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Boston Mayoral Race

In a city on the brink of history, these six neighborhoods show Boston at the crossroads of old and new

These six Boston neighborhoods show a city on the brink of historyThe historic Boston mayoral race reflects a major American city that is very much at crossroads, of communities wanting to embrace the new, and others not quite ready to let go of what they know. Continue reading →

Politics

Racial justice protesters are caught in the crosshairs of an emerging weapon: cars and trucks

Demonstrators around the country have been injured and killed by vehicle rammings, but there’s been precious little justice. And new laws could make accountability even scarcer. Continue reading →

A Beautiful Resistance

A short but historic mayoral term: Kim Janey matters

When Kim Janey inherited the seat left behind by Marty Walsh, it showed Bostonians something they’d never seen before: A Black woman mayor. Continue reading →

Health

Vermont, the most vaccinated state in the nation, has been weathering a spike in COVID cases. But why?

The unexpected turn has triggered a sharp debate — at least by Vermont’s polite standards — over how forcefully to respond. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Bid considered to clear Alabama court records of King, Parks

The quest by a civil rights pioneer to have her arrest record wiped clean after nearly 70 years after she protested racial segregation has raised the possibility of similar bids to clear the names of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., whose convictions remain on the books in Alabama’s capital. Continue reading →

Politics

Court filing lists documents Trump seeks to withhold from Jan. 6 inquiry

According to the filing, Trump has asserted executive privilege specifically over 770 pages of documents. Continue reading →

Nation

Doctors question sedative dose used in Oklahoma execution

While medical experts say it’s unclear why an Oklahoma inmate began convulsing and vomiting after the first of three drugs used to execute him was administered, all agree the dosage was massive compared with what’s standard in surgeries — with one doctor calling it “insane.” Continue reading →

The World

World

Children drive Britain’s longest-running COVID surge

Britain is once again at the peak of a coronavirus surge, just over three months after all coronavirus restrictions were lifted on what Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed as “Freedom Day.” Continue reading →

World

Pressure grows on G-20 nations to get COVID vaccines to the poor

As the leaders gathered to discuss plans to protect against future pandemics, health experts and activists expressed concerns that the world’s richest nations were still not doing enough to help people in poor nations survive the current one. Continue reading →

World

UK, France urged to cool down escalating fishing spat

French President Emmanuel Macron warned that the dispute is testing the UK’s international credibility, while each countries accused the other of being in breach of the post-Brexit trade agreement that Britain’s government signed with the European Union before it left the bloc. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Legacy admissions should have no place in today’s colleges

Giving preferential treatment to children of alumni preserves and exacerbates economic inequality. It’s time for schools to finally stop doing so. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Getting a closer look at jail-based solution to Mass. and Cass crisis

Instead of "dignified incarceration," we need dignified housing, effective treatment, job training, education, and community support. Continue reading →

LETTERS

An elected school committee is a civil and voting rights issue

Restoring democracy shouldn’t be a challenge or a fight. It’s an opportunity for Bostonians, our schools, and our next mayor. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

Looking for a warm port in the storm

Forecasters Saturday morning warned the region would get another round of heavy rains and strong wind gusts this weekend, while tens of thousands of customers remained without power following a punishing nor’easter that struck earlier in the week. Continue reading →

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Here’s why you should care about Boston’s mayoral race, even if you don’t live in the city

Paying no attention to Boston politics? This is your column! Continue reading →

RI NEWS

Rhode Island: the Transylvania of America? One vampire expert thinks so

Michael Bell, who is a doctorate of folklore, is chasing stories about vampires in New England. He calls Rhode Island the “Transylvania of New England.” Continue reading →

Sports

red sox

After a humbling suspension, Alex Cora’s resilience was evident as he nearly made history with the Red Sox

Those who know Cora say the lessons he learned will serve him well as he moves on from this near-miss and aims at another title run in 2022. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

From the Blackhawks to the Washington Football Team, the sports world suffers from a stunning lack of accountability

The scandals rocking the Blackhawks and the NFL are the latest in a long, exhausting line of heartbreaking, infuriating stories. Continue reading →

BRUINS 3, PANTHERS 2 (SO)

Charlie Coyle scores in regulation, shootout as Bruins finally deal Florida its first loss

Charlie McAvoy tied the game with a rare power-play goal after Boston squandered Coyle's opening tally, and the Bruins gained a measure of revenge on the Panthers. Continue reading →

Business
Ideas

IDEAS

Where white people go, where Black people go: Cellphone data reveals how segregated Bostonians are in their movements

‘Stunning’ findings from a new atlas of American mobility. Continue reading →

IDEAS

Social Studies: Cell phone-induced polarization; overconfident with Google; business tips

Surprising insights from the social sciences. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Rose Lee Maphis, early star of country music TV, dies at 98

Rose Lee Maphis, a singer and guitarist who, with her husband, Joe, was a mainstay of the early years of live country music television, died Tuesday at her home here. She was 98. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Pauline Bart, sociologist who mapped women’s challenges, dies at 91

A second-wave feminist sociologist, Pauline Bart wrote with rigor and dark wit about depression among 1950s-era housewives, gender inequities in health care and violence against women. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Jo-Carroll Dennison, Miss America during World War II, dies at 97

The oldest surviving former Miss America and among the first to object to wearing a swimsuit during her reign. Jo-Carroll Dennison long fought against the stereotype that her pageant success meant she was an empty-headed sex object. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Television

Michael Imperioli is here to talk ‘Sopranos’: About his podcast, his friendship with James Gandolfini, and the show’s ‘renaissance’

The "Talking Sopranos" co-host, who played the doomed Christopher Moltisanti in the show, says the attention the series is getting from a new audience has "changed my life in a really good way." Continue reading →

Theater

‘Hadestown’ creator Anaïs Mitchell’s unlikely Vermont-to-Broadway story is no myth

A touring production of the Tony-winning musical comes to the Citizens Bank Opera House next week. Continue reading →

Visual Arts

Salem Witch Trials exhibit works strange magic in modern times

"Reckoning and Reclaiming" eschews Halloween pageantry and brings painful history to life at the Peabody Essex Museum. Continue reading →

Travel

TRAVEL

Two wheels, countless joys on Cape Ann

Though beautiful in all seasons, the area is never more so than in the fall, and there’s perhaps no better way to experience it than by bicycle. Continue reading →

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Please do not empty your pockets or remove your shoes. A local company is reshaping the future of airport security

Liberty Defense is working to bring technology to airports that keeps lines moving. Continue reading →

Real Estate