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Shirley Leung

Suffolk Sheriff Tompkins proposes to convert empty detention center into temporary housing for people living in tents by Mass. and Cass

Tompkins says several empty floors in a building once used to hold ICE detainees could be converted into a treatment center with dorm-style accommodations featuring common areas with sofas and other comforts. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Boycott targets college admissions boost given to children of alumni at Harvard, other elite schools

A national group is launching a campaign to end “legacy” preferences, using an alumni donations boycott. Continue reading →

Business

Toxicity in the land of enlightenment? This yoga dispute has the community tied up in knots

Former teachers at Down Under School of Yoga accuse the studios' owner of being a bully. But she and current teachers say there's something else going on. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

The Neponset River, a hidden jewel of Boston, has become a tarnished gem

The natural splendor of the river remains something of an illusion because of pollution. Continue reading →

Elections

In an unprecedented moment, Kim Janey endorses Michelle Wu for Boston mayor

Janey’s support gives Wu, who faces Councilor Annissa Essaibi George in November, the blessing of the candidate who had the best showing of the preliminary election in precincts with the highest concentration of Black voters. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

COVID at the UN: One topic, used to make many points

Through the lenses of vaccine inequality, economic disaster, scientific misinformation and social isolation, just about every president, king, foreign minister and head of state talked about the pandemic as a sweeping global catastrophe. Yet each made it into a distinctive political message that said as much about a nation and its leader as it did about the virus itself. Continue reading →

Nation

10 years after ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell,’ cadets see progress

Marking the 10th anniversary this week of the end of “don't ask, don't tell,” a new generation of military academy students say that their campuses are now tolerant, welcoming and inclusive for the most part — but that more work needs to be done. Continue reading →

Nation

Music and cookouts in a tent city for Afghans starting life in the US

Liberty Village fills an expansive field at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, a military installation in central New Jersey where about 8,500 Afghans displaced by the longest war in US history are temporarily living. Continue reading →

The World

World

To get back arrested executive, China uses a hardball tactic: seizing foreigners

In a rapid-fire climax to a 1,030-day standoff, China welcomed home a company executive whose arrest in Canada and possible extradition to the United States made her a focus of superpower friction. In getting her back, Beijing brandished a formidable political tool: using detained foreign citizens as bargaining chips in disputes with other countries. Continue reading →

World

Back in Haiti, expelled migrant family plans to flee again

Staying in Haiti is not an option for many of some 2,000 migrants that the US expelled to Haiti last week via more than 17 flights. Many plan to flee their country again as soon as they can. Continue reading →

World

UK’s migrant boat dispute has eyes fixed on the channel

For much of the year, the numbers of migrants crossing the English Channel in dinghies has risen, brewing a political storm in London and leading Home Secretary Priti Patel to authorize tough tactics to push boats back toward France. The proposal — not yet put into effect — has stirred anew the national debate over immigration and created a further diplomatic spat between Britain and France. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

The Esplanade should get its makeover

A public-private partnership holds the key to revitalize a part of the Emerald Necklace. Beacon Hill should give it the OK. Continue reading →

LETTERS

The Boston mayoral vote that could have been, and (drum roll) the vote that was

For all the rhetoric about a new era dawning, communities and the candidates themselves failed to ensure one of the most important responsibilities of citizenship: voting. Continue reading →

OPINION

As Washington debates the debt limit, the hypocrisy is at flood tide

America’s two reckless spending parties play politics as the nation slowly drowns in red ink. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

Robert Moses, civil rights activist, remembered in Cambridge ceremony, jazz parade

Mourners gathered Saturday morning to honor the legacy of Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights icon who died last summer following a career that included supporting voter registration efforts in the deep South and improving math education for people of color nationwide. Continue reading →

Metro

With friends like Susan Collins...

If you care about abortion rights, about ending Trumpism, about pulling this country back from the brink to which the nihilists who lead the GOP have brought us, hear this: The senator from Maine is ... Not. Your. Friend. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Changing of the leaves could come later this fall, experts say

Warm temperatures and rain in September are pushing back the day the leaves will turn. Continue reading →

Sports

Dan Shaughnessy

It’s not the glory days of Sox-Yankees 2003-04, but it’s still good, and other thoughts

Folks don't care as much about the rivalry as they did when Sox-Yankees drew SRO crowds, delivered great TV ratings, and featured true star power. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

Today’s athletes must tread carefully in an increasingly hostile world of social media

From the explosion of daily fantasy betting games to the expanding connection to formerly unreachable stars, it is easier for angry fans to spread their bile. Continue reading →

Ryder Cup

United States widens lead to commanding 11-5 on Day 2 of Ryder Cup

Europe has only won four of the 16 matches so far, three by Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia. Continue reading →

Business

Shirley Leung

Suffolk Sheriff Tompkins proposes to convert empty detention center into temporary housing for people living in tents by Mass. and Cass

Tompkins says several empty floors in a building once used to hold ICE detainees could be converted into a treatment center with dorm-style accommodations featuring common areas with sofas and other comforts. Continue reading →

Business

Toxicity in the land of enlightenment? This yoga dispute has the community tied up in knots

Former teachers at Down Under School of Yoga accuse the studios' owner of being a bully. But she and current teachers say there's something else going on. Continue reading →

Ideas

IDEAS

Got kids? Put parenting on your resume.

It’s the hardest job you’ll ever have. Why shouldn’t prospective employers know that you’re good at it? Continue reading →

IDEAS

Learning to exhale

COVID-19, a lung cancer diagnosis, and the stresses of reentry conspired to take my breath away. Could breathwork classes help me get it back? Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Ralph Irizarry, Innovative Latin Percussionist, Dies at 67

Ralph Irizarry, a master of the timbales who played in groups led by conga player Ray Barretto and singer Rubén Blades before forming his own well-regarded bands, died Sept. 5 in a hospital in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. He was 67. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Nebraska billionaire, philanthropist Walter Scott dies at 90

Billionaire Walter Scott, the past top executive of Peter Kiewit Sons Inc. construction firm who helped oversee Warren Buffett’s conglomerate and donated to various causes, particularly construction projects around Omaha, has died. He was 90. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

‘Bring it on’: BLO singers mic and mask up for ‘Cavalleria rusticana’ at open-air Leader Bank Pavilion

The team only has one day for tech rehearsals at the venue before opening night on Oct. 1. Continue reading →

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

This year, the Tony Awards have a Boston accent

As Broadway rises to its feet, musicals and plays that got their start here are vying for its top honors. The awards will take place this Sunday. Continue reading →

MATTHEW GILBERT

The good stuff you might have missed on TV amid the glut of everything else

Here are some of the lesser-known shows I’ve enjoyed in the past year or two, including several overlooked imports. Continue reading →

Travel

TRAVEL

Can ancient wisdom help us cope with COVID stress?

We asked Erin Casperson, lead faculty member of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, to spill the chai on her best strategies for dealing with the daily onslaught. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

The Berkshires are haunted. We have the ghost stories to prove it

You’ll never look at the region the same way again after reading about the tunnel from hell, toe-tugging spirits, and the curse of the mummy. Continue reading →

Real Estate