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Metro

Drug company insiders are profiting handsomely from the world’s desperate hope for a COVID-19 vaccine

Executives, board members, and related investment funds have made fortunes from the dizzying rise in their companies' stock prices before a single vaccine has proven safe and effective or a game-changing treatment has been approved. Continue reading →

Coronavirus

Winter will bring new COVID-19 challenges, but it does not have to bring an overwhelming surge

This year, preparing for cold weather includes keeping coronavirus transmission as low as possible, experts said. Continue reading →

Politics

Huge turnout in early vote points to Democratic edge in some key states

People voting early are skewing Democratic, in Pennsylvania and other key states, which is giving wary Democrats reason to hope heading into Election Day. Continue reading →

Business

Delays and debt mount as state rent relief program strains to meet demand

Struggling renters and their advocates warn of months-long delays getting rental aid, as the state's program — which is being expanded as the eviction moratorium ends — struggles to keep up with enormous demand. Continue reading →

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Drive? Fly? Stay home? The hard decisions behind pandemic holiday gatherings

Public health experts are warning Americans to avoid travel because of COVID-19, at a time when many people are desperately missing relatives and tired of COVID-19 restrictions. Continue reading →

The Nation

Coronavirus

Winter will bring new COVID-19 challenges, but it does not have to bring an overwhelming surge

This year, preparing for cold weather includes keeping coronavirus transmission as low as possible, experts said. Continue reading →

Politics

Huge turnout in early vote points to Democratic edge in some key states

People voting early are skewing Democratic, in Pennsylvania and other key states, which is giving wary Democrats reason to hope heading into Election Day. Continue reading →

Nation

Native voters struggle amid growing reliance on mail-in voting

Many Indigenous peoples and Native American rights advocates say those living in isolated areas of reservations with limited transportation were not considered when many states expanded mail-in voting this election season to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Continue reading →

The World

World

As China clamps down, activists flee Hong Kong for refuge in the West

A group of Hong Kong activists who have been granted asylum in the United States, Canada and Germany in recent weeks are the latest catalyst for deteriorating relations between China and the West. Continue reading →

World

Fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh goes on despite US mediation

Rocket and artillery barrage hit residential areas in Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday hours after the United States hosted top diplomats from Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks on settling their decades-long conflict over the region. Continue reading →

World

Deadly explosion hits Kabul tutoring center

A deadly explosion struck a tutoring center in Kabul on Saturday, puncturing a relatively peaceful period in the Afghan capital even as violence has spiraled upward in the countryside. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

To protect democracy, the US must protect voters

The clear signs of rampant voter suppression across the country underscore the need for a new Voting Rights Act. Continue reading →

OPINION

Forget the polls — Democrats must fight like underdogs

Many believed Trump couldn’t win in 2016. America can’t afford that mistake again. Continue reading →

OPINION

45 reasons not to reelect the 45th president

It’s decision time — and the decision is clear. Continue reading →

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Metro

Metro

Drug company insiders are profiting handsomely from the world’s desperate hope for a COVID-19 vaccine

Executives, board members, and related investment funds have made fortunes from the dizzying rise in their companies' stock prices before a single vaccine has proven safe and effective or a game-changing treatment has been approved. Continue reading →

Metro

Drug company insiders are profiting handsomely from the world’s desperate hope for a COVID-19 vaccine

Executives, board members, and related investment funds have made fortunes from the dizzying rise in their companies' stock prices before a single vaccine has proven safe and effective or a game-changing treatment has been approved. Continue reading →

Politics

Cambridge has used ranked-choice voting for 80 years. But it’s almost nothing like what November’s ballot question proposes

Multiple winners. Election quotas. The ‘Cincinnati Method.' Voting in Cambridge is a world unto itself. Continue reading →

Sports

Red Sox

A look back at Chaim Bloom’s unimaginable first year with the Red Sox on the anniversary of his hiring

No young executive could have been prepared for the seismic events of the past 12 months — but there was some progress, believe it or not. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

In punishing UMass for a $252 violation, the NCAA’s hypocrisy is on full display

A self-reported minor clerical error resulted in the women's team being stripped of an A-10 title — an outrageous abuse of power. Continue reading →

Peter Abraham | On Baseball

Once cast off, Justin Turner continues to be a clutch performer for the Dodgers

The Red Sox offered Turner a minor-league contract in 2013, but he ultimately chose the Dodgers. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Delays and debt mount as state rent relief program strains to meet demand

Struggling renters and their advocates warn of months-long delays getting rental aid, as the state's program — which is being expanded as the eviction moratorium ends — struggles to keep up with enormous demand. Continue reading →

Ideas

IDEAS

Get ready to protest like democracy depends on it

Make a plan to vote — and a plan to take to the streets if necessary. It can work. Continue reading →

IDEAS

A smarter way of thinking about intelligence

Why is one particular intellectual capacity valued over so many other worthy qualities, like compassion, honesty, courage, and common sense? Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

An unlikely WWII spy who later called attention to eating disorders, Patricia Warner dies at 99

In the 1970s, Mrs. Warner helped found a pioneering organization in Massachusetts to focus on eating disorders. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Alexandra Korry, who denounced solitary for juveniles, dies at 61

Alexandra Korry, a trailblazing Wall Street lawyer whose potent legal and moral rebuke as head of a civil rights panel helped spur the abolition of solitary confinement for juvenile inmates in New York City, died Sept. 29 at her home in Westport, Connecticut. She was 61. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Drive? Fly? Stay home? The hard decisions behind pandemic holiday gatherings

Public health experts are warning Americans to avoid travel because of COVID-19, at a time when many people are desperately missing relatives and tired of COVID-19 restrictions. Continue reading →

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW

At the Addison Gallery, a revelation about Robert Frank’s revelation

Visitors are welcomed back with three excellent photography shows, including "The Americans." Continue reading →

MUSIC

In his new anthology, rock historian Peter Guralnick chooses his own adventures

The author's new anthology, “Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing,” is "as close as I’ll ever get to writing a memoir.” Continue reading →

Travel

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Drive? Fly? Stay home? The hard decisions behind pandemic holiday gatherings

Public health experts are warning Americans to avoid travel because of COVID-19, at a time when many people are desperately missing relatives and tired of COVID-19 restrictions. Continue reading →

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Drive? Fly? Stay home? The hard decisions behind pandemic holiday gatherings

Public health experts are warning Americans to avoid travel because of COVID-19, at a time when many people are desperately missing relatives and tired of COVID-19 restrictions. Continue reading →

Real Estate