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Friday, July 15, 2022
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Social Justice

Center plans to give W.E.B. Du Bois and other Black Berkshirites the credit they’re due

While honoring the late activist's impact, the W.E.B. Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy will also amplify the rich Black history within Berkshire County. Continue reading →

Politics

Flouting public opinion by overturning Roe, the Supreme Court could be risking its legitimacy

A new conservative majority of justices have illustrated their willingness to shake the public with decisions overturning long-established precedent. Continue reading →

Nation

Story of 10-year-old girl who had to travel out of state for abortion underscores bans’ impact on adolescents

Experts say the overturning of Roe v. Wade will reverse the decades-long trend of declining teen and adolescent birth rates, and put young girls at greater risk. Continue reading →

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Mayor Wu and Boston Teachers Union announce new contract agreement

The agreement ends months of negotiations as the local teachers union had been without a contract since last summer. Continue reading →

Metro

Michael Cox returns to write a new story

The new police commissioner said he spent years trying to make sense of the police attack on him in 1995, and what lessons it carried for how to make policing better. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Donald Trump looks to fall launch for 2024 bid, potentially upending midterms

The former president is now eyeing a September announcement, according to two Trump advisers. One confidant put the odds at ‘’70-30 he announces before the midterms.’’ And others said he may still decide to announce sooner than September. Continue reading →

Nation

With few able and fewer willing, US military can’t find recruits

These are tough times for military recruiting. Almost across the board, the armed forces are experiencing large shortfalls in enlistments this year — a deficit of thousands of entry-level troops that is on pace to be worse than any since just after the Vietnam War. It threatens to throw a wrench into the military’s machinery, leaving critical jobs unfilled and some platoons with too few people to function. Continue reading →

Nation

For young offenders, restitution debts can present crippling obstacles

The report, published Thursday by the Juvenile Law Center, a national legal aid and advocacy group based in Philadelphia, sheds light on a rarely scrutinized process through which juvenile offenders can become trapped in a perpetual cycle of debts owed to society. Continue reading →

The World

World

Speaking together, Biden and Lapid reveal their dividing line on Iran

Israel’s caretaker prime minister, Yair Lapid, pushed President Biden on Thursday to go beyond his public commitment to stopping Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon, declaring that all democratic nations must vow to act if the Iranians continue “to develop their nuclear program.” Continue reading →

World

Italy’s unity government teeters, as Draghi offers to resign

ROME — Italy’s golden period of stability suddenly seemed on the familiar precipice of chaos Thursday after Prime Minister Mario Draghi tendered his resignation in response to a revolt by antiestablishment populists within his broad national unity government. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine plays special role in France’s Bastille Day parade

France's Bastille Day parade demonstrated the country's military support for Ukraine and its commitment to its European allies. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

LETTERS

Seeds of failure are there in what Cassellius calls successes at BPS

She has little to say about academics or learning. Nothing about achievement. Nothing about merit. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Two cheers for historic Supreme Court session

The Constitution deserves respect, and this court is giving it. This is what America is about. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Health care price transparency gives people control over their decisions

Once employers, unions, and workers can see and compare these actual prices across plans, they will benefit from competition. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Michael Cox returns to write a new story

The new police commissioner said he spent years trying to make sense of the police attack on him in 1995, and what lessons it carried for how to make policing better. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Milton schools superintendent placed on paid administrative leave

James F. Jette was arraigned May 27 in Stoughton District Court on a sole count of assault and battery on a family or household member. Continue reading →

Politics

Mass. House approves wide-ranging economic development bill that offers tax relief, health care investments, earmarks

One mega-amendment the House passed late Thursday night with no debate was a $250 million package that included $50 million for MBTA improvements in Norfolk County, $10 million to renovate the Huntington Theatre in Boston, and $10 million for low-income communities to build broadband networks. Continue reading →

Sports

On baseball

David Ortiz has a message for the Red Sox: Keep Xander Bogaerts and Rafael Devers

In response to an innocuous question about lineup construction, Ortiz seized the opportunity to praise Bogaerts and Devers. Continue reading →

RAYS 5, RED SOX 4

One half-inning undoes Red Sox, and Rays complete four-game sweep at the Trop

Leading, 3-0, going into the bottom of the seventh, the Red Sox couldn't stop a Tampa onslaught that sent nine to the plate, scored five, and was just enough to withstand a Boston rally in the ninth. Continue reading →

RED SOX

Why haven’t the Red Sox been able to figure out their division problem?

With Wednesday night’s fundamentally unsound 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, the Red Sox dropped to 11-23 in the division. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Russian missiles kill at least 23 in Ukraine, wound over 100

Russian missiles struck a city in central Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 100 others, Ukrainian authorities said. Ukraine’s president accused Russia of deliberately targeting civilians in locations without military value. Continue reading →

Business

George Church startup Manifold Bio raises $40m for ‘protein barcoding’ technology to improve drug testing

The Boston startup was spun out of George Church’s lab at Harvard Medical School. Continue reading →

Retail

Harvard Book Store will open a second location, this one at the Pru

The 29,000-square-foot space in the former Barnes & Nobles will house a host of titles, including a large section dedicated to children’s literature. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Gerald McEntee, longtime president of AFSCME labor union, dies at 87

The son of a Philadelphia street cleaner became one of the most influential labor leaders in the United States. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Award-winning conductor, composer Bramwell Tovey dies

Mr. Tovey had been the principal conductor and artistic director of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra since 2018. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

MOVIE REVIEW

Review: In ‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,’ Lesley Manville says yes to the dress

She plays an English cleaning lady who dreams of Dior in the film, which also stars Isabelle Huppert and Jason Isaacs. Continue reading →

Visual Arts

At the Gardner, Maurice Sendak’s journey from page to stage

"Drawing the Curtain" offers a portrait of the artist as a set and costume designer for productions including "The Nutcracker," "The Love for Three Oranges," and — of course — "Where the Wild Things Are." Continue reading →

MUSIC

NKOTB’s Mixtape shows have Donnie Wahlberg feeling like a kid again

With a pair of shows this weekend at TD Garden, the New Kids will be sharing the stage with '80s and '90s hitmakers Salt-N-Pepa, Rick Astley, and En Vogue. Continue reading →