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As bills pile up for many jobless workers, state’s ‘dinosaur’ benefits system provides only frustration

A balky unemployment system has been hammered by more than 2.7 million new claims filed since mid-March of last year.

Nobel Prize winners and other scientists come to defense of Harvard professor Charles Lieber

Dozens of scientists are publicly questioning the federal government’s prosecution of Lieber, suggesting that US scientists are becoming increasingly vocal in opposing the government’s crackdown on academics with financial and research ties to China.

High winds hit Mass., downing trees

High winds swirled around the region Monday night and into Tuesday morning, with gusts of up to 50 miles per hour forecast for much of Massachusetts, and up to 60 miles per hour in a few locations.
Map: Power outages in Mass.

Warren and Markey want Biden to include recurring direct payments in his wider economic package

Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey have joined up with a group of Democratic colleagues in calling on President Biden to include recurring direct payments and automatic unemployment insurance extensions tied to economic conditions in his Build Back Better plan.
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dan shaughnessy

Mercifully, this first look at the Red Sox in action was abbreviated

Three times in their seven-inning loss to the Braves, the Sox invoked a "mercy rule" to end an inning before getting the third out.
THE FINE PRINT

Skin treatment rubs some the wrong way

An hour after entering Forever Flawless at Northshore Mall, Patricia DeGeorge emerged with a hand-held infrared light for at-home skin care, plus about a dozen boxes of complimentary creams and lotions. And a receipt for a whopping $9,031.25.
Kevin Cullen

The Dark Lord returns

The Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando ended Sunday with an appearance by Voldemort, the Dark Lord himself, He Who Shall Not Be Named.
Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.
See the full project Follow @abeautifulresistance on Instagram

Opinion

EDITORIAL

Blood on the streets of Myanmar

The international community must act even as protesters risk everything to reclaim their fragile democracy.
Marcela García

A blueprint for how to reopen Boston schools
Joan Vennochi

With vaccine comes relief and a stab of guilt
KENNETH ROGOFF

Gambling on another move for ‘The Queen’s Gambit’
LETTERS

Basically, message of state’s reopening plan is: Have fun (good luck)

After downtown worksite deaths, city councilor wants hearing on construction safety
Councilor Ed Flynn wants representatives from the city’s Inspectional Services Department, Boston police, and the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health to testify at a hearing.

Boston officials consider splitting up prominent Roxbury development site
Brian Golden, director of the Boston Planning & Development Agency, swears this will be the year the "P3" curse is lifted.

Senate confirms Cardona as Biden’s education secretary
The Senate voted Monday to confirm Miguel Cardona as education secretary, clearing his way to lead President Biden’s effort to reopen the nation’s schools amid the coronavirus pandemic. Cardona, a former public school teacher who went on to become Connecticut’s education chief, was approved on a 64-33 vote.

Who is Conn. education commissioner Miguel Cardona, Biden’s choice for education secretary?

Romney has a black eye after falling during recent visit to Boston
Mitt Romney spokesperson Liz Johnson told The Boston Globe that Romney “got some stitches to patch up his scrapes.”

Dorchester Youth Collaborative closes after 40 years; offered services to teens
The Dorchester Youth Collaborative, better known as DYC, has closed due to the pandemic.

When the pandemic hit and the Dorchester Youth Collaborative closed, everything changed for Diamani Nova

Third woman accuses Cuomo of unwanted advance
A woman said Monday that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo put his hands on her and asked if he could kiss her at a wedding reception in September 2019. Two other women have said Cuomo made unwanted advances.

Mysterious artifact found on Paul Revere property identified
Officials from the city of Boston’s archaeology program recently identified a mysterious object that was unearthed from the ground at the Paul Revere House property in the North End.

Unions rally for more jobs, better working conditions at Amazon complex being built in North Andover
The company says it already offers what is being asked for at the 3.8-million-square-foot site.

Recommended reads

It’s March again . . . or was it always March? As the pandemic closes in on grim one-year anniversary, people feel stuck in time

Sure, things seem to be moving in the right direction. But as March 1 landed on our doorsteps on a raw, rainy Monday morning, it was easy to feel like we’d never truly moved beyond the bleak chaos of March 2020.

Curtatone, Somerville’s longest-serving mayor, says he will not seek reelection
For nine terms, Joseph Curtatone has overseen a city that has transformed into an enclave of progressive politics.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
40 percent of Boston high school juniors and seniors are chronically absent, raising concerns about their futures
The most striking increases in chronic absenteeism — defined as missing at least 10 percent of classes — occurred among Black, Latino, disabled, and English-learner students.

metro

High winds hit Mass., downing trees
High winds swirled around the region Monday night and into Tuesday morning, with gusts of up to 50 miles per hour forecast for much of Massachusetts, and up to 60 miles per hour in a few locations.

State officials, community leaders try to dissuade residents from vaccine ‘shopping’

Romney has a black eye after falling during recent visit to Boston

Sports

Celtics can make a run in the East, but everyone and everything needs to improve, especially the front office
The Celtics need to make a deal before the March 25 deadline, especially to bolster the bench.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Digging into some alternative candidates in the race for Red Sox closer
Revolution

Hungry for an MLS Cup, Bruce Arena has Revolution poised to be a contender

business

Tyson to offer vaccinations to its Iowa workers this week
Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Boston officials consider splitting up prominent Roxbury development site

As bills pile up for many jobless workers, state’s ‘dinosaur’ benefits system provides only frustration

politics

Warren and Markey want Biden to include recurring direct payments in his wider economic package
Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey have joined up with a group of Democratic colleagues in calling on President Biden to include recurring direct payments and automatic unemployment insurance extensions tied to economic conditions in his Build Back Better plan.

FBI chief to face questions on extremism, Capitol insurrection

Third woman accuses Cuomo of unwanted advance

lifestyle

LIVE MUSIC
Tickets on sale for Opera North’s open-air Summerfest 2021
Live performances will once again grace the outdoor stage in Cornish, N.H., from July 16 through Aug. 1.

I would move to be with him

‘We have our own work to do’: Golden Globes’ Hollywood Foreign Press Association makes statement on its lack of diversity

arts

COMFORT ZONE
Passim’s Matt Smith brings his love of local music to the airwaves
The new host of WMVY's "Local Music Café" is excited to showcase New England artists.

‘American Horror Story’ begins two weeks of shooting in Provincetown
TELEVISION

The line is blurrier, but there’s still a big difference between TV and movies

rhode island

CORONAVIRUS
For Central Falls, Rhode Island’s COVID-19 hot spot, some hope after a long, dark year
“I want to at least have one Salsa Night this year,” Mayor Maria Rivera said. “I mean, I can dream, right?"

RI BUSINESS

Any Lifespan-CNE merger layoffs will be met with ‘full force,’ union leader promises
RI CRIME

R.I. lawmakers want to change deadline to sue over sexual abuse

Newton

Special Projects

PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST

Project takeout: Get takeout. Save restaurants you love.

Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.
See the full project

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

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

More

Jeneé Osterheldt
A Beautiful Resistance
Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

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.

Globe Spotlight Investigation
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.

Comfort Zone

COMFORT ZONE

Passim’s Matt Smith brings his love of local music to the airwaves

The new host of WMVY's "Local Music Café" is excited to showcase New England artists.
TELEVISION

The line is blurrier, but there’s still a big difference between TV and movies

Artistically speaking, series TV and film exist in different time zones.
LIVE MUSIC

Tickets on sale for Opera North’s open-air Summerfest 2021

Live performances will once again grace the outdoor stage in Cornish, N.H., from July 16 through Aug. 1.
COMFORT ZONE

Flock to these winter birding hot spots around Boston

Pete Gilmore, field trip coordinator for the Brookline Bird Club, shared his favorite local stops.
PETS

Tap your dogs’ unleashed potential. Here’s where you can let them run free

Greater Boston features a surprising number of open spaces where our well-behaved pooches are welcome to roam without fences.
A.Z. MADONNA

What would Beethoven think of climate change? Composer Iman Habibi has a few ideas

Habibi's “Jeder Baum spricht” (”Every tree speaks”) is part of a new BSO Now program.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

Parenthood shouldn’t be a bar to public office
Renée Graham

Tiger Woods, Serena Williams, and our demands on aging superstars
Abdallah Fayyad

How prisons distort American democracy
Cameron F. Kerry

The Census Bureau must be allowed to finish its job
David Daley and Sarah E. Hunt

Citizens should demand transparency in redistricting

IDEAS | Rachel Rebouché and Mary Ziegler

Could Roe v. Wade really become ‘the law of the land’?

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
Pandemic Parenting

We can care about education and be OK writing this year off
Parenting advice

'Being forgiving of ourselves is probably the biggest'
Dinner with Cupid

'The more she smiled the more tempted I was to want to get to know more'
Connections

My mom lives 2,000 miles away but keeps my daughter company on her iPad

sports

Monday’s Red Sox spring training report: Five more errors from sloppy Sox

After a disappointing half-season, Atlanta Hawks fire coach Lloyd Pierce

Quarterback Alex Smith expected to part ways with Washington Football Team

metro

For Central Falls, Rhode Island’s COVID-19 hot spot, some hope after a long, dark year

The Dark Lord returns

Mother who allegedly abandoned newborn in trash bin in Dorchester charged with attempted murder

Nation

Warren and Markey want Biden to include recurring direct payments in his wider economic package

FBI chief to face questions on extremism, Capitol insurrection

Prosecutors investigating Trump focus on his finance chief

World

‘Your personality deforms’: Navalny sent to notoriously harsh prison

Behind the lines of Britain’s COVID war

Ex-president gets prison sentence for corruption in France

politics

Biden tries to reset relationship with Mexican president

Senate confirms Cardona as Biden’s education secretary

Warren revives wealth tax, citing pandemic inequalities

business

Unions rally for more jobs, better working conditions at Amazon complex being built in North Andover

‘This really doesn’t change anything’: Business owners say relaxed capacity restrictions are deceiving

Texas top utility regulator quits in fallout over blackouts

lifestyle

Here’s what stars wore on the virtual Golden Globes red carpet

ICA’s 2021 Foster Prize goes to three artists who ‘help illuminate the way forward’

A Great Barrington therapist explores grief, vulnerability, and hope through Instagram

marijuana

Mass. marijuana has to be ultra-sterile. Just one problem: It’s a plant

Marijuana company sues Boston zoning board over rejection

New Jersey governor signs laws to set up marijuana market

opinion

Mayors play a leading role in the shaping of America — empower them

Blood on the streets of Myanmar

Unpaid Legal Sea Foods vendor unhappy with the way story was told

food & dining

At Mikkusu, a talented chef bides her time

Tim and Bronwyn Wiechmann plan a Lincoln restaurant, and hot chicken comes to Allston

Celebrating the Irish poitín

travel

New NE bike tours, a favorite bar reopens, and new virtual travel experiences

Michael Chiklis loves Aspen, Capri, and of course, Boston

The new travel reality: Vaccine required

Books

Crime and damages in ‘The Lowering Days’

A fictional retrospective of a filmmaker’s life in ‘Foregone’

Glenn Adamson on the perfect reading chair and books organized by color

Movies

Golden Globes 2021: A complete list of winners (and nominees)

Armie Hammer is in ‘Crisis’ and they can’t hide it

Some sequels take longer (a lot longer) to arrive than others

Television

‘American Horror Story’ begins two weeks of shooting in Provincetown

The line is blurrier, but there’s still a big difference between TV and movies

‘The Real World’ returns to N.Y. for a reunion

music

Passim’s Matt Smith brings his love of local music to the airwaves

When Beethoven resonates in a crisis

Jazz artist Maria Schneider on making music, and making a living

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet celebrates Jorma Elo in a rich program of new work and past highlights

On your screen but outside the box: Theater companies rise to a creative challenge

Stars to come out (remotely) for a new Boston clinic for homeless women

globe local

Devastating fire at Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Connecticut can’t touch its soul

‘It is not just about memorizing facts.’ Historians examine how Black History Month was intended to be celebrated

Meteorological winter ends this weekend

Obituaries

Michael Downing, whose books illuminated his illness and the lives of others, dies at 62

Sheila Washington dies at 61; helped exonerate Scottsboro Boys

Claudette White, innovative tribal judge, dies at 49