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Opinion

Michelle Wu, Julia Mejia, and Ricardo Arroyo

Boston?s post-pandemic recovery must be equitable
Joan Vennochi

Georgia on my mind
Diane Hessan

The nation is in crisis. Where are you, Joe Biden?
MICHAEL A. COHEN

Don?t believe the hype

?Do you not have any sense of responsibility??: Watch Anderson Cooper grill Las Vegas?s mayor on reopening the city
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper grilled Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman Wednesday afternoon on her calls to reopen the tourist-heavy city amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Here are the states that are beginning to lift major coronavirus restrictions

Barack Obama just gave Mass. a shout out for its coronavirus efforts
President Obama is praising Massachusetts for launching an aggressive contact tracing program that aims to identify and isolate people who may have been exposed to the novel coronavirus.

Analysis
Here are 3 people Joe Biden might be considering more for his VP as coronavirus disrupts American life
Daily life is changing across the country amid lockdowns and social distancing, and as a result, the former vice president may turn his focus away from senators and toward medical professionals or local leaders in his search for a running mate.

Earth Day

Globe Magazine

Is the coronavirus pandemic Mother Nature?s revenge?

On the 50th Earth Day, it?s long past time to recognize that this overcrowded planet has run out of room to cut us any slack.
Opinion | John F. Kerry

The parallels between the coronavirus and the climate crisis

You could just as easily replace the words climate change with COVID-19; it is truly the tale of two pandemics deferred, denied, and distorted.
Opinion | L. Rafael Reif

Has the coronavirus finally taught us how to listen to science?

The fact that we managed, within weeks, to radically rearrange how we live and work, in service of the common good, is a good sign.
Ideas | PETER FOX-PENNER

This crisis provides a very green opportunity
Ideas | COURTNEY HUMPHRIES

When it comes to battling climate change and sea rise, what does it mean to be ?resilient??
Ideas | LEAH STOKES

Upend the political power of carbon polluters
Ideas | MARY ANNAÏSE HEGLAR

In a shrinking world, what will we pass on to our children?

A mother bear?s coronavirus pandemic lessons

New Hampshire's most famous bear has something to teach us all through her inspirational journey home from exile.
TRAVEL

Turn the seat around: An early-stage concept to make flying safer

Could a reverse center seat and a plastic shield help protect flyers against viruses?

Elegies for those lost to coronavirus

Coronavirus has brought sorrow to every corner of the state, while cruelly preventing the bereaved from mourning together. Here, we remember the victims of the coronavirus as unique individuals, to remember them more for how they lived than how they died.

Cyclist fatally struck by vehicle in Boston
Police are investigating the apparent death of a cyclist who was fatally struck Wednesday morning at a Boston intersection.

Lax management, pay irregularities rampant at state?s Environmental Police force, report says
?This is not the first time that the agency has been called out for its lax practices,? Auditor Suzanne M. Bump said.

DAVE EPSTEIN

Looks like we?ll have to wait until May for warmer weather

Cold Canadian air continues to filter into New England today, keeping readings below where most of us would like it to be.

Peter Schworm
A depth of joy only sorrow can find
For the first time in weeks, my troubles fell away, swept aside by something that felt like grace.

Newton city councilors consider caps on restaurant delivery service fees during coronavirus outbreak
The proposal in Newton is meant to help restaurants weather the economic impact of the pandemic.

Why coronavirus has seemingly spared Fall River and New Bedford so far
The coronavirus has hit immigrant and low-income communities especially hard. But Fall River and its neighbor New Bedford are seemingly bucking that demographic trend, registering far lower rates of infections, hospitalizations, and deaths than comparable cities.

Confirmed coronavirus cases among Boston?s homeless tops 400

Five takeaways from state?s closure of schools for the rest of the academic year
Governor Charlie Baker announced Tuesday that schools in Massachusetts will remain closed for remainder of the academic year, and non-emergency daycare providers will stay shuttered until June 29 amid the continued COVID-19 pandemic.

Q&A: What you need to know about the school closings

Whitey Bulger?s ex-FBI handler seeks release from Florida prison amid coronavirus fears
Former FBI agent John Connolly, 79, is at high risk because he suffers from ?multiple severe medical conditions," according to a motion by his attorneys.

Comfort Zone

How to bolster those ?psychological immune systems?

Need a good cathartic cry? We?ve got the music for you

A cooking show where the pressure?s off

Online dating during coronavirus, an awkward but more authentic quest

More Recent headlines

Four hurt in Falmouth house fire; one person flown to Boston-area hospital

3 more Maine residents die, 19 additional coronavirus cases reported

Hyde Park man arrested for breaking into nurses? cars at Boston Children?s Hospital

On StatNews.com

A dispatch from two resident doctors inside Boston Medical Center?s ?Covid crew?

Transplants plummet as overwhelmed hospitals focus on the coronavirus

Coronavirus resources

The latest coronavirus numbers from Massachusetts

Boston is still running

Total current COVID-19 hospitalizations in Massachusetts rise to 3,872, a 2 percent increase from the previous day

A list of layoffs and furloughs in Massachusetts (so far) due to coronavirus

The race to save lives

Elegies for those lost to coronavirus

Recommended Reads

Devra First

The return of family dinner

Everyone knows it?s good for us. It only took a pandemic and the near-shutdown of society to make it happen.

Catholic hospital won?t guarantee ICU nurse a respite from work with coronavirus patients
Twenty-eight weeks pregnant, Mercy Medical Center nurse Lindsay Manning has tested positive for COVID-19 and can't sleep, worried about any potential impacts on her baby.

State firms lagged in receiving federal coronavirus rescue money
Massachusetts ranked 38th among states, while New York and California came in at 49th and 50th, respectively.

Rhode Island

On Earth Day, Raimondo says R.I. will soon have a plan for reopening parks and beaches

Another 10 Rhode Islanders have died from the coronavirus, and the state has 365 new cases.

Lifespan lost $75.7 million in March, including $23.8 million because of the coronavirus outbreak

There?s an in-home test for the coronavirus, but R.I. can?t have it (yet)
Newton

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

Massachusetts? untapped pool of foreign health care professionals
RENÉE GRAHAM

It?s not a protest. It?s a Trump-endorsed tantrum
JEFF JACOBY

Would Biden want Warren for VP? Don?t count on it.
EDITORIAL

Coronavirus provides cover for assault on abortion rights
LETTERS

Postcards from the pandemic
Ideas | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

Flocks of turkeys. Swarms of rats. The pizza groundhog. Animals are taking over the streets.

VISUAL STORIES

Inside Boston Medical Center: The heart of the coronavirus storm

Fenway Park is ready to play ball, even though we are not

When every call is a coronavirus call

Globe staff photos of the month, March 2020

metro

Why the number of asymptomatic coronavirus cases matters
A significant number of infected people never feel sick at all. This is good news and bad news.

Newton?s Fuller joins fellow Mass. mayors in calling for Vote by Mail program

?In this time of pandemic, no one should be forced to choose between their health and their right to vote,? the mayors said in a letter to Senate President Karen E. Spilka and House Speaker Robert DeLeo.

Newton city councilors consider caps on restaurant delivery service fees during coronavirus outbreak

The proposal in Newton is meant to help restaurants weather the economic impact of the pandemic.

Remember that gas tax increase? Lawmakers aren?t so sure now

The double-edged sword that is wildlife during a pandemic

sports

Inside the logistics of this year?s ?virtual? NFL Draft

The NFL has gone to great lengths to make sure all 32 teams are prepared for doomsday scenarios.

Bruins? Jake DeBrusk eager to resume, but accepts that this is a time of sacrifice

As much as he values home ice, DeBrusk would be willing to play at neutral sites, if if came to that.
nfl

Rob Gronkowski explains why he came out of retirement and how he ended up with the Buccaneers

Gronkowski said a conversation with Tom Brady in February got the ball rolling on a reunion.
Coronavirus notebook

New Orleans Saints cancel offseason program

What we learned from MLB?s investigation into sign-stealing by Red Sox
NFL draft

Predicting who the Patriots will pick in the 2020 NFL Draft

STAT

Stay up to date with STAT?s Covid-19 Tracker

An interview with the CDC director on coronavirus, masks, and an agency gone quiet

Americans are underestimating duration of coronavirus crisis, experts say

A nurse?s coronavirus routine: Recording videos she hopes her family will never need to watch

Coronavirus survives on surfaces up to 72 hours. Here?s how to protect yourself

Business

Greater Boston?s housing market held steady last month. April is going to look a lot different
The median price for a single-family home rose nearly 7 percent regionally, but there were signs of a coronavirus slowdown.

Apartment feeling cramped in the stay-at-home era? In Boston, you?re not alone
We?re used to living in cozy quarters. But it?s less than half the roomier confines you can find in many other US cities.

US to send health providers $20 billion more in coronavirus support

With sports events cancelled, a Mass. company?s virtual NASCAR races go viral

Could owning-renting combos bring buying a home within reach?

Rupert Murdoch, Fox executives to take pay cuts

Politics

Barack Obama just gave Mass. a shout out for its coronavirus efforts

US to boost aid to Greenland in bid to counter Russia, China

Biden returns $2,800 donation from Louis C.K.

Marijuana

Ben & Jerry?s uses 4/20 to promote marijuana reform as other brands market off the holiday

Here?s what politicians are saying about marijuana on 4/20
magazine
Cover story

Top spots to live in Greater Boston in 2020
Connections

How my dad and stuck to our Red Sox Opening Day tradition
Your Week Ahead

Five free things to do online the week of April 20-26
Miss Conduct

Why are American men so weird about getting gifts?

sports

Losing a high draft pick will hurt the Red Sox a little more this year

MLB finds misconduct by Red Sox replay operator; Alex Cora suspended through 2020 for role with Astros

Read MLB?s report from its investigation into alleged sign-stealing by the Red Sox

metro

Why the number of asymptomatic coronavirus cases matters

Newton?s Fuller joins fellow Mass. mayors in calling for Vote by Mail program

Newton city councilors consider caps on restaurant delivery service fees during coronavirus outbreak

Nation

Southern states largely go it alone in reopening decisions

?Do you not have any sense of responsibility??: Watch Anderson Cooper grill Las Vegas?s mayor on reopening the city

Haverhill car parades postponed until new safety protocols put in place

World

US warships enter South China Sea hot spot, escalating tension with China

US deporting infected migrants back to vulnerable countries

US warships enter South China Sea hot spot, escalating tension with China

politics

US to boost aid to Greenland in bid to counter Russia, China

Biden returns $2,800 donation from Louis C.K.

Trump, Pence slowly resume travel to signal US is ready to reopen

business

Greater Boston?s housing market held steady last month. April is going to look a lot different

Apartment feeling cramped in the stay-at-home era? In Boston, you?re not alone

US to send health providers $20 billion more in coronavirus support

lifestyle

Fighting coronavirus with sewing machines, volunteers make over 14,000 face masks and counting

Turn the seat around: An early-stage concept to make flying safer

Two cats in New York test positive for coronavirus

marijuana

Ben & Jerry?s uses 4/20 to promote marijuana reform as other brands market off the holiday

Here?s what politicians are saying about marijuana on 4/20

Pot entrepreneurs sue LA over process for approving shops

opinion

Patriots Day reminds us: We will tolerate no despot

John Silber stuck to his principles to the very end

More teaching, more books ? but no more parents? dirty looks

food & dining

The return of family dinner

Curbside at the Quincy Dairy Queen, you can get a Blizzard to help weather this storm

A burger that?s better for you (and the planet)

travel

Turn the seat around: An early-stage concept to make flying safer

The hobbyists who love travel, even when they can?t actually do it

With her book tour halted, she?s dreaming of Mexico (and snacking on almonds)

Books

Everything I know about surviving in quarantine I learned from ?The Long Winter?

On meeting your mother, before she was your mother in Emily Gould?s ?Perfect Tunes'

New poetry, an online literary festival, an honor for Ng

Movies

?Vanilla? gets served without chocolate or strawberry

Seeking justice, autism revisited, a mom and pop store, and reconsidering water

In ?Salesman,? a joyless reality of the American Dream

Television

?Tiger King? preys on the huge appetite for reality TV

A cooking show where the pressure?s off

Will David Simon finally get his due for ?The Plot Against America??

music

The kids in Color Killer aren?t alright with ?corona?

Boston Symphony Orchestra to cut musician pay, furlough staffers

Warming up with the big-hearted folk singer Lara Herscovitch

Theater/Dance

Playwrights are adapting to the change of scenery

Huntington, SpeakEasy, Moonbox lead the nominees for the Elliot Norton theater awards

Shakespeare & Company cancels summer season

globe local

Sailing to gold, no matter the obstacle

For my mother, a ?Dorothy? tree

No lazy April break for Milford?s softball team

Obituaries

Jane Darrah Claflin, first woman on boards of MGH and Trinity Church, dies at 103

John Horton Conway, a ?magical genius? in math, dies at 82

Doug Sanders, golf?s ?peacock of the fairways,? at 86