While George Floyd’s murder has no doubt sparked a push for police reform nationwide, the tangible effects haven’t always been easy to discern in Boston, a city that has long struggled with race, and where police reform efforts have often fallen by the wayside. Continue reading →
A year ago Corporate America issued statements and collectively pledged billions of dollars to help erase racial inequities. How companies have deployed the money is proving to be as crucial as how much they’ve promised, or even how much they’ve given out so far. Continue reading →
Several state lawmakers Monday urged Governor Charlie Baker to appear before the Legislature to answer new questions about his own personal responsibility and his administration’s role in the crisis at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, where more than 76 veterans died in a COVID-19 outbreak. Continue reading →
Boston schools superintendent Brenda Cassellius said Monday she has ended the district’s relationship with a nonprofit program that ran a prestigious student advisory group for two decades. Continue reading →
Nearly a half century after the body of Danny Croteau was found floating in the Connecticut River, surviving relatives of the murdered boy joined Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni Monday as he identified disgraced former Catholic priest Richard R. Lavigne, a sex offender who died last week, as the killer. Continue reading →
The White House and the Kremlin are working to arrange a summit next month between President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Switzerland, according to officials. Continue reading →
A team of scientists announced Monday that they had partially restored the sight of a blind man by building light-catching proteins in one of his eyes. Their report, which appeared in the journal Nature Medicine, is the first published study to describe the successful use of this treatment. Continue reading →
The memo was the subject of a judge’s opinion that sharply criticized then-Attorney General William P. Barr’s handling of the Mueller investigation. Continue reading →
Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to the Middle East this week will kick-start a new phase of US-Palestinian diplomacy after years of disconnect under the Trump administration. Continue reading →
The extraordinary forced landing of a commercial flight with a Belarusian dissident aboard escalated into one of the biggest flare-ups in East-West tensions in recent years. Continue reading →
The measures signal a tougher American approach to a war in which Ethiopian forces are accused of atrocities. Ethiopia accused the US of “meddling.” Continue reading →
Nearly a half century after the body of Danny Croteau was found floating in the Connecticut River, surviving relatives of the murdered boy joined Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni Monday as he identified disgraced former Catholic priest Richard R. Lavigne, a sex offender who died last week, as the killer. Continue reading →
Several groups in Greater Boston and beyond have planned events on Tuesday marking one year since George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Continue reading →
Amid an election contest brimming with contentious issues over police transparency and social inequality, the environment took center during a debate Monday sponsored by the Environmental League of Massachusetts and The Boston Globe. Continue reading →
Chung, who was the first Asian American to be drafted in the first round when he was chosen by the Patriots in 1992, did not say which team’s employee made the comments when he shared his story with the Globe last week. Continue reading →
A year ago Corporate America issued statements and collectively pledged billions of dollars to help erase racial inequities. How companies have deployed the money is proving to be as crucial as how much they’ve promised, or even how much they’ve given out so far. Continue reading →
President Biden’s infrastructure plan is hitting roadblocks. A policing overhaul after the killing of George Floyd is up in the air. Even a seemingly bipartisan effort to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol faces the blockade of Republican opposition in Congress. Continue reading →
In a lawsuit, the government alleges that the company’s owner threatened to “go after“ a former worker he thought prompted the scrutiny. Continue reading →
A reader doesn't like this particular whodunit. But whether you enjoy "Mare" or not, murder mysteries make their living on manipulating audiences. Continue reading →
The delightful pop-up loaded with unique creations, including finger puppets, colorful flags, tiny paintings, occasional mobiles, and other adorable flotsam and jetsam. Continue reading →
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