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Tuesday, February 22, 2022
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Obituaries

Dr. Paul Farmer, who tirelessly brought health care to the world’s neediest, dies at 62

A cofounder of Partners in Health, he believed that "Medicine should be viewed as social justice work in a world that is so sick and so riven by inequities." Continue reading →

Business

When the hospital challenged his unemployment benefits, ICU nurse fought back

In early 2020, Jack Stewart quit and started collecting unemployment after COVID. Then the state informed him that his former employer was challenging his eligibility, and he could be forced to pay back $42,000. Continue reading →

Politics Policy

Law firms under pressure to stop representing fossil fuel interests

An increasingly vocal group of law students around the country are pressuring law firms to cut ties with oil and gas companies and their allies. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

The Constitution and the Ten Commandments: A Christian group plants its flag

A look inside Camp Constitution, a New Hampshire-based organization whose request to fly a Christian flag for an hour outside Boston City Hall was rejected by city officials in 2017. The case has been taken up by the US Supreme Court. Continue reading →

World

Putin orders troops to Ukraine’s breakaway regions

The White House stopped short of announcing the full-fledged sanctions that President Biden had said Russia would face in the event of an invasion. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Jury adjourns for day without verdict in Ahmaud Arbery case

Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery on a residential street acted out of “pent-up racial anger” and should be convicted of hate crimes, a federal prosecutor told a jury Monday. Defense attorneys argued that the Black man was fatally shot in self-defense and had acted suspiciously during prior trips to the neighborhood. Continue reading →

Politics

‘Crack pipe’ backlash endangers Biden drug policies

Lawmakers of both parties introduced legislation last week to bar federal funding for “drug paraphernalia” in response to a story in the Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website, asserting that federally funded addiction treatment programs would distribute pipes. Continue reading →

Nation

Black farmers fear foreclosure as debt relief remains frozen

As farmers of marginalized groups continue to await their promised and long-anticipated billion-dollar debt relief funds, foreclosure threats on their properties grow more and more ominous as each month passes. Continue reading →

The World

World

US Navy plans launch of Mideast drone force alongside allies

The US Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet announced Monday the launch of a new joint fleet of unmanned drones with allied nations to patrol vast swaths of the region’s volatile waters as tensions simmer with Iran. Continue reading →

World

Blockades over, but Trudeau says emergency powers needed

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday emergency powers are still needed despite police ending border blockades and the occupation of the nation’s capital by truckers and others angry over Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions. Continue reading →

World

US troops in Poland brace for possible Ukrainian evacuees

The Biden administration has repeatedly said US troops will not fight in Ukraine or rescue Americans trapped there by a Russian attack. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Apply the 2% way to systemic racism

This 2 percent motto made me an All-American in high school, earned me a place on one of the best college teams in the country, and secured me a Rhodes scholarship. It also propelled me to the NFL and Harvard Medical School. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

A better way to admit students to Boston Latin

A system of ‘bonus points’ for kids from high-poverty schools needs reform. Continue reading →

OPINION

Boston has what it takes to end homelessness

It’s a lofty goal, but it can be done. Continue reading →

Metro

Social Justice

Hubie Jones exposed Boston Public Schools for its exclusion of thousands of students with special needs

Hubie Jones, a social worker, was behind the task force that examined problems facing Boston public school students. His work led to many permanent changes. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Man accused of abducting woman after she left Boston bar seeks medical release from jail

Prosecutors, who have grown weary of Victor Pena’s outbursts, bizarre behavior, and efforts to derail going to trial, say his “release would pose a danger to any vulnerable woman he encounters." Continue reading →

Metro

Coming to America

An Afghan man and his family spent 52 days in a hotel in Woburn as agencies tasked with resettling an influx of Afghan refugees caused by the Taliban’s takeover struggle. Continue reading →

Sports

dan shaughnessy

Juwan Howard isn’t the first coach to lose control, but he was definitely out of line

The incident at the Michigan-Wisconsin game evoked memories of Chaney-Calipari and even some Red Auerbach antics. Continue reading →

MLB

MLB owners, players meet for four hours, remain far apart on key issues as season delay deadline looms

The two sides met for significant time on Monday, but made little material progress at the negotiating table. Continue reading →

Chad Finn

The two biggest reasons the Celtics should be feeling good right now

The things that coach Ime Udoka have been harping on seem to finally be getting through. Continue reading →

Business

Business

When the hospital challenged his unemployment benefits, ICU nurse fought back

In early 2020, Jack Stewart quit and started collecting unemployment after COVID. Then the state informed him that his former employer was challenging his eligibility, and he could be forced to pay back $42,000. Continue reading →

Business

Mary J. Blige steps up to help Marlborough company in Super Bowl ad

Bold Types is a weekly roundup of the movers and shakers in Boston's business scene. Continue reading →

INNOVATION BEAT

They want to take on police brutality

Endicott College students are developing an app that lets users record cellphone video and have it automatically get backed up in the cloud, potentially preserving crucial evidence. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Dr. Paul Farmer, who tirelessly brought health care to the world’s neediest, dies at 62

A cofounder of Partners in Health, he believed that "Medicine should be viewed as social justice work in a world that is so sick and so riven by inequities." Continue reading →

Obituaries

Paul Willen, architect of Manhattan’s waterfront, dies at 93

Paul Willen, an architect and civic advocate who helped turn Trump City, a plan for a massive development on Manhattan’s West Side, into a tamer, gentler and more livable neighborhood called Riverside South, died Feb. 2 in Berlin, Vermont. He was 93. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

You shouldn’t cheat at Wordle, but here’s a weird way that you can

For decades, people have turned to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary for help defining puzzling words. Now they can turn to the site for help with a massively popular word puzzle. Continue reading →

Names

What’s up, Doc? Just the Bugs Bunny Film Festival at the Brattle.

Bugs Bunny and friends will be on the big screen at the Harvard Square theater through Feb. 27. Continue reading →

LOVE LETTERS

We’re never single at the same time

"He’s married, but he says he has always been in love with me." Continue reading →