Politics

Both sides planning for new state-by-state abortion fight

As the Supreme Court court weighs the future of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, a resurgent antiabortion movement is looking to press its advantage in state-by-state battles while abortion-rights supporters prepare to play defense. Continue reading →

Nation

Third party to probe Oxford High’s actions ahead of shooting

A third party will investigate events at Oxford High School that occurred before a school shooting that left four students dead and six other students and a teacher wounded, the Michigan district’s superintendent said, with the Michigan attorney general responding Sunday that her office could conduct it. Continue reading →

Analysis

The year 2022 is supposed to be a banner one for Republicans, so why are three of the region’s top Republicans passing on big contests?

In less than a month’s time, three of the most popular Republicans in New England have bypassed major election contests. Continue reading →

World

Pope, on Lesbos, laments that for migrants, ‘little has changed’

Pope Francis returned Sunday to a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, the site of one of the definitive moments of his papacy, seeking to elevate the plight of migrants — what he called a “shipwreck of civilization” — to the top level of global concerns, along with the pandemic and climate change. Continue reading →

World

Violence occurs as French far-right TV pundit holds campaign rally

Antiracism activists were beaten up Sunday as far-right former French TV pundit Eric Zemmour held his first presidential campaign rally near Paris, a few days after he formally declared his candidacy in a video that highlighted his antimigrant and anti-Islam views. Continue reading →

World

Myanmar court sentences ousted leader Suu Kyi to four years

A special court in Myanmar’s capital sentenced the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions, a legal official said. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Disarming the campaign war chests

Political incumbents get an unfair advantage from rules that let them hoard cash beyond a single election cycle. Continue reading →

OPINION

Why isn’t the US treating the overdose epidemic like the public health emergency it is?

We know how to prevent drug overdose deaths and create better access to treatment. We just need to do it. Continue reading →

LETTERS

After court arguments, the abortion debate is striking a lot of nerves

The debate about abortion rights is really a debate about equal rights, men to women. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Bridgewater State battles mold in the campus library as employees push for long-term solutions

Employees at Bridgewater State University say elevated levels of mold in the campus library have hurt their health, and they want the administration to replace the building’s aging HVAC system, according to the faculty union. Continue reading →

Politics

Nonprofit launches ‘Black City Hall’ to address gaps in access to critical services

The Community Communications Center, launched by Next Leadership Development Corporation, enables Black Bostonians to ask for help with everything from securing food assistance to scheduling a COVID-19 booster shot or repairing their credit. Continue reading →

GLOBE SANTA

The randomness of hardship and bad luck

It’s very hard to ask for help. Many readers express sadness, regret, even shame. Yet every year, thousands of parents, grandparents, even siblings — in financial need — overcome their hesitation and turn to Globe Santa to request gift assistance for children who might otherwise go without any gifts. Sometimes they tell heart-wrenching stories that are deeply personal and cannot be easy to share. Continue reading →

Christopher L. Gasper

In college football, the coaching carousel has spun out of control

More than money and perks drove the seismic shifts of Brian Kelly from Notre Dame to LSU and Lincoln Riley from Oklahoma to USC. At the center of this high-stakes, costly game of musical chairs is the College Football Playoff. Continue reading →

On Hockey

What do the Bruins do about Jake DeBrusk? Don’t flip him for pennies, for starters

The Bruins need more secondary scoring and could package DeBrusk to get it, but GM Don Sweeney already has been searching for the right fit. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

The Bills expected a changing of the guard, but the AFC East-leading Patriots have flipped the script

Most expected a new era in the division, but for Bill Belichick and company, it's just back to business as usual. Continue reading →

Business

DraftKings draws a losing hand in 2021, faces challenges in online gambling

Everything was on plan for most of 2020 and the first part of 2021. But it’s been largely downhill since then, and now DraftKings — one of the Boston tech scene’s notable success stories — faces the most challenging period of its life. Continue reading →

SHIRLEY LEUNG

With Charlie Baker out, who will big business back for governor?

Business leaders follow the governor’s race closely because the state has an outsized impact on the success of their companies, whether it’s tax policy or workforce development. Continue reading →

Technology

Fresh off ‘Shark Tank,’ they’re out to disrupt divorce

HelloPrenup looks to simplify the way Americans get prenuptial agreements, which can cost couples upwards of $5,000. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Robert Dole, presidential candidate and stalwart of Republican Party, dies at 98

American culture served up no purer emblem of the nation’s triumphs and challenges in the postwar period than Mr. Dole, a son of the center of the country, a disabled veteran of the war at the center of the century, a leader in the political dramas that were at the center of American national life. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Philip Heymann, former Harvard Law professor and US deputy attorney general, dies at 89

A longtime Harvard Law School professor who encouraged and mentored scores of students who pursued public service careers, Philip Heymann died Tuesday in hospice care at his Los Angeles home, a few days after a major stroke. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Almudena Grandes, novelist of Spain’s marginalized, dies at 61

An award-winning Spanish writer and ardent feminist, Almudena Grandes shot to fame with an erotic novel about a woman rebelling against social norms and wrote more than a dozen novels whose protagonists mostly live on the edges of traditional Spanish society, either struggling against its sexual restrictions or marginalized by poverty. Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

Julian Lage Trio stretches out at Berklee Performance Center

The trio played an expansive set that emphasized songs from their most recent album, "Squint," but fleshed out into something grander and more in-the-moment than those recordings. Continue reading →

Names

All Ayanna Pressley wants for Christmas is her Mariah Carey album returned

Representative Ayanna Pressley revealed on Twitter Friday that one of her beloved records — a Christmas LP by Grammy winner Mariah Carey — had mysteriously gone missing. Then the pop star herself offered to send the Massachusetts congresswoman a new one. Continue reading →

ASK AMY

To his way of thinking, homemaker’s devotion is waste of good career

Advice from Amy Dickinson. Continue reading →