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Coronavirus

What we lost, what we found

One year ago, our world shut down. We went home. Schools and stores closed. We lost jobs and loved ones, went mad with loneliness, took risks to help others, waited on God, forestalled futures. We learned to fear. What we didn’t always realize: We were together in isolation, and our many private moments would tell a story of discovery and resilience, and of an indelible mark made upon us. Continue reading →

Politics

With the COVID relief bill, get ready for the return of inflation (and that’s not necessarily a bad thing)

The combination of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package and the lifting of more coronavirus restrictions is set to deliver a jolt to the already fast-growing US economy, potentially summoning the return of a long-absent economic phenomenon: inflation. Continue reading →

Politics

‘It is surreal’: Kim Janey, nearing mayoral history, reflects on her life in Boston

For the first time since the Boston mayoralty was established in 1822, there will be a mayor who is both Black and a woman. Continue reading →

Metro

Assessing the staggering toll of overdose deaths in Maine

Maine, like most states, is beginning to reopen as COVID-19 cases decline. But the collateral damage already done to people struggling with drugs and alcohol — through anxiety, relapse, and death — has been a heavy blow for the state and its recovery community. Continue reading →

Metro

In exploring the history of educational inequity, METCO students find echos of the present

METCO, the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, a voluntary school integration program, has been enrolling K-12 students from Boston in predominantly white suburban school districts since 1966 — a history that now spans multiple generations of students. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Different states have had different approaches to the pandemic, yet similar tolls. The question remains: why?

A number of states have adopted different strategies to combating the coronavirus pandemic but have comparable case rates. How did that happen? Continue reading →

Coronavirus notebook

Hundreds of Tesla workers tested positive for virus after Musk reopened plant, data show

More than 400 workers at a Tesla plant in Fremont, Calif., tested positive for the coronavirus between May and December, according to public health data released by a transparency website. Continue reading →

Politics

How shifting politics reenergized the fight against poverty

Whether the new law is a one-off culmination of those forces or a down payment on even more ambitious efforts to address the nation’s challenges of poverty and opportunity will be a defining battle for Democrats in the Biden era. Continue reading →

The World

World

COVID? What COVID? Taiwan thrives as a bubble of normality.

As the coronavirus has upended lives and economies around the world, Taiwan has been an oasis. Continue reading →

World

A village erased

When a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami struck coastal Japan on March 11, 2011, more than 200 residents of the village, Kesen, in Iwate prefecture, were killed. All but two of 550 homes were destroyed. After the waters receded, nearly everyone who survived fled. Continue reading →

World

British police clash with mourners honoring slain London woman

London police clashed with mourners attending a vigil on Saturday to honor the memory of Sarah Everard, a young British woman whose kidnapping and killing shocked a nation. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Let’s make a deal. Again.

Under Donald Trump, the United States broke the landmark nuclear deal with Iran. President Biden shouldn’t be afraid of moving first to restart talks. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Harvard’s pursuit of diversity is being put to the test

Embracing diversity and promoting a just and inclusive society is crucial not only to the struggle to defeat discrimination, but also to the continued vitality of our nation. Continue reading →

OPINION

Like Hillary Clinton, Meghan Markle has become a Rorschach test

As with those famous inkblots, how we see the Duchess of Sussex reveals less about her and far more about us. Continue reading →

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Metro

Metro

Assessing the staggering toll of overdose deaths in Maine

Maine, like most states, is beginning to reopen as COVID-19 cases decline. But the collateral damage already done to people struggling with drugs and alcohol — through anxiety, relapse, and death — has been a heavy blow for the state and its recovery community. Continue reading →

Metro

In exploring the history of educational inequity, METCO students find echos of the present

METCO, the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, a voluntary school integration program, has been enrolling K-12 students from Boston in predominantly white suburban school districts since 1966 — a history that now spans multiple generations of students. Continue reading →

Metro

The MBTA is making more cuts — are the savings worth it?

On Sunday, services on the Red, Orange and Green Lines will be reduced by about 20 percent, and a bunch of bus routes will be suspended or consolidated. Will riders still be there when those services return — if those buses and trains return at all? Continue reading →

Sports

Sports

Marvelous Marvin Hagler, former undisputed middleweight champion, dies at 66

Hagler, boxing legend and undisputed middleweight champion from 1980-87, has died. Hagler was a Brockton native. Continue reading →

Red Sox

MLB restores in-game video for players to review at-bats

iPads will allow players access to review at-bats, but MLB will cut out catcher signs to prevent sign stealing. Continue reading →

Sports

Youth soccer visa fraud case widens as former coach is charged with sexual assaults

Global Premier Soccer, formerly based in Waltham, placed a Romanian coach in Calgary, where he has been charged with assaulting three underage girls. Continue reading →

Business
Ideas

IDEAS

A truly inclusive vision of America recognizes the nonreligious, too

Amid rising Christian nationalism, President Biden should reach out directly to the “nones.” Continue reading →

IDEAS

The next pandemic challenge: Reacquainting ourselves with everyday risks

Some people are ready to loosen up and socialize again, while others are unnerved by the thought. Can each group accept that the other is having a normal reaction? Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Black space engineer, housing advocate Ken Kelly dies at 92

After many years working on deep space missions through NASA subcontractors, Mr. Kelly worked directly for JPL from 1999 until retiring in 2002, helping to design robotic antennas for the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Norm Sherry, Dodgers teammate of Sandy Koufax, dies at 89

Norm Sherry, whose suggestion to Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Sandy Koufax helped the future Hall of Fame pitcher reach his potential, has died. He was 89. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Goodwill Zwelithini ka Bhekuzulu, king of the Zulu nation, dies at 72

Goodwill Zwelithini ka Bhekuzulu, the king of South Africa’s Zulu nation, who shepherded his people from the apartheid era into a modern democratic society, died Friday in the eastern coastal city of Durban. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

ARTS IN A CHANGED WORLD

Why the arts must state its case

As pandemic wanes, leaving cultural wreckage in its wake, building a sustainable arts sector is crucial. Continue reading →

TABLES

These patios are open for springtime gatherings

If the warm weather has you longing for an al fresco meal, rejoice: Plenty of restaurants have maintained patios all year long or are reintroducing them for springtime. Continue reading →

ARTS IN A CHANGED WORLD

When will performing arts return? Local groups describe their hopes for summer and beyond

A look at prospects for Tanglewood and other summer traditions, new outdoor venues, and more distant plans — a Nutcracker this year? Continue reading →

Travel

SLEEPING AROUND

These new (and newly remodeled) Boston hotels offer a safe escape from the same four walls

Looking to stay local? Try a boutique hotel in Central Square or a refreshed luxury hotel in Boston. Continue reading →

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

After a year of COVID delays, the Langham Boston will return in grand style this summer

Goodbye, heavy drapes and striped wallpaper. Hello, light-filled restaurants and a fresh new "residential" look. Continue reading →

Real Estate