghosian found fodder for art at flea markets, in junk shops, and along Provincetown's beaches. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Pierre Troisgros, renowned French restaurateur, dies at 92

France has lost another of its culinary giants. Pierre Troisgros, the patriarch of a multigenerational family of chefs and restaurateurs, died Wednesday at his home in Le Coteau, France. He was 92. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

ESSAY

On ghost towns and their siren call

In the first half of the 20th century, Hull’s beaches, hotels, and amusement park drew the rich and famous -- and regular folks as well -- to the peninsula south of Boston. Those memories linger today, especially at sunset. Continue reading →

ASK AMY

Prospective parents worry about racist relatives

Advice from Amy Dickinson. Continue reading →

Names

After 11 years, Bob Dylan revives ‘Theme Time Radio Hour’ for one episode

The whiskey-themed show posts online Friday, and in it the Nobel laureate recounts a tale from Boston’s history. Continue reading →