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Social Justice

At Mass. and Cass, word of a cleanup, housing, has begun to spread

Already, social workers have started to relocate people, including more than a dozen who were set to settle in Friday at the nearby Roundhouse hotel as the winter’s first snowstorm pummeled the region. Another 10 people have been set up at pop-up cabins in Jamaica Plain. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

With its ski resort open again, everyone is rooting for Rangeley

The story of the turnaround at Saddleback Mountain reads like a small-town fairytale. Continue reading →

COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic will end, but at what cost?

Even if the virus is defanged, it will no doubt still pose potentially grave threats to the elderly and medically vulnerable. Still, large institutions and government agencies have quietly begun to grapple with the question of how the country learns to live with COVID-19. Continue reading →

Economy

Omicron whips through the workforce, pushing overstretched staffs to the brink

Restaurants are shutting down. Construction jobs are being delayed. Retailers are limiting hours. And some small business owners are at the breaking point. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

18 relatives in a deadly fire: For some, crowded housing is not a choice

The main thing people noticed about the century-old brick house at 869 N. 23rd St. was all the children, who would spill out noisily every morning into the streets of Fairmount, a comfortable neighborhood just north of the heart of the city. Continue reading →

Nation

Harry Reid memorial in Vegas drawing nation’s top Democrats

Two American presidents joined other Democratic leaders from around the country Saturday in commemorating former Senate majority leader Harry Reid, who rose from childhood poverty and deprivation in Nevada to become one of the nation’s most powerful elected officials. Continue reading →

Nation

Manchin’s $1.8 trillion spending offer appears no longer to be on the table

Manchin said publicly this week that he was no longer involved in talks with the White House over the economic package. Privately, he has also made clear that he is not interested in approving legislation resembling Biden's Build Back Better package and that Democrats should fundamentally rethink their approach. Continue reading →

The World

World

Amid crisis, Kazakhstan’s leader chose his path: Embrace Russia

The rise of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to the presidency was looked at as a possible model by other authoritarian regimes on how to conduct a leadership transition without losing their grip on power. Instead, Kazakhstan erupted in violence this week and Tokayev has overseen a ruthless crackdown on protesters. Continue reading →

World

Former anti-terror chief arrested over Kazakhstan protests

Authorities say security forces killed 26 demonstrators in this week’s unrest and that 18 law-enforcement officers died. More than 4,400 people have been arrested, the Interior Ministry said Saturday. Continue reading →

World

Heavy snow kills 21 at popular tourist site in Pakistan

At least 21 people died Saturday when their cars became stuck on snow-covered roads leading to a popular tourist town just outside Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

LETTERS

Expertise has its limitations, but we’ll still take it

It is irresponsible to add fuel to the antivax fire with the claim, from an influential and usually reasonable conservative columnist, that "nobody knows anything." Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

If the US can’t hold Iran, it must know when — and how — to fold

The time to revive the nuclear deal is running short. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Crushed under the wheel of the past, and rising to meet its challenges

In "Under the wheel," Evan Allen probes whether these dark tendencies are attributable to nature or nurture and whether it is possible to escape a fate that seems inevitable and beyond our control. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

Mourners bid farewell to 16-year-old Jucelena ‘Jocy’ Gomes Ramos, Boston’s first homicide victim of 2022

“She’s living through you now. She’s journeying through you,” the Rev. Dr. Victor Price of Dorchester’s Second Church told mourners. “Her 16 years are not over because as long as you live and you pass on what she has passed onto you to another, you have perpetuated her existence. She’s not gone. She lives through you. She lives through me.” Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Mother said she clings to hope about her missing 7-year-old daughter as investigators search girl’s former home

Officials looking for a missing 7-year-old girl said that law enforcement agencies will be at the child’s Manchester, N.H., home Saturday as part of their continued investigation, according to a statement. Continue reading →

The Great Divide

‘Turned out to be a fiasco’: Mask controversy erodes Mass. educators’ faith in state

It’s not clear how many of the masks distributed were the less protective version labeled “non-medical,” or how many districts received them. Continue reading →

Sports

Patriots

In an exclusive conversation, Brandon Bolden of the Patriots discusses scary 2018 skin cancer diagnosis and surgery

Bolden’s message to others is simple: Don’t wait. “The moment you feel something’s weird … something you can’t really explain, go get it checked. Immediately,” Continue reading →

Celtics 99, Knicks 75

After suffering a gut-punch in New York, Celtics rebound to deliver a blow to Knicks

Jaylen Brown (22 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists) recorded his first career triple-double to help the Celtics snap a two-game skid in rubber match vs. Knicks. Continue reading →

Bruins notebook

Tuukka Rask may not get a minor league tuneup before playing for Bruins

Rask’s plans to play over the weekend with AHL Providence were washed out because of the opposing club’s (Lehigh Valley) COVID-related concerns. Continue reading →

Business
Ideas

IDEAS

Can Mayor Wu really make the T free?

Sizing up the biggest idea in Massachusetts politics. Continue reading →

IDEAS

Social Studies: Money anxiety; the decline of rationality; illusions about time

Surprising insights from the social sciences. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

‘A towering figure’ in American law, Harvard professor Lani Guinier dies at 71

Ms. Guinier advocated for more inclusive approaches to electing public officials and admitting students to universities. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Movies

Ben Affleck talks about ‘The Tender Bar,’ sobriety, and what it’s like being ‘the guy from Boston’

With “The Tender Bar” starting to stream on Amazon Prime Jan. 7 — it opened in theaters last month — we asked the Cambridge native if he had a few minutes to chat. He said sure. Continue reading →

Music

Antonio Oliart Ros brings artistry to sound recording at GBH and beyond

The Grammy-winning audio engineer behind the BSO’s radio broadcasts has recorded scores of virtual classical concerts. Continue reading →

ART REVIEW

‘Hue & Cry’ at the Clark explores controversy of color printmaking in 19th-century France

The museum is well-suited to tell this story of riches to rags, running parallel to the French Revolution. Continue reading →

Travel

TRAVEL

Chilling in Cooperstown

It’s a fun, buzzy summer destination, but we like this small village best during the quieter, winter months, when the crowds disperse. Fortunately, there is still plenty to see and do. Here’s a plan. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

The Beatrice in Providence opens, and Mom would be so proud

Joseph Paolino Jr. combines his vision for a boutique hotel with his late mother’s love of the city — and the result has Beatrice written all over it. Continue reading →

Real Estate