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Lives on hold, the oldest baby boomers wait — impatiently — for COVID-19 vaccines

They're next in line for COVID-19 vaccinations, but about 460,000 residents age 65 to 74 — the largest demographic so far — have no starting date.
Who is currently eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine?

Homebound residents and disabled seniors feel overlooked in vaccine rollout

Older and disabled residents who can’t easily travel to one of the state’s mass vaccination sites, let alone to a local pharmacy, say state vaccination plans have forgotten about them.
They have disabilities and serious medical conditions — but don’t qualify for early vaccination

Jake Auchincloss swings left in Congress amid lingering progressive skepticism
Jake Auchincloss was once a registered Republican who worked to elect Governor Charlie Baker. Now a freshman in Congress, he is facing pressure from liberals in his district, which stretches from the Boston suburbs to Fall River, to quickly prove his progressive bonafides.

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Obituary
A groundbreaking Black woman in state and city government, Doris Bunte dies at 87
Mrs. Bunte was the first Black woman elected to be a Massachusetts state representative and the first Black woman to run the Boston Housing Authority.

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt
The Black history I carry with me: Theresa Alphonse
Theresa Alphonse is a public health practitioner and social justice advocate.

Pelosi says independent commission will examine Capitol attack

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that Congress will establish an independent, Sept. 11-style commission to look into the deadly insurrection that took place at the US Capitol.

‘We did not send him there to do the right thing or whatever’: Amid backlash, Pennsylvania GOP may censure Toomey

Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey is facing widespread backlash from fellow Republicans in the state for voting to convict former president Donald Trump during his historic second impeachment trial.

David Perdue files to run against Raphael Warnock for Georgia Senate seat

David Perdue, the one-term US senator from Georgia who lost a runoff election last month against Senator Jon Ossoff, filed paperwork Monday night indicating that he plans a comeback effort — this time against Georgia’s other new senator, Raphael Warnock.

Opinion

Joan Vennochi

The numbing of America

Donald Trump’s impeachment trial put the country on trial too.
EDITORIAL

The ‘road ahead’ needs a plan
MARCELA GARCÍA

Boston’s dogs just wanna run free
Ian Marcus Corbin

The plight of former NFL players
Joseph Coughlin and Luke Yoquinto

Boston: The Silicon Valley of longevity?

Project takeout: Get takeout. Save restaurants you love.
Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.

3 restaurants we supported this week Learn more about Project Takeout

‘We’re in Fenway Park’: Police investigating after TikTok video shows two men sneaking onto the field
The men were eventually confronted by Fenway Park security and ran away, a Red Sox spokesperson said.

Deadly tornado in North Carolina; bitter cold sweeps Plains
At least three people were killed after a tornado tore through a seaside town in North Carolina as millions of people in Texas remained in the dark early Tuesday amid subfreezing temperatures.

60 years later, the worst day in US figure skating history is remembered
On Feb. 15, 1961, the entire US figure skating team was killed in a plane crash on its way to the World Championships.

Love Letters
Flirting with a friend after a breakup
Help a letter writer who has feelings for a close friend.

COMFORT ZONE
The only typewriter shop in town has its hands full
A device that was once an office essential has been reborn as a creative tool embraced by young folks — which means Cambridge Typewriter owner Tom Furrier has been plenty busy.

MATTHEW GILBERT
10 reader-approved TV shows for parents and tweens
We asked for suggestions, and from "Sherlock" to "Green Acres," readers responded.

Recommended reads

Brockton track star becomes stock market millionaire: an unlikely Wall Street success story

Keith Gill’s Reddit and YouTube posts put him at the center of the GameStop rally — and drew scrutiny from regulators.

The Great Divide
‘Learning pods’ taking root in Black, Latino neighborhoods
Pods, also known as learning hubs or study halls, have been slow to arrive in low-income communities. But in the last six months, more have popped up to provide safe spaces for students to do their remote learning.

Though virus has torn through correctional facilities, most prison workers are declining vaccines
The virus has wreaked havoc across the prison system, infecting roughly 900 workers and killing 21 inmates.

metro

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt
The Black history I carry with me: Theresa Alphonse
Theresa Alphonse is a public health practitioner and social justice advocate.

Mass. advocates launch ambitious campaign for publicly funded early education

‘We’re in Fenway Park’: Police investigating after TikTok video shows two men sneaking onto the field

Sports

MONDAY'S SCHOOLS ROUNDUP
Mansfield stars put it all together, turn tables on Taunton to share Hockomock Kelley-Rex boys’ basketball title
After suffering their first loss Sunday against the Tigers, the Hornets bounced back behind the strong play of Matt Boen - who netted his 1,000th career point - as well as Christopher Hill and Matt Hyland.

Northeastern men’s basketball will face North Carolina on Wednesday at UNC
Sports Log

Mikaela Shiffrin wins record sixth ski racing world championship

business

Former Operation Warp Speed leader lands post at drug firm with ties to Cambridge
Moncef Slaoui will serve as chief scientific officer and paid adviser to Centessa Pharmaceuticals.

Right-wing friendly Parler announces re-launch

Vaccines may need retooling to fight coronavirus mutations, but that’s not an easy overnight fix

politics

‘We did not send him there to do the right thing or whatever’: Amid backlash, Pennsylvania GOP may censure Toomey
Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey is facing widespread backlash from fellow Republicans in the state for voting to convict former president Donald Trump during his historic second impeachment trial.

Three sailors have COVID on US ship that saw outbreak last year

Pelosi says independent commission will examine Capitol attack

lifestyle

COMFORT ZONE
The only typewriter shop in town has its hands full
A device that was once an office essential has been reborn as a creative tool embraced by young folks — which means Cambridge Typewriter owner Tom Furrier has been plenty busy.

Flirting with a friend after a breakup

‘The trophy has got a football on it’: Drunk Tom Brady makes an appearance on ‘SNL’

arts

ASK MATTHEW
10 reader-approved TV shows for parents and tweens
We asked for suggestions, and from "Sherlock" to "Green Acres," readers responded.

COMFORT ZONE

Join a sea shanty sing-along with Gloucester’s David Coffin
MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Revisiting the AIDS crisis, the story of the Rock, and shows on their way out

rhode island

CORONAVIRUS
McKee: Raimondo’s vaccine rollout plan isn’t working
The incoming governor says he's “not satisfied” with the Raimondo administration’s progress on distributing vaccines.

INNOVATORS Q&A

17-year-old founder and CEO of Tasium wins national entrepreneurship competition
RI BUSINESS

Making Providence feel like home

Newton

Special Projects

A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Black History Month

A Beautiful Resistance, in a special collaboration with Reebok, celebrate Black History Month. Black Joy. Black Wellness. Black Futures.
See more from 'A Beautiful Resistance' Follow on Instagram

On the Street

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation

This time, Quincy Center’s revival looks legit

Revere was going through a revival before COVID-19. Can it stay on track?

See more from our business series ‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

More

Boston Globe launches ‘Fresh Start’ initiative: People can apply to have past coverage about them reviewed
Similar to “right to forget” programs that have cropped up across the country, the undertaking is meant to address the lasting impact that stories about past embarrassments, mistakes, or minor crimes, forever online, can have on a person’s life.

Last Words: Is death the great equalizer?
Quite the contrary, a Spotlight investigation shows. Death exposes in high relief the layers of inequities, in race and income, care and opportunity, that shape life down to its final hours. It is a truth the pandemic has only underscored — one hard to see, because it is so much easier to look away.

I knew getting prostate cancer at 48 would change me. I had no idea how much
For the past year, Mark Shanahan has been working on Mr. 80 Percent, a six-episode podcast miniseries about his experience with prostate cancer. It’s a deeply personal, sometimes harrowing, often funny story about a disease that affects millions of men. The heroes are his doctors and family, who put up with some appalling behavior. You’ll hear from both.

Comfort Zone

COMFORT ZONE

Everyone loves Dr. Rick from those Progressive ads. He’s the creation of a Boston ad agency

The self-help coach keeps homeowners from turning into their parents — and helps them pronounce "quinoa."
COMFORT ZONE

Join a sea shanty sing-along with Gloucester’s David Coffin

The Revels artist-in-residence will lead the event on Facebook Live.
COMFORT ZONE

What to stream at Boston SciFi Film Festival

The popular event serves up bountiful fare for "people who really appreciate sci-fi."
COMFORT ZONE

Walking through Gloucester with some of history’s greatest artists

Cape Ann Museum offers a series of tours that explore the city's rich history as a creative magnet.
COMFORT ZONE

Something to smile about: Newton company’s transparent mask is a revelation

Marissa and Adam Goldstein, parents of two sets of twins, pioneered a mask that is in demand by lip-readers and teachers, among others.
COMFORT ZONE

What to watch with your tweens? It’s an age-old question

Here are some shows that parents and their pre-teens might enjoy together.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

JEFF JACOBY

The racial decency — and irony — of Rutherford Hayes
EDITORIAL

Gun control, as urgent now as ever
EDITORIAL

Mail-in voting a winner, let’s keep it
IDEAS | GABRIEL NICHOLAS

Our disinformation problem has been 70 years in the making
IDEAS | ELIZABETH KOLBERT

Humans need to remake the planet yet again
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Inside the race to develop a vaccine for our other pandemic: Hate

STAT

The Road Ahead: Charting the pandemic over the next 12 months — and beyond
In this project, STAT describes 30 key moments, possible turning points that could steer the pandemic onto a different course or barometers for how the virus is reshaping our lives.

From a small N.C. town to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S. health care
The racial bias can produce huge differences in assessing patients’ need for special care to manage conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, or depression, a STAT investigation found.

Covid-19’s wintry mix: Dry indoor air helps the virus spread
The worry is not just that people might mingle more closely inside, but that the air they breathe will make the virus more dangerous.

In the Covid-19 death of a hospital food worker, a microcosm of the pandemic
The hospital's first employee to die of Covid-19 was a kitchen worker named Marie Deus — and her illness sparked a question. Why weren't bedside clinicians getting sick at the highest rates?

magazine
Cover story

100 top restaurants for takeout in Boston and beyond
Perspective

Restaurants have 'exhausted every strategy in the playbook'
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We were both math nerds in high school’
Cooking

Recipes: Beets make a sweet starting point for winter salads

sports

Michael McDowell pulls upset for the ages with Daytona 500 victory

Promising BC guard Wynston Tabbs done for season after violating COVID-19 protocols

Holes in schedule allow Bruins to reward themselves with rest

metro

A groundbreaking Black woman in state and city government, Doris Bunte dies at 87

Two community leaders demand Baker answer questions about vaccine supply

Stoneham mourns the loss of coach Jimmy Carino to COVID-19

Nation

Deadly tornado in North Carolina; bitter cold sweeps Plains

‘We did not send him there to do the right thing or whatever’: Amid backlash, Pennsylvania GOP may censure Toomey

Icy storm barrels across central US, leaving millions without power

World

Parliament rape claim roils Australian government

Rocket attack in Iraq kills a US military contractor

No new virus cases raise hopes New Zealand will end lockdown

politics

Jake Auchincloss swings left in Congress amid lingering progressive skepticism

Trump looks to reassert himself after impeachment acquittal

Calls grow for commission to investigate Capitol attack

business

COVID-19 shots might be tweaked if variants get worse

UK opens quarantine hotels, pushes on with vaccine drive

Why some state and local governments are desperate for more stimulus aid

lifestyle

George Clooney to film new movie in Boston, and Ben Affleck will reportedly join him

Filmmakers Collaborative to host moviemaking workshops for students through February break

I feel like ‘the girlfriend who got pregnant’

marijuana

Should psychedelic drugs be decriminalized in Mass.? Advocates see opening

Northampton drops controversial fees on marijuana companies

Marijuana trade group drops lawsuit against state after backlash

opinion

The ‘road ahead’ needs a plan

The numbing of America

Boston’s dogs just wanna run free

food & dining

In Chinatown, empty tables where banquets should be

Memories of Border Cafe come flooding in as word spreads that it has closed for good

At Home Kitchen in Needham, inventive dishes, speedily delivered

travel

Matt Smith of Club Passim is about to hit the airwaves and grew up hitting the road

A Black history tour in Rhode Island, women’s wellness in Hawaii, and a pillow to go

Despite hardship, St. Pete’s arts scene continues to flourish

Books

Angst spreads in ‘The Lonely Century’

Ethan Hawke on comic books to and his many copies of ‘Godot’

Godly women and an ungodly scandal in ‘Doomed Romance’

Movies

‘Barb and Star’ land very few laughs on this Florida trip

‘Sweding’ turns Hollywood classics into DIY entertainment

12-year-old Reyn Doi plays a villain and steals scenes in “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar”

Television

10 reader-approved TV shows for parents and tweens

This week’s TV: Revisiting the AIDS crisis, the story of the Rock, and shows on their way out

‘Last Week Tonight’: John Oliver unpacks the impeachment trial and what the ‘next’ pandemic might look like

music

Join a sea shanty sing-along with Gloucester’s David Coffin

A valentine from the Boston Pops in its first-ever livestream concert

Justin Timberlake apologizes to Britney Spears and Janet Jackson

Theater/Dance

A Strindberg adaptation unfolds before an all-seeing camera in ‘Julia’

It’s a golden age for actors in their golden years

Amazon project would deliver two new theaters to the Seaport

globe local

Manchester, N.H., man killed in two-vehicle crash on Route 101 in Peterborough, N.H.

Lowell man arrested in Roxbury on drug and gun charges

As more seniors age at home during pandemic, health care aides are in growing demand

Obituaries

A groundbreaking Black woman in state and city government, Doris Bunte dies at 87

‘Everything an artist does is probably a metaphor,’ said Lois Tarlow, who died at 92

Frederick K.C. Price, founder of Black megachurch, dies