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Metro

In a treehouse, a Maine school studies the good life

Two brothers climbed a tree, and found it changed their perspective. Now, the Seguinland Institute is inviting gap year students to do the same. Continue reading →

Politics

Justice Breyer, under pressure from left to retire, takes the long view

If anyone is built to withstand the pressure, it is Breyer, who has given no indication he plans to retire when the Supreme Court’s term ends in the next few weeks. Continue reading →

TY BURR

Life with father — at the movies

Going to the movies with dad is a lasting memory for many people, providing a window into the world and a window into a man. And there is definitely a Dad Movie Hall of Fame. Continue reading →

Politics

Arcane voting maps leave some Boston voters waiting in long lines while others zip through

Even as Boston’s population has swelled and shifted, the city hasn’t overhauled its voting precincts in decades. Continue reading →

Health

Local officials say Baker is failing to invest in state’s broken public health system

Governor Baker said last week that not a single dollar out of $2.8 billion in federal pandemic relief funding that he plans to allocate would go toward public health programs. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

How Republican states are expanding their power over elections

GOP lawmakers across the county are taking steps that include asserting more control over state election boards, making it easier to overturn election results, and pursuing partisan audits and inspections of 2020 results. Continue reading →

Nation

Fierce Capitol attacks on police in newly released videos

Videos released under court order provide a chilling new look at the chaos at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, including body camera footage that shows a man charging at a police officer with a flagpole and tackling him to the ground. Continue reading →

Nation

Amid reform movement, some GOP states give police more power

After a year of protests over police brutality, some Republican-controlled states have ignored or blocked police-reform proposals, moving instead in the other direction by granting greater powers to officers, making it harder to discipline them and expanding their authority to crack down on demonstrations. Continue reading →

The World

World

Iranian hard-liner Raisi wins presidential vote

The Interior Ministry announced the final results Saturday, saying Raisi had won with nearly 18 million of 28.9 million ballots cast in the voting a day earlier. Turnout was 48.8% — a significant decline from the last presidential election, in 2017. Continue reading →

Analysis

Biden’s bet: Iranian hard-liner may be best path to restoring nuclear deal

President Biden’s top aides say the next six weeks before Raisi is inaugurated present a unique window to strike a final deal with Iran’s leadership on a painful decision it has been delaying. Continue reading →

World

Inside the ‘deadly serious’ world of esports in South Korea

Students have brought the same intense competitive energy often associated with South Korean education to their training at esports academies. South Korea is considered a birthplace of esports, but the highly selective multibillion-dollar industry is still frowned upon by many in the country. The academies have worked to change that image and give thousands of young people a chance to pursue careers in a place where gaming has long been seen as a way of life. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

LETTERS

Social justice is a key issue in Mass. energy efficiency programs

Stakeholders in energy advocacy respond to Yvonne Abraham's recent column on equity and the Mass Save program. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Boston’s kids need a summer of fun

The closures, quarantines, isolation, and loneliness of the last year have created a mental health crisis for children. A small way to start the healing process would be to make this summer as enjoyable as possible. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Merged health insurers’ new name is a head-scratcher

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan have chosen Point32Health as the name for their newly merged operations. Were they smoking medical marijuana when making this decision? Continue reading →

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Metro

Metro

In a treehouse, a Maine school studies the good life

Two brothers climbed a tree, and found it changed their perspective. Now, the Seguinland Institute is inviting gap year students to do the same. Continue reading →

Metro

Boston-area revelers celebrate Juneteenth in its first year as a national holiday

Revelers in Greater Boston marked this year’s historic Juneteenth on Saturday with joy and resolve to rid society of the racism that has persisted since the US abolished human bondage during the Civil War. Continue reading →

Metro

As Mass. approaches 4.1 million vaccinated goal, holding small local clinics will be ‘long-haul process’

As the state edged closer Saturday to its goal of getting 4.1 million residents vaccinated, advocates said officials must press on with efforts to inoculate people who remain unprotected. Continue reading →

Sports

Golf

Next on the tee for the US Open: The Country Club of Brookline

TCC has undergone renovations in preparation for a major championship in the Boston area for the first time in 34 years. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Red Sox star prospect Jarren Duran took his father’s advice, hit the gym, and became a different hitter

Duran once relied on speed and contact at the plate, but now he has the power to complement his game. Continue reading →

dan shaughnessy

Red Sox can’t unstick themselves from this issue, and other thoughts

It seems pretty clear that every team had pitchers using grip-enhancing substances, and that the Red Sox benefited. Continue reading →

Business
Ideas

IDEAS

I absolutely adored Spock. Loving Dad was much more complicated.

A son of Boston, Leonard Nimoy was also my father. Continue reading →

IDEAS

A cure for violence

An audacious psychological experiment takes root in some of Massachusetts’ toughest neighborhoods. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Consuewella Dotson Africa dies; mother of children killed in MOVE bombing

The "Minister of Confrontation" for the Black organization MOVE, Consuewella Africa was a longtime member of the organization, which also identifies as a family. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Milkha Singh, India’s ‘Flying Sikh’ ace runner, dies at 91

The first Indian athlete to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, in the 400 meter division in 1958, Milkha Singh narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal, finishing fourth at the 400 meter final of the 1960 Rome Games. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

Black women playwrights claim a leading role

The work of Katori Hall, Suzan-Lori Parks, Lynn Nottage, and others is reaching wider audiences through stage, film, and TV. Continue reading →

ART REVIEW

Another side of David Driskell, a towering figure in American art

An exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art focuses not on his scholarly work but on his painting. Continue reading →

Movies

Hollywood past, Hanover present

Dartmouth’s Hood Museum of Art has acquired the Kobal Foundation Collection of classic studio photographs. Continue reading →

Travel

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Iceland’s open, and as tourists return, a fiery new attraction puts on a show

The North Atlantic country is now open to vaccinated Americans, and its diversions are running hot — and bitterly cold. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

How to use bad travel reviews to have a great vacation

Travel experts share some ways to analyze the feedback so that you can use those negative responses to your advantage. Continue reading →

Real Estate