Politics

In Charlottesville car attack, a grisly blueprint of terror

The deadly Charlottesville car attack four years ago foreshadowed a summer of violence in 2020. Continue reading →

Politics

Supreme Court hints it may allow challenge to Texas abortion law

After almost three hours of lively arguments Monday at the Supreme Court, a majority of the justices seemed inclined to allow abortion providers — but perhaps not the Biden administration — to pursue a federal court challenge to a Texas law that has sharply curtailed abortions in the state. Continue reading →

Politics

Manchin refuses to endorse safety-net bill, dampening hopes of a quick vote

Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia all but dashed hopes for quick votes this week on President Biden’s domestic agenda, saying Monday that he would not endorse a $1.85 trillion social policy and climate package without ample time to consider its economic and fiscal ramifications. Continue reading →

World

Biden cites ‘overwhelming obligations’ of US on climate

In a markedly more humble tone for a US leader, President Biden acknowledged at a United Nations summit Monday that the United States and other energy-gulping developed nations bear much of the responsibility for climate change, and said actions taken this decade to contain global warming will be decisive in preventing future generations from suffering. Continue reading →

World

Nigeria building collapse kills at least 4 with many more trapped

A 21-story building under construction crumbled Monday in Lagos, Nigeria’s financial capital and Africa’s largest city, leaving what workers said were as many as 100 construction workers trapped and at least four dead in the latest structural failure in a rapidly expanding metropolis. Continue reading →

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EDITORIAL

Nobel Peace Prize a challenge to autocrats

This year’s award — to two high-profile dissident journalists — sends an urgent message that the repression of a free press needs to be understood as the threat to world peace that it is. Continue reading →

OPINION

Biden should compensate families separated at the border

How much does America owe these families? Continue reading →

LETTERS

New bus lanes are a work in progress. What’s needed is more progressive thinking

The streets belong to everyone, not just those addicted to using private vehicles to get around. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Boston police supervisor defends his actions as justified in federal discrimination trial

A Boston Police commander accused of discriminating against a high-ranking female detective testified Monday that he had serious concerns about her work and believed she tried to use her political connections to bypass his authority. Continue reading →

Metro

History has come slowly, and with perspective

For the first time in the city’s history, a white man will not be elected mayor. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Lawyer pleads with SJC to end Harvard’s control over photo of enslaved father and daughter

Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump passionately urged the state’s highest court Monday to end the “bondage” of Renty and Delia, an enslaved man and his daughter photographed in 1850 to support a racist theory and whose images are retained by Harvard University — against the wishes of their descendants. Continue reading →

ON BASEBALL

Carlos Correa just the kind of big splash flexible Red Sox need to consider

At first glance, it doesn’t make sense, what with the Red Sox already having an All-Star shortstop in Xander Bogaerts, but Correa is one of the best all-around players in the game and checks off plenty of Boston needs. Continue reading →

gary washburn | on basketball

Instead of being a sleeper in the Eastern Conference, this Celtics team appears to have no idea how to win

The Celtics are a mess right now, lacking chemistry when it counts, too predictable on offense, and not tough enough on defense. Continue reading →

patriots

The NFL trade deadline is here. Will the Patriots make a move?

With the 4 p.m. Tuesday NFL trade deadline fast approaching, the Pats are the most in need of reinforcements among cornerbacks and the offensive line. Continue reading →

Business

Leaders dial up doomsday warning to kick-start climate talks

World leaders turned up the heat and resorted to end-of-the-world rhetoric Monday in an attempt to bring new urgency to sputtering international climate negotiations. Continue reading →

Business

Culp plots GE’s next act as deal closing unlocks possibilities

General Electric Co. chief executive Larry Culp is about to close his biggest deal yet. And to hear him tell it, he’s just getting started. Continue reading →

Bold Types

For Symone Crawford, a long trip from Jamaica to running Mass. Affordable Housing Alliance

For Symone Crawford, a long trip from Jamaica to running Mass. Affordable Housing Alliance Continue reading →

Obituaries

Dr. Aaron Beck, father of cognitive therapy, dies at 100

Dr. Beck’s work revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of depression and other psychological disorders. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Dr. Aaron Beck, father of cognitive therapy, dies at 100

Dr. Beck’s work revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of depression and other psychological disorders. Continue reading →

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STAGE REVIEW

In ‘BLKS,’ three women navigate love, friendship, and a night on the town

Directed at a suitably racing pace by Tonasia Jones at SpeakEasy Stage Company, “BLKS” is a comedy, and a frequently entertaining one, but it’s also more than that. Continue reading →

Theater

Ramy Youssef, on ‘Ramy,’ his stand-up act, and which is the real him

The comedian and actor comes to the Wilbur for a show Thursday. Continue reading →

MUSIC

New partnership aims to expand opportunities in jazz for women and nonbinary artists

Berklee's Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice and New Music USA team up on an effort to provide grants, apprenticeships, and guidance to emerging artists and help them sustain a career in music. Continue reading →