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The next stage of the vaccine drive: Persuading the hesitant

A new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll suggests an increasing number of people are warming to the COVID-19 vaccines after initial anxieties. The survey of 500 state residents found that more than 78 percent have either already been vaccinated or intend to be as soon as possible.
Mass. residents divided over school reopenings, teacher vaccinations, poll shows Read the full results of the latest Suffolk/Globe poll

Superintendent says he’s been on ‘high alert’ regarding Duxbury gym teacher alleged to have raped student

The Duxbury schools superintendent said that administrators have been on “high alert” for years regarding a physical education teacher who was put on administrative leave in November after a Duxbury couple alleged the teacher sexually assaulted their son in the mid-2000s.

Amtrak unveiled a new plan to improve rail service across the US.
Amtrak unveils proposed new routes in response to Biden’s $2 trillion jobs and infrastructure plan
Amtrak released the first outline of a proposal that would jump-start expansion of the nation’s railroad system. The plan was unveiled in the wake of President Biden’s $2 trillion jobs and infrastructure proposal that would allocate $80 billion to modernize Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor line — which runs through Boston and other cities scattered throughout the northeast.

A great white shark swam close to the Cape Cod shore in Chatham.
White sharks off Cape Cod spend almost half their time in shallow water, study says
White sharks tracked during the summer and fall of 2017 spent 95 percent of their time at depths of 100 feet or less and water temperatures from 48 to 69 degrees, and 47 percent at depths less than 15 feet, according to a recent study by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy

Courtney Ross answered questions as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presided Thursday in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn.
Derek Chauvin Trial

George Floyd’s girlfriend recalls the first time they met during Chauvin trial testimony

George Floyd’s girlfriend cried on the witness stand Thursday as she told the story of how they first met in 2017 at a Salvation Army shelter where Floyd was a security guard. She also recounted how they both struggled with opioid addiction.
Watch live: The trial of Derek Chauvin, ex-cop charged with murder of George Floyd
Two police officers stood outside a building where multiple people were killed in a shooting in Orange, Calif. on Wednesday.

Child among 4 dead in shooting at California office building

A child was among four people killed Wednesday in a shooting at a Southern California office building that left a fifth victim and the gunman critically wounded, police said.
Fenway Park was spruced up this week ahead of Opening Day.
Opening Day

Red Sox Opening Day postponed to Friday due to rain

All of the Opening Day festivities have been rescheduled to Friday.
Red Sox will begin season without extensions for Rafael Devers, Alex Verdugo, and Eduardo Rodriguez
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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Globe Magazine

A photo illustration of Boston Latin School's exterior being erased by a pencil.
Perspective

It’s time for Boston to start talking about closing its exam schools

Improving the admissions process won't change the systemic disparities created by selective schools.

Malcolm Cawthorne at Brookline High School.
The exhaustion of being a Black teacher in a school when you’re one of too few educators of color
As well-intentioned schools with mostly white staffs scramble to respond to a reckoning on racism, an “invisible tax” of work falls on too few teachers and administrators like Malcolm Cawthorne in Brookline.

Illustration of someone shoveling piles of money.

The costs of a secretive ‘wealth defense industry’ of shell companies, offshore tax havens, and empty luxury condos

Weather | Dave Epstein
The Massachusetts State House is mirrored in raindrops on a car window parked on Beacon Street during heavy rain.
April is here, but will the weather be as nice as it was in March?
After Thursday’s rain ends, we can expect some colder than normal conditions for Friday and the weekend.

Heartbroken pastor cancels in-person Easter Mass at St. Patrick Parish in Stoneham due to COVID-19 outbreak
St. Patrick Parish in Stoneham will not hold in-person Masses on Easter Sunday, as the number of staff members and clergy testing positive for COVID-19 continues to climb, according to the church’s pastor, Rev. Mario J. Orrigo.

TV CRITIC'S CORNER
Kathryn Newton from an earlier "Masterpiece" version of "Little Women."
You’d be a fool to ignore these new shows
Thursday is a particularly rich day on TV. All kinds of wonderful new shows are premiering, on streaming, cable, and broadcast. Here are a few of the gems.

Sarah Palin says she tested positive for COVID-19 and is urging people to take steps to guard against the coronavirus, including wearing masks in public.
Palin confirms COVID-19 diagnosis, urges people to wear masks
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin says she tested positive for COVID-19 and is urging people to take steps to guard against the coronavirus, such as wearing masks in public.

‘Wrong guy’: Journalist with strikingly similar name to Matt Gaetz has to defend himself on Twitter

Matt Gertz, whose name is only a few letters off from Gaetz’, was getting mis-tagged in tweet after tweet in response to the investigations. Gertz’ Twitter handle is @MattGertz, and Gaetz’ Twitter handle is @MattGaetz.

Rhode Island will still receive its 16,200 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson next week.
Ruined Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines may affect future allocations to Rhode Island
The state is still set to receive more than 16,000 doses of the one-shot vaccine next week, but later shipments are in doubt.

Opinion

Report Card

America’s infrastructure has a grade of C-. Here’s a report card.
Decades of research show the costs of segregation are enormous. Academic performance suffers. Adult earnings, too. And students of all races miss out on vital opportunities to prepare for life in an increasingly multicultural society.
EDITORIAL

Time for state lawmakers to act on school integration

A decades-old problem is still a problem. And possibly worse.
President Joe Biden Biden's infrastructure plan, part of his “Build Back Better” package, would boost clean power.
Joseph E. Stiglitz

Biden’s infrastructure plan calls for tax increases, and that’s a good thing
If the California high-speed rail project were an aberration, it wouldn’t be of interest to anyone except California taxpayers. But it’s no aberration. It is an extreme example of a general phenomenon.
Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner

For infrastructure projects to succeed, think slow and act fast
If infrastructure money comes through for the east-west rail link, no one expects such drama in Massachusetts. It’s more a question of priorities, and who’s driving the train — Baker or “Governor” Neal?
Joan Vennochi

With infrastructure money, who’s driving the train? Gov. Baker or ‘Gov.’ Neal?
The reality is that many people currently serving sentences for violent crimes did not physically harm their victims.
IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

The fallacy behind tougher penalties for ‘violent’ crime

Recommended reads

Seventy-one percent of those surveyed said they approved of Governor Charlie Baker’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
‘I wouldn’t want his job.’ Despite criticism, Baker gets high marks for pandemic handling in new poll
Most Commonwealth residents are giving Governor Charlie Baker the benefit of the doubt as he grapples with an unenviable situation, navigating a tight supply of COVID-19 vaccines and a stubborn virus that’s upended nearly every aspect of daily life, a survey by Suffolk University and The Boston Globe found.

Read the full results of the latest Suffolk/Globe poll

‘One of the weirdest interviews I’ve ever conducted’: Matt Gaetz appears on Tucker Carlson amid misconduct allegations

The segment left Carlson so befuddled that once the conversation wrapped up, he concluded: “That was one of the weirdest interviews I’ve ever conducted.”
First person

For young Asian Americans like me, the rise in hate crimes reinforces a lifetime of racial trauma

I weep for 13-year-old me and Asian girls like me. I am learning that fortune, privilege, and adoration do not erase racial trauma I’ve experienced being a Chinese American woman in this country.

Slain Cambridge man, 19, remembered for ‘touching the lives of so many people’

Louis-Jacques was fatally shot early Saturday near the Rindge Park courts in Cambridge.

Prominent executive at NETA parent company fired after husband opens competing marijuana store

The parent company of NETA, the largest marijuana operator in Massachusetts, has fired a prominent executive and longtime advocate after her husband opened a competing cannabis store.

metro

Governor Charlie Baker.

Watch live: Governor Baker speaking about COVID-19

Governor Charlie Baker is scheduled to speak Thursday about COVID-19 in Massachusetts. Watch live here at around noon.
CORONAVIRUS

Ruined Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines may affect future allocations to Rhode Island

80 birds killed in fire at Rhode Island bird sanctuary

Sports

Rafael Devers, who is considered a core Red Sox player, is on a one-year contract and remains eligible for arbitration after this season.

Red Sox will begin season without extensions for Rafael Devers, Alex Verdugo, and Eduardo Rodriguez

The trend in baseball this spring has been away from long-term extensions, likely because of market uncertainty over a new CBA.

Hall of Fame men’s basketball coach Roy Williams retiring after 33-year run
Opening Day

Red Sox Opening Day postponed to Friday due to rain

business

The New York Stock Exchange.

US stocks opens higher, pushing S&P 500 over 4,000 level for the first time

US jobless claims rose to 719,000 last week as some employers continued cutting jobs

Company at heart of Johnson & Johnson vaccine woes has series of citations

politics

Florida Republican Matt Gaetz is being investigated by the Justice Department over whether he violated federal sex trafficking laws. Matthew Gaetz, whose name is strikingly similar to Gaetz', took the heat on Twitter.

‘Wrong guy’: Journalist with strikingly similar name to Matt Gaetz has to defend himself on Twitter

Amtrak unveils proposed new routes in response to Biden’s $2 trillion jobs and infrastructure plan

Reversing Trump, Pentagon to release new transgender policy

Living Arts

Love Letters

Can I reach out for a second chance?
MURRAY WHYTE

Concrete brings clarity to New York City’s opulent Frick Collection
MOVIES

Oscar shorts nominees; madame, he’s Adam

education

Schools have been an issue throughout the pandemic. Above, a protest in Lexington last July.

Mass. residents divided over school reopenings, teacher vaccinations, poll shows

Parents file lawsuit against Duxbury Public Schools alleging gym teacher abused middle school student in mid-2000s

To reopen high schools faster, vaccinate teens, says BPS superintendent

rhode island

Rhode Island will still receive its 16,200 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson next week.
CORONAVIRUS

Ruined Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines may affect future allocations to Rhode Island

80 birds killed in fire at Rhode Island bird sanctuary
RI BUSINESS

‘Worst year ever’: This year, tax season in R.I. is full of uncertainties

Newton

video

Comfort Zone

Text and photographs from MARTHA STEWART’S VERY GOOD THINGS. Copyright © 2021 by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. Used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Martha Stewart wants to help you turn up the charming
The gorgeous "Martha Stewart's Very Good Things" is packed with lovely little lifehacks for your home.

MUSIC
Andre 3000 and Rick Rubin at Shangri-La, Rubin's studio in Malibu, Calif.
A very good podcast about songs and songwriting
An old Bob Dylan tour bus serves as the studio for "Broken Record," a podcast about music-making.

BOKS wants to make movement and play a part of every child's day.
‘Boston Back In Motion’ campaign aims to keep kids active as schools reopen
The Boston Foundation and its partners are launching Back in Motion, a month-long movement to encourage children to exercise and “show us their moves.”

Cooking | Magazine
Rigatoni With Roman Broccoli Sauce.
Recipes: Pasta dishes that take a break from red sauce
Broccoli, spinach, and asparagus step in for tomatoes in these three simple weeknight dishes.

COMFORT ZONE
Six horticulturists are charged with transporting the nasturtiums from the museum’s Hingham greenhouse Tuesday.
Hope blooms again as nasturtiums return to the Gardner Museum
The spring tradition is especially sweet after a cancellation in 2020.

Special Projects

The Globe launches Project Takeout, an effort to help restaurants make it to the other side of this pandemic.
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

A man repacked the food he got from a food pantry on Broadway in Chelsea. Chelsea has been one of the places in Greater Boston hardest hit by the pandemic.

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength
A mural on the side of the Mayor Bill Carpenter Garage in Brockton.

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation
Evening light sets upon stores and restaurants on Hancock Street in Quincy Center.

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Flitting between a keen awareness and some hallucinatory otherworld, I somehow pieced together what was happening. The cookies, I realized, were infused with pot.
David Abel

Marijuana edibles and the risk to children
As our new mascot, we must now adopt the mole, a species that uses its eyes so infrequently they cannot properly be said to see.
Scot Lehigh

In Trumpland, history isn’t being erased — it’s being reestablished

Though Harvard offered him a pay raise, an endowed chair position, and a 10-year contract earlier this year, tenure review was not on the table — that is, until his negotiations with the school spilled into the news.
Abdallah Fayyad

Cornel West, Harvard, and the need for more transparency in tenure review
Justice Stephen Breyer in 2018.
Renée Graham

It might be time for Stephen Breyer to retire from the Supreme Court
Misdemeanor charges are too often applied unfairly — is that broken tail light and lapsed license a crime or another case of “driving while Black”?
EDITORIAL

Cutting low-level offenders a break really works
IDEAS | LINDA RODRIGUEZ MCROBBIE

Just what is the BettyLab cooking up for girls?

STAT

Road ahead illo
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.

Ahoskie Mayor Weyling White, left, and Hertford County Magistrate Deborah Morrison, right, pose for a portrait on railroad tracks that divide the predominantly White and predominantly Black parts of town in Ahoskie, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (Photo © Landon Bost 2020)
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.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 12: People walk through the snow and sleet in Manhattan on February 12, 2019 in New York City. New York City, in a winter that has been light on snow this season, is expected to receive two inches of snow before the storm moves later this evening. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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.

Boston, MA -- 06/04/2020 -- Yoldana Desir displays a photograph of her late sister, Marie Deus, who died of Covid-19, after contracting it as a food service worker at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Kayana Szymczak for STAT)
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
A ball of dry brown garden grass.
Perspective

Lawn care for the lazy: Turns out being eco-friendly can be the easy way
Illustration highlighting popular home renovation trends, including touchless faucets and backyard putting greens.
Globe Magazine

Most-wanted COVID-19 home renovations: More space, touchless faucets, and ... putting greens?
Savory Bread Pudding With Mushrooms, Gruyère, and Tarragon.
Cooking

Make-ahead recipes for Easter brunch
An illustration of William Shakespeare peeking through writing quills.
On the cover

How a college dropout in New Hampshire found a Shakespeare secret all the PhDs missed

sports

The Fenway Park grounds crew put some finishing touches on the field in preparation for Thursday's opener.

A Red Sox Opening Day that feels almost normal is cause to celebrate

The Celtics are a below-average and apathetic team. No one can explain why

Francisco Lindor signs 10-year, $341 million contract extension with the Mets, reports say

metro

Acting Mayor Kim Janey.

Watch live: Janey gives a COVID-19 update

After 14 months of COVID isolation, there was one thing they missed most: their grandchildren

Outdoor dining returns to North End Thursday

Nation

Courtney Ross answered questions as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presided Thursday in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn.

George Floyd’s girlfriend recalls the first time they met during Chauvin trial testimony

Officer video shown during Chauvin trial gave full view of Floyd struggle, then takedown

Watch live: The trial of Derek Chauvin, ex-cop charged with murder of George Floyd

World

A general view of the prestigious Hampstead School on March 28, 2021 in London, England. Students at the school walked out of classes on Thursday to protest against what they believe is a cover up of 'rape culture'.

Women are calling out ‘rape culture’ in UK schools

Macron returns France to lockdown as vaccinations lag

Upbeat official report on race in Britain draws backlash

politics

The Supreme Court building in Washington.

Supreme Court justices take on NCAA restrictions on athlete compensation

‘One of the weirdest interviews I’ve ever conducted’: Matt Gaetz appears on Tucker Carlson amid misconduct allegations

Some Capitol attack suspects apologize as consequences sink in

business

Edward Bastian, the CEO of Delta Air Lines.

Under pressure, some Georgia corporate leaders slam voting bill

Chris Cook to direct Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy

States have given out billions in unemployment benefit overpayments during pandemic, watchdog reports

lifestyle

Einat Cohen's “Royal & Gold Textured Bell-Shaped Earrings,” made with tyvek paper and resin.

CraftBoston permanently hangs its sign online

Love animals? Here are some things not to do on your next vacation

When she needs a break, she zips down to the Cape for a lobster roll

marijuana

New York legalizes recreational marijuana

Prominent executive at NETA parent company fired after husband opens competing marijuana store

New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana

opinion

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka gestures at a news conference in January, after returning to his home country of Japan to rejoin the Rakuten Golden Eagles. New research suggests the differing styles of baseball played in Japan and North America reflect the cultures in both places.

Social Studies: It feels good to win, guilt by association, and self-sacrifice in Japanese baseball

A laudable spirit of giving stirs but can’t compensate for gross US inequities

Time for state lawmakers to act on school integration

food & dining

The potato corn dog at Kimchipapi Kitchen.

Mastering the cheese pull at Kimchipapi Kitchen

Serve slices of these sweet date rolls for a healthy treat

In his quest to bake the perfect baguette, he had to think about the box

travel

The author’s son, Sam Wright, 9, explores a wintery landscape while hiking along the Nooksack River in Washington’s Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, during a winter camping trip in February.

Reflecting on a winter of snow camping and its many peaceful pleasures

Love animals? Here are some things not to do on your next vacation

When she needs a break, she zips down to the Cape for a lobster roll

Books

Text and photographs from MARTHA STEWART’S VERY GOOD THINGS. Copyright © 2021 by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. Used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Martha Stewart wants to help you turn up the charming

‘Captain Underpants’ book pulled for ‘passive racism’

Caught in between in ‘Of Women and Salt’

Movies

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters, from "Do Not Split."

Oscar shorts nominees; madame, he’s Adam

Features? Forget about them

Idris Elba saddles up for ‘Concrete Cowboy,’ on Netflix

Television

From left, Rachel Feinstein, Nikki Glaser, and Jessica Kirson perform together at New York's Comedy Cellar in "Hysterical."

In the film ‘Hysterical,’ female comics shine a light on some dark places

This American larger than life

You’d be a fool to ignore these new shows

music

Elton John after performing "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again," at the 2020 Oscars. John is celebrating his 74th birthday on Thursday — and he's sending fans a very rare present. Six deep cuts have been made available on streaming and digital formats for the first time.

It’s Elton John’s birthday, and he’s got rare music for fans

Sudbury singer-songwriter Lauren Weintraub on her Nashville dreams and the ‘random thing’ that got everyone’s attention

Strike up the band! Live music will return to Tanglewood this summer

Theater/Dance

Robert Eagle shares a backstage laugh with the Lennon Sisters — (from left) Kathy, Mimi, and Janet — before a Mother's Day concert on the Reagle stage in 2014.

Reagle Music Theatre founder Robert J. Eagle to retire after 52 years

Bevin O’Gara is named interim artistic director at New Rep

On April Fools’ Day, The Jar will keep it light

globe local

Lauren Farley (right) and her mom Susan attended a rally Tuesday for her aunt, Lisa Stockman Mauriello, outside Biogen headquarters.

A woman, surrounded by friends and family, issues a heartbreaking, life-or-death plea to a big drug firm

State Ethics Commission clears Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins in alleged road rage incident

Watch live: Governor Baker signs climate legislation

Obituaries

In this Jan. 16, 1973, file photo, Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy is seen in Washington during a break in his trial.

G. Gordon Liddy, undercover operative convicted in Watergate scandal, dies at 90

Jack Bradley, photographer of Louis Armstrong and jazz luminaries, dies at 87

Thaddeus Buczko, former state auditor and judge, dies at 95