In some ways, the Sept. 11 attacks have moved from lived experience to history. In other ways, they have gained a renewed freshness because of recent events in Afghanistan. Continue reading →
Teenagers in many of the cities and towns hardest hit by COVID-19 are getting vaccinated at alarmingly low rates, raising concerns there could be a fresh surge in infections as schools open for in-person classes across Massachusetts. Continue reading →
Reverberations from the pandemic will be felt for years, and it blindsided a generation whose youngest members turn 57 this year and will likely find it hardest to recover. Continue reading →
The Scholar Athletes foundation spent more than $25 million on direct services to BPS student-athletes before it shut down, creating a void as a new academic year approaches and deficiencies persist in Boston school sports. Continue reading →
As more employers across the country begin requiring COVID vaccinations for workers, they are butting up against the nation’s sizable population of vaccine holdouts who nonetheless see their resistance in religious terms — or at least see an opportunity. Continue reading →
The loved ones gathered again in lower Manhattan for moments of silence and the peals of the bells. They paid tribute to those they lost 20 years earlier and listened as Bruce Springsteen sang about memory and loss. Continue reading →
Antipsychotic drugs are dangerous for older people with dementia, nearly doubling their chance of death from heart problems, infections, falls, and other ailments. But understaffed nursing homes have often used the sedatives, so they do not have to hire more staff to handle residents. Continue reading →
Using log coffins was “an unusual form of burial” that had briefly been the practice 4,000 years ago in the Bronze Age, said Tim Allen, an archaeologist with Historic England, a public agency charged with preserving the country’s history. Continue reading →
Myanmar’s brutal military coup and the Taliban’s triumphal return to power in Afghanistan are among the crises confronting the United Nations as it convenes its annual General Assembly this coming week. Continue reading →
Afghanistan’s vibrant free press and media industry, once celebrated as a success story and labeled one of the country’s most important achievements of the past two decades, has abruptly been transformed after the Taliban takeover of the country. Continue reading →
Reverberations from the pandemic will be felt for years, and it blindsided a generation whose youngest members turn 57 this year and will likely find it hardest to recover. Continue reading →
Rosario Pichardo’s remains were flown on a charter plane to Logan Airport Saturday morning, where Governor Charlie Baker, Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, and other Massachusetts officials paid their respects ahead of a funeral procession to Lawrence. Continue reading →
The Scholar Athletes foundation spent more than $25 million on direct services to BPS student-athletes before it shut down, creating a void as a new academic year approaches and deficiencies persist in Boston school sports. Continue reading →
The new Patriots quarterback doesn't have to be another Larry Bird or Ted Williams, but it would be nice if he got them back to the playoffs. Continue reading →
California is burning all around me, and I can’t stop thinking about it. Climate grief is giving psychologists a new diagnosis to ponder. Continue reading →
Although her three and a half minutes of playing on “She’s Leaving Home” brought her anonymously into millions of homes over the last five decades, Sheila Bromberg was regarded by classical and session players as more than a one-hit wonder. Continue reading →
Singer and musician Sunil Perera entertained generations of Sri Lankans with captivating songs, but won their minds and hearts with his outspoken comments against social injustice, corruption, racism, and suppression of democracy. Continue reading →
Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre's Dance for World Community festival returns this year, with outdoor performances and classes designed to encourage connection and activism. Continue reading →
With 1,054 rooms and seven dining options, it’s the biggest hotel to open in Boston since the mid-’80s. Here’s what it’s like inside. Continue reading →
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