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CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

Amid restaurant closures in Boston, there is an opportunity to reshape the city’s dining scene for years to come

Statewide, 3,400 establishments — 23 percent of the total — closed permanently during the pandemic, according to the Massachusetts Restaurant Association. But alongside all of this loss, the vacancies in Boston now present an opportunity. Continue reading →

Business

At New England’s biggest companies, CEO paychecks surged in 2020 as revenues fell

Executive pay these days is inextricably linked to a company’s stock performance. So in a period where the overall market is booming, as it did after the initial plunge from the pandemic last year, these pay packages can swell to outsize proportions. Continue reading →

Coronavirus

COVID-19 risks reemerge at nursing homes as workers decline vaccine and new residents struggle to get shots

Just two months after the ambitious nursing home vaccination program wrapped up, there are worrisome signs that the danger remains and may even be growing again. Continue reading →

Metro

In Rachael Rollins, a potential reformist for US. But a loss for Suffolk?

A potential promotion to US attorney could provide a larger stage to push her reforms and broaden the footprint of the progressive movement. But some worry that joining the federal office would necessarily limit her freedom of action and mute her activism. Continue reading →

yvonne abraham

As a mother fights Alzheimer’s, her children reflect on motherhood

The regressions and reversals of Alzheimer’s disease mean we now care for our mother as she once cared for us. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Election officials face fines, charges in GOP voting laws

In 2020, election officials tried to make voting easier and safer amid a global pandemic. Next time, they might get fined or face criminal charges. Continue reading →

Nation

Biden wants to move energy offshore, but choppy seas are ahead

To fight climate change, the administration supports a huge expansion in offshore wind farms by 2030. Continue reading →

Nation

COVID forces families to rethink nursing home care

Even with vaccines, many older people and their relatives are weighing how to manage at-home care for those who can no longer live independently. Continue reading →

The World

World

Israeli police beef up presence in Jerusalem, fearing unrest

Israeli police beefed up forces in East Jerusalem and blocked busloads of Muslim pilgrims headed to the Al-Aqsa mosque for the holiest night of Ramadan, threatening to escalate already heightened religious tensions that have unleashed the worst unrest in the holy city in years. Continue reading →

World

Where Ukrainians are preparing for all-out war with Russia

A dried-up canal running from Ukraine into Russian-occupied Crimea is emerging as one of Europe’s main flash points. Continue reading →

World

A farmer moved a 200-year-old stone, and the French-Belgian border

When it comes to redrawing nations’ borders, scores of diplomats can spend years painstakingly hashing out every inch of the dividing line. For the border between France and Belgium to be redrawn, all it seemingly took was one farmer. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Academic tenure is in desperate need of reform

In order to promote diversity and better protect academic freedom, universities should begin introducing term limits for tenured faculty. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Can you really put a price on your college major?

So we’re going to talk college students out of studying history, literature, and philosophy because it won’t put money in their pockets? Continue reading →

OPINION

I’m fully vaccinated. I’m still wearing a mask outdoors.

Vaccinated people wearing masks outdoors are acting out of caution. Stop equating us with anti-maskers. Continue reading →

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Metro

Metro

In Rachael Rollins, a potential reformist for US. But a loss for Suffolk?

A potential promotion to US attorney could provide a larger stage to push her reforms and broaden the footprint of the progressive movement. But some worry that joining the federal office would necessarily limit her freedom of action and mute her activism. Continue reading →

yvonne abraham

As a mother fights Alzheimer’s, her children reflect on motherhood

The regressions and reversals of Alzheimer’s disease mean we now care for our mother as she once cared for us. Continue reading →

RI NEWSMAKERS

From supporting US forces in Afghanistan to running Rhode Island’s COVID-19 response

How Thomas McCarthy, the executive director of the state’s COVID-19 Response Team, took the lessons he learned through multiple tours of duty and applied them to the pandemic. Continue reading →

Sports

On Baseball

Batters be aware, the year of the pitcher is upon us

This season’s on-base percentage of .310 is the lowest since 1968, the year of the pitcher. The rash of no-hitters and plunging statistics aren’t a fluke. This is how the game is being played. Continue reading →

Dan Shaughnessy

Has there ever been a more important Boston sports figure with a more anonymous profile than Ernie Adams?

Adams was Bill Belichick’s sounding board, confidant, and consigliere. Continue reading →

bruins

Taylor Hall dreamed of playing for the Bruins. Now, 11 years later, he’s finally landed his shot.

Wishing didn't work out then, but it has now. And it's coming at the perfect moment for Boston and the rejuvenated former MVP, who is preparing for his third postseason run. Continue reading →

Business

Business

At New England’s biggest companies, CEO paychecks surged in 2020 as revenues fell

Executive pay these days is inextricably linked to a company’s stock performance. So in a period where the overall market is booming, as it did after the initial plunge from the pandemic last year, these pay packages can swell to outsize proportions. Continue reading →

Ideas

IDEAS

The radical hope of Black motherhood

One family’s heirloom reveals a broader legacy: brilliant practicality in the face of terror. Continue reading →

IDEAS

Face it, America: Boston has a way with words

The Hub is a city on a hill of linguistic invention. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

‘We all have to protect our environment,’ said Jack Coughlin, who died at 78

Jack Coughlin’s legacy around the Connecticut River valley can been seen in the parks he helped create, and in his efforts on behalf of expanding the state’s bottle deposit law to diminish the amount of litter along roadsides and waterways. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

TY BURR

16 TV shows that make your family look functional

Dramatic series that explore the bonds and betrayals of sprawling, ungainly family units scratch a primal itch, the one that says: You think your family is crazy? Wait’ll you get a load of this one. Continue reading →

ART REVIEW

Early Roy Lichtenstein: A fount of insight on postwar America

A Colby Museum of Art exhibition centers on forgotten works that grappled with American identity. Continue reading →

Music

Dionne Warwick knows the way to San Jose, and she’s quite familiar with Twitter, too

A conversation with the hit-maker, now 80, about "Bridgerton," Burt Bacharach, and finding a new audience on social media. Continue reading →

Travel

TRAVEL

Most of us were grounded in 2020, but complaints against airlines soared 400 percent

An annual survey found consumers struggled to get COVID-related refunds last year. Southwest was named the top US carrier because it had fewer complaints against it. Continue reading →

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Cape Cod’s stylish new Airstream hotel is a lesson in high-density luxury camping

Even with the trailers being so close together, AutoCamp takes glamping to a new level. Continue reading →

Real Estate