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Massachusetts school officials to postpone spring MCAS testing

The announcement came hours before the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is slated to vote on a proposal that would give Commissioner Jeffrey Riley the power to force districts to reopen their schools full-time.
12 Middlesex County superintendents urge state to provide ‘thoughtful plan’ before reopening elementary schools full time
Analysis

Governors of both parties are increasingly following politics and not science in reopening

Those the most aggressive about reopening just happen to be the ones facing political peril.

Massachusetts spent 20 years refining its own mass vaccination plan. Then it looked elsewhere
Days after federal drug regulators authorized the first COVID-19 vaccine, the state abandoned its blueprint and entrusted a handful of private companies with running its mass vaccination sites.

See more COVID-19 vaccine news

Maine governor adjusts travel guidance to allow Mass. residents to visit without quarantining or producing a negative COVID-19 test

Mills made the announcement as she detailed several rollbacks of COVID-19 measures as vaccinations ramp up in the state and summer approaches, a “crucial time of the year for so many businesses and for our state’s economy as a whole.”

5 things to know if you want to sign up for a vaccine today in Mass.

Construction worker flown to Boston hospital after fall at Needham job site

A construction worker was transported via medflight to Mass General Hospital Friday morning after he fell 15 to 20 feet into a hole at a Needham construction site, officials said.
Dave Epstein | Weather

Don’t put those winter coats away just yet

It will not be as cold nor as windy as with the first arctic outbreak, but temperatures will be significantly below average for the next three days.

A guide to the Patriots offseason: Free-agent decisions, cap space, and 10 picks in the NFL draft

Free agency and the new league year begin on March 17, and will kick off a flurry of roster-resetting and team-building across the league.

Dr. Seuss dominates Amazon’s bestsellers list following news of discontinued titles

As of Friday morning, 15 of the top 20 spots on Amazon’s list were Seuss-related books and book collections.
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SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health

LOVE LETTERS
After dates with 60 people, I must ask, ‘Am I too picky?’
Is this letter writer too picky? Help.

Love Letters: I’m now vegetarian. How will that change my dating life?

MISS CONDUCT
We stopped drinking. What to say to a friend who sent us wine?
Plus, some tips for reconnecting with old acquaintances on social media.

Opinion

Alex Beam

Driving across the United States of COVID

It was an odd time to travel, and the pandemic made many decisions for us.
EDITORIAL

Winter is almost over. Almost.
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Biden promises diplomacy but offers more militarism
Flavia C. Peréa

Dear Mayor Joe Curtatone, what happened to my son embodies the school-to-prison pipeline
IDEAS | VIVIANE CALLIER

A new color, out of the blue

TY BURR
In ‘Moxie,’ on Netflix, trying to make school cool — or at least less toxic
Directed by Amy Poehler from a young adult novel, the movie’s an empowerment lesson for young women where sometimes all you see is the lesson rather than the story in which it’s embedded.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
For a housebound nation, foreign-language TV shows offer escape and connection
For many viewers, the search for something good to watch no longer stops at the water’s edge.

American Academy of Arts and Letters expands, diversifies

Tom Brady rookie card sells for a record $1.32 million - and Brady has something to say about it
PWCC Marketplace, an Oregon-based company that brokered the sale of the card from Brady's 2000 season with the New England Patriots, announced the news on Instagram Thursday.

Maia Chaka becomes first Black woman to be named NFL official
Chaka enters the NFL after working at the college level in the Pac-12, and has been part of the league's development program for officials.

UK waits for Harry, Meghan’s take on royal split in Oprah interview
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will finally get the chance to tell the story behind their departure from royal duties directly to the public on Sunday, when their two-hour interview with Oprah Winfrey is broadcast.

Baker traveling to Florida following a family death, to return Monday
Governor Charlie Baker is meeting his wife, Lauren, in Florida to “attend to family affairs,” the governor's office said Thursday night.

New agreement could free Maine-based artist Robert Indiana’s estate from lawsuit
A New York-based copyright holder that sued the late artist Robert Indiana a day before his death has reached a settlement with his estate and the foundation set up to transform the artist’s home into museum.

Judge dismisses lawsuit over slave portraits at Harvard
A Massachusetts state judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a Connecticut woman who said Harvard University illegally owned photos of her enslaved ancestors and refused to turn them over.

Recommended reads

IG report finds State Police overtime reform flawed

A highly touted reform aimed at uncovering overtime abuse within the ranks of the Massachusetts State Police in the wake of a widespread scandal is flawed and should be revised, a new report from the state inspector general’s office has found.

Jeneé Osterheldt
There is no anti-racist movement without fighting anti-Asian discrimination
While there has been a pandemic-driven wave of hatred directed toward Asian Americans, anti-Asian attitudes have always existed in this country. Fighting those stereotypes and that hate is an integral part of saving future generations from racial trauma of all kinds.

High school seniors of color are behind on completing financial aid forms, a worrying sign for college enrollment
Across Massachusetts, high schools that serve predominantly Black and Latino students have seen some of the steepest declines in the number of seniors submitting the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

metro

Tom Brady rookie card sells for a record $1.32 million - and Brady has something to say about it
PWCC Marketplace, an Oregon-based company that brokered the sale of the card from Brady's 2000 season with the New England Patriots, announced the news on Instagram Thursday.

How many coronavirus cases have been reported in Mass. schools? Check our map
RI SPORTS

Brown University scoops up University of Pennsylvania’s head of athletics

Sports

dan shaughnessy
Wondering about Jackie Bradley Jr.s’ place in Red Sox lore, and other thoughts
Where does Bradley fit in team history — perhaps on the same level with players such as Jimmy Piersall, Marty Barrett, Rich Gedman, and Rick Burleson?

nfl

Maia Chaka becomes first Black woman to be named NFL official
Patriots

A guide to the Patriots offseason: Free-agent decisions, cap space, and 10 picks in the NFL draft

business

US added a strong 379,000 jobs in February as hiring rebounded in hopeful sign for economy
The February gain marked a sharp pickup from the 166,000 jobs that were added in January and a loss of 306,000 in December. Yet it represents just a fraction of the roughly 10 million jobs that were lost to the pandemic.

Where city leaders once saw a potential Olympic stadium, Amazon eyes a massive distribution center

Mass General Brigham names CFO, treasurer

politics

Analysis
Governors of both parties are increasingly following politics and not science in reopening
Those the most aggressive about reopening just happen to be the ones facing political peril.

Quiet and low profile, Mike Donilon is Biden’s White House ‘wise man’

Highlights: What’s changed in the Senate’s virus relief bill

lifestyle

Dr. Seuss dominates Amazon’s bestsellers list following news of discontinued titles
As of Friday morning, 15 of the top 20 spots on Amazon’s list were Seuss-related books and book collections.

LOVE LETTERS

After dates with 60 people, I must ask, ‘Am I too picky?’
IN THE FAMILY WAY

How to support your dyslexic child

arts

TY BURR
In ‘Moxie,’ on Netflix, trying to make school cool — or at least less toxic
Directed by Amy Poehler from a young adult novel, the movie’s an empowerment lesson for young women where sometimes all you see is the lesson rather than the story in which it’s embedded.

MATTHEW GILBERT

Turning on the TV doesn’t mean turning off your brain
HOMEFRONT

HomeFront: Eddie Murphy is back, Dr. Seuss is complicated, plus a world of wonder at Peabody Essex

rhode island

RI SPORTS
Brown University scoops up University of Pennsylvania’s head of athletics
M. Grace Calhoun, a former varsity student-athlete who graduated from Brown in 1992, will become Brown’s vice president of athletics and recreation in April.

RI POLITICS

Dan McKee’s ascension is a game changer for Rhode Island’s 2022 governor’s race
RI BUSINESS

South County Health president voices concerns over Lifespan-Care New England merger

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

WORKING ON IT

Are you doing too much? Let the Dutch introduce you to the art of ‘niksen’

Nothing is good. These books about "niksen" – the art of doing nothing – help you get there.
PUNK

A JP resident and her punk rock aerobics star in Green Day’s new music video

The band's "Here Comes the Shock" is set to Hilken Mancini's homemade video of moves like the "Iggy punch" and "whack jacks."
COMFORT ZONE

Boston poet laureate Porsha Olayiwola is at HOME on the open mic

The theme interested the Chicago transplant long before the pandemic.
COMFORT ZONE

GBH’s ‘Masterpiece’ reflects on 50 Years with a new podcast

The three-part series is "a superhero origin story," according to host Jace Lacob.
ART

‘Against all odds,’ Peabody Essex show leads to discovery of second Jacob Lawrence painting

The piece was hanging all these years in a nurse's apartment on the Upper West Side.
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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Who owns your HBO password?
Kimberly Atkins

History will clearly see this existential moment for voting rights. Lawmakers must see it now
Joan Vennochi

Andrew Cuomo has a problem. But why are Democrats pushed to resign?
IDEAS | HEETEN KANTI KALAN

I am not ‘nonwhite’
EDITORIAL

How to get away with murder
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

4 ways families can find silver linings from this terrible pandemic year
Pandemic Parenting

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

What should kids expect at summer camps this year?
Cooking

Recipes: Thai stir-fried glass noodles plus soup and dessert

sports

Brad Stevens challenged the Celtics after last week’s debacle. They’ve responded with four straight wins

LSU investigated football coach Les Miles for sexual harassment

‘Nobody’s going on break until we go on break’: The Celtics knew they had to finish strong, and they did against the Raptors

metro

Massachusetts school officials to postpone spring MCAS testing

Don’t put those winter coats away just yet

Dan McKee’s ascension is a game changer for Rhode Island’s 2022 governor’s race

Nation

Maine governor adjusts travel guidance to allow Mass. residents to visit without quarantining or producing a negative COVID-19 test

5 things to know if you want to sign up for a vaccine today in Mass.

New agreement could free Maine-based artist Robert Indiana’s estate from lawsuit

World

UK waits for Harry, Meghan’s take on royal split in Oprah interview

Prince Philip transferred back to private hospital after heart procedure

Pope arrives in Iraq to rally Christians despite pandemic

politics

A midlevel member of the Trump State Dept. has been arrested on charges related to the Capitol attack

Capitol Police chief appeals for National Guard to stay

Johnson halts action on stimulus bill with a demand to read it aloud

business

State, city embark on a million-dollar study to improve Morrissey Boulevard corridor

Texas watchdog says power grid operator made $16b error

Unemployment claims climb again as storms hamper a slow recovery

lifestyle

Rutchada Thai Cuisine was ‘meant to be’

Drew Bledsoe loves the beach but would also happily tackle a visit to Siberia

A tavern comes to Brookline; a beer hall opens in Belmont; and Del’s Lemonade plans a Massachusetts flagship

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

Social Studies: Rodent investors; the 1918 flu lives on; faces in the crowd

Collective effort in Boston-area biotech industry aims to give back to those in need

Biden promises diplomacy but offers more militarism

food & dining

Rutchada Thai Cuisine was ‘meant to be’

A tavern comes to Brookline; a beer hall opens in Belmont; and Del’s Lemonade plans a Massachusetts flagship

At The Federal, a miracle to go: perfectly cooked steak

travel

Drew Bledsoe loves the beach but would also happily tackle a visit to Siberia

Advice for planning that family reunion you just can’t wait to have

My eyes have been opened to the very real threat of avalanches, even in New England

Books

Human nature and ‘Beloved Beasts’

Anne Lamott ponders life’s third act in ‘Dusk, Night, Dawn’

Ijeoma Oluo on laughing and crying while reading

Movies

In ‘Moxie,’ on Netflix, trying to make school cool — or at least less toxic

Eddie Murphy is back, and back up to speed, in ‘Coming 2 America’

Yale banners and signs pop up near Harvard Square for George Clooney film ‘The Tender Bar’

Television

Turning on the TV doesn’t mean turning off your brain

Next up on the series revival list: ‘Party Down’

For a housebound nation, foreign-language TV shows offer escape and connection

music

For NEC students, it’s been a year of improvising

With another album in the works, singer Lizzy McAlpine has left Berklee behind

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

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

A lost year, chronicled through art

Should the federal minimum wage be increased to $15?

Beverly Beckham: The love he gave keeps his grieving family going

Obituaries

Walter Gretzky, father of NHL star Wayne Gretzky, dies at 82

Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary and last Wailers member, dies

Vernon Jordan, former Clinton adviser, has died