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As Massachusetts prepares for final phase of reopening, businesses warn recovery ‘is not going to be flicking a switch’

Instead of the rapid rebound projected by economists, many local employers expect a more gradual recovery marked by fits and starts. So they’re ramping up slowly and delaying hiring decisions until the picture is clearer.

Shirley Leung
City of Boston has a shot at developing Fort Point Channel neighborhood into a waterfront for all. Can it?
Boston has a chance to turn the Fort Point Channel neighborhood into the waterfront the Seaport District has failed to become. Can the city deliver, or will we see, yet again, more broken promises?

yvonne abraham
Lessons that a 7-year-old girl can teach today’s Republicans
For today’s GOP, a compassionate, competent federal government is an existential threat.

Boston rally calls for conviction in George Floyd case

The rally in Boston was one of more than a dozen across the country calling for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction in the case, according to organizers.

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

Donilon is not well known outside of Washington and his hometown of Providence. But he shepherds and fortifies Biden's message to the outside world while keeping the White House internally focused on what matters most to the president.

Bruins notebook
Brandon Carlo released from hospital; Capitals’ Tom Wilson to meet with NHL Saturday night
The league offered the heavy-hitting winger, suspended four times in 2017-18, the chance to explain his head shot on Carlo in Boston's win on Friday.

Bruins respond to hit on Brandon Carlo by knocking out Capitals

Tara Sullivan
NFL quarterback carousel is starting to make us dizzy
After what Tom Brady did in Tampa Bay, winning a Super Bowl as a first-year free agent, doing it alongside weapons he helped bring to Florida, there is a whole new level of envy gripping the league.

Sunday Football Notes: Time for NFL teams to take a hard look at the books, and their rosters
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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Protesters burn masks at Idaho Capitol rally against rules
At least a hundred people gathered at the front of the Idaho Capitol on Saturday to burn masks in a protest against measures taken to limit infections and deaths caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump sends cease-and-desist letter to GOP organizations to stop fundraising off his name
Former president Donald Trump has sent a cease-and-desist letter to at least three Republican organizations demanding they stop using his name and likeness to fundraise, two Trump advisers confirmed Saturday.

Amanda Gorman says security guard confronted her, saying she looked ‘suspicious’
Amanda Gorman, who became a national sensation when she delivered a stirring poem at President Joe Biden’s inauguration in January, said Friday that a security guard had followed her home and told her she looked suspicious.

Opinion

EDITORIAL

Tax fixes critical to keeping Mass. jobs

Lawmakers shouldn’t penalize employers who did right by their workers.
Renée Graham

Derek Chauvin is the murder defendant. Don’t put George Floyd on trial.
Marcela García

At Boston’s public exam schools, it’s equity vs. privilege
George Q. Daley, David E. Golan, Arlene H. Sharpe, and Bruce D. Walker

Collaboration is the cure for COVID-19
Shazia Ahmed

All hail the bus as the answer to vaccine inequities

THE GREAT DIVIDE
Boston student School Committee member resigns, saying district tried to silence his voice
A high school senior resigned as the Boston School Committee’s student representative Thursday, saying administrators had silenced students’ voices and that he had deep concerns about a nonprofit group that oversees the district-wide student council.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS
Egg industry warns of shortage in Mass. without legislative action
If eggs disappear from stores or skyrocket in price next January, as predicted by major egg producers, you can chalk it up to a quirk in Massachusetts law.

Robert R. Glauber, Harvard professor who led Black Monday presidential commission, dies at 81

Dr. Glauber was executive director of a commission created to determine the cause of the Oct. 19, 1987, market breakdown.

Here are midseason evaluations of the Celtics’ reserves
Boston’s bench was a bit of an enigma during the first half of the season.

Here are midseason evaluations of the Celtics’ starters

Gillian Anderson on Alec Baldwin’s accent snark, and Prince Harry’s view of ‘The Crown’
In a live, online conversation Friday with Brandeis history professor Alice Kelikian, "The Crown" actress discussed recent and upcoming work.

One arrested for Brockton slaying, second suspect sought

Officials said they obtained arrest warrants charging Takari Elliot, 29, and Marvin Veiga, 32, with murder for the Oct. 13 fatal shooting lof 25-year-old Manuel Duarte on Belmont Avenue.

A Governor in isolation: How Andrew Cuomo lost his grip on New York
At the greatest moment of political peril for Cuomo in his decade in power, interviews with nearly two dozen Democratic lawmakers, strategists, and Albany veterans paint a portrait of a governor who is increasingly isolated.

Somerville woman accused of crashing into pole while intoxicated in Pelham, N.H., police say

Jeanette Chavarin, 36, was driving east on Atwood Road shortly after 1:30 a.m. when her car veered off the roadway and slammed into a telephone pole, Pelham Police said in a statement.

Recommended reads

Shirley Leung

Widett Circle offers Boston a chance to think big. There is still time to keep thinking

The pandemic has exacerbated entrenched inequities between rich and poor, Black, Latino, Asian and white. A lot of things must happen to change that. Putting a massive Amazon warehouse on what could be prime real estate isn’t one of them.

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.

Ben Affleck (and his Dunkin’ iced coffee) arrives in Back Bay Friday to shoot ‘The Tender Bar’
The Oscar winner showed up bright and early at the Harvard Club of Boston on Commonwealth Avenue wearing a puffer jacket over a gray pinstripe suit and toting his favorite beverage, a Dunkin' iced coffee.

metro

Boston rally calls for conviction in George Floyd case
The rally in Boston was one of more than a dozen across the country calling for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction in the case, according to organizers.

Robert R. Glauber, Harvard professor who led Black Monday presidential commission, dies at 81

Priscilla Read Chenoweth, who won freedom for a stranger, dies at 90

Sports

Late tip-in helps Providence beat another seeded foe, this time No. 10 Villanova
The Friars nearly squandered a 20-point halftime lead, but went into the Big East tournament on a high.

Connor Withers leads UMass Lowell men past top-seeded UMBC, into America East championship
NASCAR

NASCAR driver Kyle Larson has found a good fit at Hendrick Motorsports

business

Highlights of the $1.9 trillion COVID bill nearing final passage
The Senate approved a sweeping pandemic relief package over Republican opposition on Saturday, moving President Biden closer to a milestone political victory that would provide $1,400 checks for most American and direct billions of dollars to schools, state and local governments, and businesses.

Shirley Leung

City of Boston has a shot at developing Fort Point Channel neighborhood into a waterfront for all. Can it?

As Massachusetts prepares for final phase of reopening, businesses warn recovery ‘is not going to be flicking a switch’

politics

Senate approves $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill, including checks for many Americans
President Biden’s signature $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill passed the Senate 50-49 on Saturday, following a more than 25-hour marathon of amendment vote. The measure, the American Rescue Plan Act, now heads back to the House, with Democrats aiming to have it signed into law next week.

Biden getting 1st shot at making mark on federal judiciary

Senate works through the night with COVID-19 bill on path to passage

lifestyle

‘Coming 2 America’ flag flies at Boston Harbor Hotel as Eddie Murphy sequel premieres
The hotel is flying the flag from its rotunda to celebrate the much-anticipated premiere of the “Coming to America” sequel, “Coming 2 America,” starring Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall.

NAMES

Gillian Anderson on Alec Baldwin’s accent snark, and Prince Harry’s view of ‘The Crown’
ART

Get lost inside a masterpiece with ‘Imagine Van Gogh’

arts

Commentary
How Dr. Seuss became the second highest-paid dead celebrity
Earning $33 million in 2020, the children's book author is second only to Michael Jackson among deceased celebrities. Where does the money come from?

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Season 3 of ‘Shtisel’ premieres this month on Netflix
TY BURR

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

rhode island

CORONAVIRUS
Walgreens allows R.I. teachers to sign up for COVID-19 vaccine appointments
However, the state itself has not yet prioritized teachers and related staff in their vaccine distribution plans.

RI NEWS

Central Falls lawmakers introduce bills aimed at closing Wyatt by 2028
RI NEWS

Making a push for a Rhode Island state coral

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

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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

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
Alex Beam

Driving across the United States of COVID
EDITORIAL

Winter is almost over. Almost.
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Biden promises diplomacy but offers more militarism
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
Back to Nature

A plant lover's guide to 16 gorgeous gardens and arboretums
Back to Nature

30,000 steps on Cape Cod: A three-day walking tour
Perspective

The pandemic revealed our food system is broken. We can fix it.

Cooking

Forget winter with these 4 tropical desserts

sports

Viewers continue to lose out in dispute between NESN and YouTube TV

Red Sox shut down pitcher Bryan Mata with what team says is slight ulnar collateral ligament tear

Pandemic to challenge sports world for at least another year

metro

Could summer be . . . fun?

Lessons that a 7-year-old girl can teach today’s Republicans

Walsh administration refuses to release internal affairs files of embattled police commissioner

Nation

Protesters burn masks at Idaho Capitol rally against rules

Charts: Who has been vaccinated in Massachusetts, and how many doses has the state received?

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

World

Protests, tear gas in Myanmar after UN envoy urges action

As COVID deaths soar in Brazil, Bolsonaro hails an untested nasal spray

In Iraq, Pope Francis holds historic talks with Shi’ite ayatollah, decries religious violence

politics

FBI finds contact between proud boys member and Trump associate before riot

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

Democratic Senator Sinema votes against raising federal minimum wage with a big thumbs down

business

Egg industry warns of shortage in Mass. without legislative action

Widett Circle offers Boston a chance to think big. There is still time to keep thinking

Here’s a look at who’s running the state’s mass vaccination sites

lifestyle

Ben Affleck (and his Dunkin’ iced coffee) arrives in Back Bay Friday to shoot ‘The Tender Bar’

A Medford couple is bringing diverse children’s books to families every month

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

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

Tax fixes critical to keeping Mass. jobs

Derek Chauvin is the murder defendant. Don’t put George Floyd on trial.

A continuing challenge to make the most of Madison Park

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

How Dr. Seuss became the second highest-paid dead celebrity

Human nature and ‘Beloved Beasts’

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

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

Season 3 of ‘Shtisel’ premieres this month on Netflix

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

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

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

Robert R. Glauber, Harvard professor who led Black Monday presidential commission, dies at 81

Priscilla Read Chenoweth, who won freedom for a stranger, dies at 90

Rosalyn Koo, 94, dies; fund-raising powerhouse for Chinese communities