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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
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Health

‘There is no post-Paul era.’ After Paul Farmer’s death, the global health movement he inspired carries on.

The teachings of Partners in Health cofounder Paul Farmer, who worked to bring health care to the most impoverished corners of the world, provide a blueprint to press forward, including plans for expansion, his admirers say. Continue reading →

Climate Science

What does the dire new UN climate report mean for New England?

This region is on the front lines of the climate crisis, threatened in particular by rising seas and extreme temperatures. Continue reading →

Politics

‘A crisis usually enhances a president’: Ukraine gives Biden opportunity to lead at State of the Union address as his poll numbers sag

The speech offers Biden the opportunity to reset his struggling presidency, analysts said, and to rally the nation in the face of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading →

Politics

Mayor Wu proposes limits to protesting at private residences

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's Roslindale neighborhood has become the site of vehement early morning protests over her vaccine mandate. The new proposed ordinance would restrict picketing targeted at individual residences between 9 p.m. and 9 a.m. Continue reading →

World

Russian rocket barrage kills civilians as first talks show no progress

The first talks between Ukraine and Russia aimed at halting the Russian invasion were eclipsed Monday by a deadly Russian rocket assault on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, that raised new alarms about how far the Kremlin was willing to go to subjugate its smaller neighbor. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

School is back in person, but the five-day school week often isn’t

In January, at the height of the Omicron wave, one quarter of US schoolchildren missed more than a week of in-person learning, according to a national survey of 148,400 parents by The New York Times and the survey and data firm Dynata. Continue reading →

Politics Policy

Boston will put young people to work as part of city’s Green New Deal

The green economy could bring thousands of new jobs to Boston. An upcoming city project aims to speed up the process — and ensure positions go to those who need them most. Continue reading →

THE BIG IDEA

How fear switched parties during COVID

The pandemic threw a weird wrench into what many scholars thought they knew about political affiliation. And it managed to deepen our cultural divide. Continue reading →

The World

World

Threats emerge in Germany as far right and pandemic protesters merge

First vaccine opponents attacked police. Then a group of them chatted online about killing the governor. And one day an angry crowd beating drums and carrying torches showed up outside the house of the health minister of the eastern state of Saxony. Continue reading →

World

Parts of Europe warm to Ukrainian refugees, cold to others

As refugees from Ukraine enter neighboring countries after recent incursions, the leaders of countries like Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Romania welcome them with kind words, revealing the disparity in treatment between these people and asylum-seekers from the Middle East and East Africa. Continue reading →

World

Invasion brings Russia global repudiation with Cold War echoes

In Switzerland, the Lucerne music festival canceled two symphony concerts featuring a Russian maestro. In Australia, the national swim team said it would boycott a world championship meet in Russia. At the Magic Mountain Ski Area in Vermont, a bartender poured bottles of Stolichnaya vodka down the drain. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

How the world can influence Putin’s fateful choices in Ukraine

It must keep up the pressure both on the ground in Ukraine and with additional economic sanctions. Preparations should be made for every sort of possible escalation. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Another new world order quickly takes shape as Ukraine war rages on

In just the space of the few days since Russia invaded its democratic neighbor, decades’ worth of geopolitical assumptions have changed. Continue reading →

OPINION

Trump embodies what he says is the biggest danger — ‘people from within’

His rabid devotion to a divide-and-conquer strategy weakened this country to a point where it’s now fair to ask: If directly attacked, would Americans ever be able to rally the way the people of Ukraine are rallying? Continue reading →

Metro

Transportation

‘A no-brainer’: Merrimack Valley RTA makes all buses free to ride for two years

Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority ushered in fare-free bus and paratransit service across 16 municipalities in northeastern Massachusetts on Monday. Continue reading →

Metro

Preston Settles, Newton teenager who collapsed during basketball game, died Sunday after 22-day fight for life

Whether at the basketball court, hockey rink, or football field, Settles was a “grinder” with a deep reservoir of “grit and tenacity,” traits the 15-year-old also displayed during his three-week fight for life that ended Sunday night, his family said. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Mass. DCF working to ‘improve communication’ with other states in light of Harmony Montgomery case

The DCF statement came after New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu released a report last week that recommends a “border agreement” that would clarify the transfer of child welfare cases among New England states. Continue reading →

Sports

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

The Celtics reverted to their worst habits against the Pacers, but they can’t let those patterns return

Playing down to the level of their opponent, sleepwalking early defensively, allowing Indiana to feel comfortable; Sunday saw the return of the early-season Celtics. Continue reading →

dan shaughnessy

The history of sports and labor disputes is rife with regrettable moments

Major League Baseball losing a World Series in 1994 and the NHL losing an entire season in 2004-05 are among the lowlights. Continue reading →

MLB labor dispute

MLB extends deadline to 5 p.m. Tuesday for March 31 start

Progress was reported on several fronts, including competitive balance tax, minimum wages, and pre-arbitration bonus pools. Continue reading →

Business

Business

After years of work, Jen Faigel secures a forever home for CommonWealth Kitchen

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

Business

Intellia’s first CRISPR gene editing therapy shows promise in small study

A single infusion of the treatment kept levels of a disease-causing protein low for up to a year in people with a rare disorder. Continue reading →

Business

Wu says she’ll wind down Boston’s urban renewal districts. Here’s what that means.

Mayor Michelle Wu says she’ll phase out urban renewal districts that have given the BPDA powers of eminent domain in parts of Boston for decades. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Richard Blum, husband of California Senator Dianne Feinstein, dies

Blum died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 86. Feinstein announced her husband's death in a statement Monday morning, saying that her “heart is broken today.” Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

LOVE LETTERS

How do I date when I’m always in the house?

"I don’t believe all men are bad or cheat, yet ... where are the stable, available, positive-energy men?" Continue reading →

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Shows about fraud and scams are enticing viewers

A number of recent and upcoming fact-based series focus on frauds, some from the business world, who abuse people’s trust, who are greedy for power and, of course, money, and who are charismatic enough to fool some of the smartest and most successful among us. Continue reading →

Music

Aoife O’Donovan’s fulfilling long-distance relationship with ‘Age of Apathy’

The singer-songwriter from Newton met some challenges and learned some lessons during the "cool process" of making an album remotely. Continue reading →