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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Today's Headlines
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THE GREAT DIVIDE

In Woburn, a diversifying school district works to become more welcoming

For Kafui Kemeh, a Black high school senior in Woburn, life in the suburbs has brought the quality education her family sought, but the isolation and racism she has experienced as one of the very few Black students in her classes weigh on her. Continue reading →

Politics

Like his predecessor, Wu’s incoming street violence prevention guru aims to focus on root causes

Isaac Yablo will succeed his friend and mentor Rufus Faulk to become Boston's senior adviser for public safety. Continue reading →

Politics

The speaker vote underscored how money is so central to politics today

Some of the deals cut during the speaker’s votes were made not on the House floor or offices but by super PACs outside of them. Continue reading →

Future of Work

Tewksbury day care closure shows a system on the brink

After 20 years in business, having survived the COVID shutdown and the stringent safety protocols that followed, the beloved Pattikakes’ daycare was beset by surging costs, plummeting revenues, and chronic staffing shortages. Continue reading →

Climate

Nantucket homeowners group agrees to remove their hotly contested erosion shield

A group of mostly wealthy Nantucket homeowners has reluctantly agreed to dismantle a highly contested, multi-million dollar geotube project, seeing no way around a permit violation order calling for its removal. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Skipped showers, paper plates: An Arizona suburb’s water is cut off

Joe McCue thought he had found a desert paradise when he bought one of the new stucco houses sprouting in the granite foothills of Rio Verde, Ariz. There were good schools, mountain views, and cactus-spangled hiking trails out the back door. Continue reading →

Nation

Alarmed by AI chatbots, universities start revamping how they teach

While grading essays for his world religions course last month, Antony Aumann, a professor of philosophy at Northern Michigan University, read what he said was easily “the best paper in the class.” It explored the morality of burqa bans with clean paragraphs, fitting examples, and rigorous arguments. Continue reading →

Nation

They’re getting rid of ‘red tape’ in Washington. Literally.

For 25 years, the National Archives has been working to rid itself of government red tape — through its gift shop. Continue reading →

The World

World

China’s latest source of unrest: Unpaid ‘zero COVID’ workers

After China’s abrupt reversal of “zero COVID” restrictions, the nation’s vast machinery of virus surveillance and testing collapsed, even as infections and deaths surged. Now, authorities face another problem: Angry pandemic-control workers demanding wages and jobs. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine strike deaths hit 40; Russia seen preparing long war

Ukrainian emergency crews on Monday sifted through what was left of a Dnipro apartment building destroyed by a Russian missile, placing bodies from one of the war’s deadliest single attacks in months in black bags and gingerly carrying them across steep piles of rubble. Continue reading →

World

Kerry says he backs UAE oil chief overseeing COP28

US climate envoy John Kerry backs the United Arab Emirates’ decision to appoint the chief executive of a state-run oil company to preside over the upcoming United Nations climate negotiations in Dubai, citing his work on renewable energy projects. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

In an age of election denialism, the Legislature needs clear rules for seating members

The House has legitimate authority to halt or delay the swearing-in of candidates in contested races but should adopt clear guidelines governing when that power is used. Continue reading →

OPINION

The language police come for the word ‘field’

With the Black Lives Matter movement and the murder of George Floyd came an effort — sometimes genuine, sometime virtue signaling — to confront inequity and the terrible injustices of the past. Today, the question is whether canceling any of them accomplishes the underlying goal of meaningful institutional change. Continue reading →

OPINION

The tension between Trumpites and Trumpians

The affinity that Donald Trump has for Andrew Jackson provides an even more trenchant insight about both men, illuminating an important element that ties them together. Continue reading →

Metro

Social Justice

Protesters march from Boston to Cambridge, condemning police brutality, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Amid snow flurries and icy roads on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, organizers from Mass Action Against Police Brutality led the MLK March for Justice through the streets, chanting the names of Black men who died at the hands of law enforcement, organizer Brock Satter said. Continue reading →

Politics

Seniors pushed back against center being used as warming station in Revere. City councilor’s response has gone viral.

A plan to open up a floor of the senior center during winter nights for people seeking shelter from the cold drew a sharp backlash from seniors. One city councilor is drawing attention for his impassioned response. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Marveling at ‘The Embrace,’ Bostonians celebrate a ‘superhero’ on Martin Luther King Day

“I think it’s definitely designed more for when you see it, when you feel it,” said Host Valcin, of Dedham. “It’s beautiful. It speaks volumes.” Continue reading →

Sports

celtics 130, hornets 118

Jayson Tatum wasn’t passing up another shot at 50 points as he torches the Hornets, breaks Larry Bird’s record

No Celtic has hit the half-century as many times as Tatum — just 24 — as Boston earned its seventh consecutive win. Continue reading →

bruins 6, flyers 0

Bruins celebrate David Krejci’s 1,000th NHL game by steamrolling Flyers

The veteran center picked up three assists and Jeremy Swayman recorded the shutout as the Bruins dominated Philadelphia. Continue reading →

ON FOOTBALL

For Tom Brady and the Bucs, loss to the Cowboys was an ignominious end to a joyless season

Quarterback and franchise thought they could wing it this year, without much vision or fanfare or any sort of a coherent plan. But not even the GOAT can will a dysfunctional team to victory. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Meet Yvonne Hao, the state’s new economic secretary who just ‘gets stuff done’

If you’ve never heard of Hao — the first person of color to oversee the state’s economic development — it’s because she’s kept her head down, fixing and helping organizations navigate through their thorniest issues. Continue reading →

BOLD TYPES

Boston architect tapped to lead national trade association

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

Obituaries

Obituaries

Gina Lollobrigida, Italian film siren of the 1950s, dies at 95

Ms. Lollobrigida was for a time an international sensation with few equals. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Robbie Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive dies

The drummer for the Canadian hard rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive, known for such 1970s hits as “Takin’ Care of Business” and “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet,” died at age 69. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Alfred Goodwin, judge in Pledge of Allegiance case, dies at 99

Alfred Goodwin, a federal judge who caused a furor in 2002 when he wrote the majority opinion in a decision that declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional, finding that the phrase “one nation under God” violated the separation of church and state — a ruling that was later reversed by the Supreme Court — died Dec. 27 in Bend, Oregon. He was 99. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

LOVE LETTERS

She helped me after I almost died

Now “I want to date her.” Continue reading →

Music

Billy Conway’s pals put his songs out into the world

Just over a year after Conway’s death, a close circle of friends have completed “Further On: The Songs of Billy Conway,” a collection that features Chris Smither, Caitlin Canty, Jeffrey Foucault, Kris Delmhorst, and Conway’s wife, Laurie Sargent, among others. Continue reading →

ASK MATTHEW

The antidote for all those feel-bad shows

I understand the desire for shows that can provide good feelings, shows that aren’t straight-up sitcoms but that don’t ask you to dig into difficult issues or watch violent interactions. Here are seven suggestions. Continue reading →