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Monday, February 28, 2022
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Business

At long last, employers are rolling out return-to-office plans (again)

Now that the Omicron threat is subsiding and COVID-19 restrictions are easing, large employers are once again preparing to bring people back to the office. Continue reading →

THE GREAT DIVIDE

As schools remove mask mandates, some students may struggle with transition

While proponents of mask-free schools often cite a recent crisis in children’s mental health as a reason to end mandates and return to normalcy, the removal of masks brings its own complicated reckoning for some children, and the need for patient navigation by adults. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

‘How are you supposed to live?’ Spiking heat costs impact state’s vulnerable communities.

The state’s agencies responsible for distributing fuel assistance have been handling more applications with less manpower. Continue reading →

Politics

Putin’s threat on nuclear capabilities presents challenges

The Biden administration was assessing Putin's move, which it said unnecessarily escalates an already dangerous conflict. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Investigators suspect a link between the Gardner Museum heist and an execution-style murder in Lynn

Some authorities now say they suspect there may be a link between a 1991 execution-style murder and one of Boston’s most famous unsolved crimes: the 1990 theft of masterpieces valued at more than $500 million from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics Policy

Supreme Court will hear biggest climate change case in a decade

A decision by the high court, with its conservative supermajority, could shred President Biden’s plans to halve the nation’s greenhouse emissions by the end of the decade, which scientists said is necessary to avert the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. Continue reading →

Climate Science

How climate change could be making weather whiplash worse

Weather whiplash is common in Boston. This week, it was spring one day, and now a snowstorm two days later. Continue reading →

Nation

‘CODA’ takes top honors at SAG Awards, Will Smith wins

The ceremony, held at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, and broadcast on both TNT and TBS, saw history made in a number of categories. Continue reading →

The World

World

‘Rain bomb’ hits northeastern Australia, leaving at least 7 dead

At least seven people have died from the flash flooding that has battered northeastern Australia in the past few days, with the wild weather forcing residents to evacuate and schools to close, while thousands of homes have been left inundated. Continue reading →

World

North Korea fires ballistic missile in resumption of testing

The missile launch was the eighth of its kind this year and came as the United States and its allies are focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading →

World

Ukrainians return from abroad to fight Russian invasion

While hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians flee their country, some Ukrainian men and women are returning home from across Europe to help defend their homeland in the face of Russia’s invasion. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Vigilante justice takes the culture war to the streets

Such a rush to judgment is what happens when trust in the established institutions of democracy — the courts, elected school boards — collapses. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

The next BPS superintendent must make restoring school libraries a priority

In a city that touts itself as a beacon of academic excellence, a school library is not a luxury. Continue reading →

OPINION

My dirty little WFH secret: the joys of slovenliness

After almost two years of working remotely, many of us have admitted to being out of practice in myriad customs of appropriate, professional human engagement. Continue reading →

Metro

Health

Pregnancy-related deaths were already rising in the US. Then COVID arrived and made things worse.

Pregnancy related deaths jumped during the pandemic, with Black women suffering the highest mortality rates, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading →

Health

Did bad leftovers lead to a New England teen losing his legs? That’s ridiculous, doctors say.

The teen's meal of leftover chicken, rice, and noodles from a restaurant was "irrelevant" to his severe illness, said the doctor who edited the journal article behind the viral story. “It was horrifying that this is how medical disinformation can be so easily disseminated,” he said. Continue reading →

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Allan Rohan Crite, dean of Black artists in New England, painted the ordinary and the divine

Allan Rohan Crite painted the scenes around his home in the South End and neighboring Roxbury. He captured life and faith for Black people in the city and mentored up-and-coming artists. Continue reading →

Sports

Pacers 128, Celtics 107

Celtics stumble vs. Pacers at trip’s end, snap seven-game road winning streak

Having prided themselves on their defense, the Celtics took a whipping from a new-look Indiana Pacers squad headed for the NBA draft lottery. Continue reading →

Women's college basketball

‘She’s a legend’: Kathy Delaney-Smith concludes four decades as Harvard’s women’s basketball coach and fierce advocate for women’s rights

Revered by her players and a champion for women’s sports, Delaney-Smith, 72, is retiring at the end of this season as the Ivy League's all-time winningest coach. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

Escapist enjoyment harder than ever to come by across the sports world

Navigating the sports world presents its own challenging maze of moral quandaries, with issues that used to safely stay outside the lines encroaching more than ever. Continue reading →

Business

Business

At long last, employers are rolling out return-to-office plans (again)

Now that the Omicron threat is subsiding and COVID-19 restrictions are easing, large employers are once again preparing to bring people back to the office. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Joni James, million-selling pop singer of 1950s, dies at 91

A dulcet-voiced pop singer, Joni James made a 1952 recording of the ballad "Why Don't You Believe Me?" that sold millions of copies and established her as a Hit Parade queen for a dozen years before she largely exited the music world. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Leo Bersani, literary critic and theorist on gay life, dies at 90

Mr. Bersani was best known for his 1987 essay “Is the Rectum a Grave?,” a dense, polemical critique of the tendency among some gay activists to respond to AIDS by downplaying their sexuality and emphasizing the need to replicate bourgeois heterosexuality. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

MUSIC

A technically challenging program from New England Philharmonic candidate Nicholas DeMaison

The volunteer orchestra and its conductor of the month performed George Tsontakis's Violin Concerto No. 3. Continue reading →

Music

John Mayer postpones two Boston shows at TD Garden after catching COVID again

The March 4 and 5 shows in Boston are now rescheduled to May 9 and 10. The Grammy winning artist was also forced to postponed shows in Pittsburgh and New York. Continue reading →

DANCE

Sankofa Danzafro takes on the ‘Accommodating Lie’

The hour-long piece seeks to “challenge falsehoods about Black bodies and the meaning of being of African descent.” Continue reading →