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In Duxbury, a celebrated football team with a boorish underside

The win-at-all-costs, leave-it-all-on-the-field style of play that helped raise Duxbury’s sports profile to one of the best in the state masked a very different team culture.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

In divisive vote, Wakefield residents back keeping school’s Native American logo

Wakefield residents voted to support keeping the high school’s Native American-themed logo by an 11-point margin, offering a nonbinding but public rebuke of the local School Committee’s decision weeks earlier to eliminate the decades-old “Warrior” imagery.

Peter Abraham I RED SOX 1, METS 0
The Red Sox swept two games from the Mets despite scoring a total of three runs.
This season, the Red Sox are capable of winning in many ways
They scored a run in the second inning against the best pitcher in baseball and made it stand up with a group of pitchers other teams gave away.

Nick Pivetta, Red Sox bullpen outduel ace Jacob deGrom and Mets for 1-0 victory

Gary Washburn | CELTICS 120, HORNETS 111
Robert Williams ends up on the floor and Aaron Nesmith swipes at air as the Hornets' P.J. Washington controls the ball. Nesmith. This was one of the few low points in an otherwise spectacular game for Nesmith.
Celtics victory against Hornets was inspirational. They must keep it up.
It was a total team effort, with big contributions from veterans, rookies and youngsters, especially Aaron Nesmith.

Jaylen Brown was as good as his words with 38 points to lift the Celtics past the Hornets

One dead, four seriously injured in Lawrence crash
One person was killed and four others were seriously injured in a two-car crash in Lawrence early Thursday, according to police.

Boston, MA - 05/13/20 - An MBTA bus travels along Meridian Street in East Boston.

Driver of MBTA bus held on bail after alleged kidnapping, sex assault of passenger

Ali Ennab was arraigned in East Boston District Court Tuesday on charges of kidnapping, assault to rape, and indecent assault and battery after he allegedly trapped a woman on the bus he drives after she missed her stop and became the only passenger aboard, prosecutors said.
Protesters marched through Cambridge and rallied outside Moderna headquarters Wednesday to demand expanded global COVID-19 vaccine access.

Protesters at Moderna’s Cambridge headquarters call for vaccine patent waivers, expanded global access

More than 60 people protested outside Moderna’s headquarters in Cambridge on Wednesday to demand expanded global access to COVID-19 vaccines as the virus runs rampant in India, and Massachusetts’ two US senators expressed support for expanded international availability.
The sun rose in the early morning along the banks of the Charles River on the Cambridge side.

Normal-ish life is making its long-awaited return to Boston. Here are a dozen things to look forward to this spring

The weather is warming, coronavirus numbers are dwindling, restrictions are easing, and Massachusetts residents might be on the verge of experiencing an unfamiliar phenomenon: something to look forward to.

NFL Draft

Stanford's Davis Mills checks a lot of boxes as a possible Patriots quarterback of the future.
Mock draft: The Patriots will pick a quarterback, but not where you think
Yes, they might just trade into position to get a quarterback — but not the way most prognosticators are guessing.

nfl draft

For this year’s NFL Draft, teams are guessing more than ever
nfl draft

Your guide to the 2021 NFL Draft: How to watch, what to know, and more

🏈 Join us Wednesday for a subscriber-only event previewing the NFL Draft
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
Vaccinations
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SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health

YVONNE ABRAHAM
N-95 masks
Looks like we’ll be getting back to face to face. It’s going to be weird
The luckiest among us are going to start seeing a lot more of each other pretty soon, starting with our faces. Which will take a little getting used to for some.

Labor Department recovers $3.8 million in back wages for workers in Mass., R.I., 38 other states

A federal investigation has recovered more than $3.8 million in back wages for 1,100 employees of a oilfield pipeline inspection company operating in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and 38 other states, officials said.

Salary.com to add 100-plus jobs in Waltham over the next two years

With $67 million in new funding, the dot-com survivor plans to grow its global workforce to 500 people.

New Bedford police sergeant dies from COVID-19

Sergeant Mike Cassidy joined the New Bedford Police Department in 1994 after serving as a US Marine during Operation Desert Storm, officials said Wednesday.

ALBUM REVIEW
Dropkick Murphys
On their new albums, punk stalwarts Dropkick Murphys and Mighty Mighty Bosstones chase the pandemic blues
Dropkick Murphys' "Turn Up That Dial" and the Bosstones "When God Was Great" are the sound of reconnection, with somewhat mixed results.

COMFORT ZONE
Director Adam McKay, shown arriving at the Oscars in Los Angeles in February 2019.
Director Adam McKay’s new podcast explores intersection of sports, culture, and conspiracy
"Death at the Wing" is about the cultural and political forces that cost several young basketball stars their lives in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Opinion

District lines determine how much power voters’ ballots carry, how much protection incumbent lawmakers enjoy, how difficult it will be for candidates from communities split between districts to run for office, and whether districts truly reflect a community’s demographic complexion.
EDITORIAL

Home of the gerrymander, Massachusetts should move to independent redistricting

As more states have turned redistricting over to independent commissions, Democrats on Beacon Hill retain their grip on drawing the Commonwealth’s political boundaries.
The author addressing the audience at a Concerned Lifers Organization Conference at the Washington State Reformatory, 2017.
IDEAS | CHRISTOPHER BLACKWELL

Letter to my younger self: hard-won insights from an incarcerated writer
If Governor Baker leaves office after two terms, what exactly did he stand for? He’s known for finding the safe middle ground, not for breaking new ground. And COVID-19 put any initiatives he did embrace on hold.
JOAN VENNOCHI

Baker will run. Probably.

David Daley

The winners and losers in the 2020 Census

Evan Greer of Fight for the Future argues that facial recognition technology should be prohibited, largely because there's no meaningful way for people to grant their consent.
IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

Q&A: The battle over face surveillance is about to heat up

Recommended reads

"It was such a toxic, damaging culture. It made me feel like a commodity, considering I was out selling this program. And in a lot of ways I felt like I was selling myself," said Angela Chan O'Donnell.
‘He asked me if I wanted to date a board member’: An Asian American grant writer on being treated like a commodity at work
Angela Chan O’Donnell is a grant writer for a local nonprofit. Here, she talks about the experience of being a young Asian American woman treated like a commodity by the older white men she used to work with.

On the Street

Known for its diversity, Fields Corner now must make room for development

Residents have come to know Dorchester’s Fields Corner as a place where newcomers can find a home. From Vietnamese to Haitian Creole to Spanish to Portuguese, signs in the store windows and chatter on the street reflect a neighborhood like few others in Boston.

The 10 best places to work in Massachusetts based on diversity and inclusion

Ten Massachusetts companies have been named to the Boston Globe’s first-ever Top Places to Work rankings based on diversity and inclusion.
Starts & Stops

Mass. drivers have another two years to get a Real ID

Citing the pandemic, the federal government again postponed the deadline for the new licenses, to May 2023.

Traffic is getting worse in Massachusetts (but it’s not back to pre-pandemic levels... yet)

Yes, it’s true. Though not as bad as the before-times, traffic has indeed returned to Massachusetts.

metro

A company advertises a help wanted sign on April 9, 2021 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
RI BUSINESS

In Rhode Island, restaurants are not the only businesses having a hard time finding workers

Manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, and other industries are struggling to fill jobs, a problem that could turn a post-pandemic economic boom into a bust.

Driver of MBTA bus held on bail after alleged kidnapping, sex assault of passenger

Leo Stapleton, former Boston Fire Department commissioner, dies at 93

Sports

Robert Williams ends up on the floor and Aaron Nesmith swipes at air as the Hornets' P.J. Washington controls the ball. Nesmith. This was one of the few low points in an otherwise spectacular game for Nesmith.
Gary Washburn | CELTICS 120, HORNETS 111

Celtics victory against Hornets was inspirational. They must keep it up.

It was a total team effort, with big contributions from veterans, rookies and youngsters, especially Aaron Nesmith.
Peter Abraham I RED SOX 1, METS 0

This season, the Red Sox are capable of winning in many ways

Jaylen Brown was as good as his words with 38 points to lift the Celtics past the Hornets and other observations

business

US President Joe Biden.

Fact check: Claims from Biden’s joint address to Congress

Boeing reports loss as pandemic, Air Force One problems weigh on it

Salary.com to add 100-plus jobs in Waltham over the next two years

politics

President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.

Politicians react to President Biden’s first formal address to Congress

Key moments from Biden’s first formal speech to Congress

Read Senator Tim Scott’s GOP response to Biden speech

Living Arts

A protestor waved a Black Lives Matter flag in front a Nina Simone music video during demonstrations in Portland, Ore., last year. Author Olivia Laing captures a moment where Simone, in conversation with an interviewer, recognizes that the absence of fear is, for her, the embodiment of freedom.
BOOK REVIEW

On finding freedom for every body
BIBLIOPHILES

Reading Raymond Chandler and other mysteries
BOOK REVIEW

Love and lust and painting, all during lockdown

education

Nicole Calabrese chaired a ballot committee that supported eliminating Native American imagery from Wakefield's high school logo, but voters backed keeping the current logo by an 11-point margin.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

In divisive vote, Wakefield residents back keeping school’s Native American logo

As most Mass. middle schools reopen fully for in-person learning, some feel like they’ve ‘time-warped into September’

Federal Appeals Court denies request to halt Boston exam school admission decisions

rhode island

A company advertises a help wanted sign on April 9, 2021 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
RI BUSINESS

In Rhode Island, restaurants are not the only businesses having a hard time finding workers
RI POLITICS

R.I. NOW president weighing run for either state House or Senate
CORONAVIRUS

People from at least 16 federal agencies, including DHS and ICE, are working at two R.I. vaccine clinics

Newton

Here are the top Massachusetts high schools, according to the 2021 rankings from US News & World Report

Riverside developers bring proposed life science buildings, other changes to Newton city councilors

video

Comfort Zone

COMFORT ZONE
Arlen Weiser, the inspiration for his dad's book, "The Boy Who Wanted to Rock."
On the pages of his dad’s book, ‘The Boy Who Wanted to Rock’ gets his wish
While his scientist wife was working on the rollout of Pfizer's vaccine, keyboard programmer David Weiser of Haverhill wrote a book inspired by the couple's AC/DC-loving 6-year-old.

MUSIC
Dropkick Murphys St. Patrick's Day livestream
20 concerts made during quarantine that you can stream right now
Musicians got creative during the pandemic and put on unforgettable performances you can still enjoy without leaving the couch.

Authors Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka's latest YA novel, "What's Not to Love" is out April 20 from Penguin Random House, following two high school seniors vying for a coveted spot at Harvard.
YA authors Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka on Harvard and high school love
The real life couple discuss their latest book, filled with hyper-competitive Ivy League longing.

The summer season at Jacob's Pillow will include a performance of “joyUS justUS" by CONTRA-TIEMPO.
After a lost summer, Jacob’s Pillow will return for a full season in 2021
The June 30-Aug. 29 season will also offer unprecedented online access to most festival programming.

COMFORT ZONE
Safiya Leslie
This musical journey around the globe comes once a month in a box
Berklee grad Safiya Leslie — a singer/songwriter and entrepreneur — is giving world music fans a chance to explore the sounds of a different country each month through her Safiya’s World Music Tour Playlist subscription boxes.

Special Projects

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

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

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

PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST
The Globe launches Project Takeout, an effort to help restaurants make it to the other side of this pandemic.
Get takeout. It’s your civic duty.
Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.

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.

Boston Globe Spotlight Report
Boston’s hospital chiefs moonlight on corporate boards at rates far beyond the national level
Hospital chiefs and trustees defend this as boosting public-private partnerships, but critics say these board positions — some paying millions of dollars — raise troubling issues of conflict of interest and hospital priorities.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Afghan security personnel walk on a bloodstained road after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 17, 2021. Gunmen fired on a car in northern Kabul on Sunday, killing two women judges who worked for Afghanistan's high court and wounding the driver, a court official said. It was the latest attack in the Afghan capital during peace talks between Taliban and Afghan government officials in Qatar.
Sheldon Whitehouse

As the US withdraws from Afghanistan, what is our plan for the aftermath?
As he tiptoes toward his goal of becoming the next speaker of the House of Representatives, minority leader Kevin McCarthy is trying to balance the weight of Donald Trump on his shoulders.
SCOT LEHIGH

Kevin McCarthy’s diverting high wire act
People take the oath of citizenship during a naturalization ceremony at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service's Field Office, Thursday, July 2, 2020, in New York.
JEFF JACOBY

Welcome to the promised land
The Biden administration should seize this opportunity to reach out to a new generation of Cubans — and to a new generation of Cuban-Americans — many of whom are eager to put the old ways and the old grudges aside.
EDITORIAL

Biden must seize the moment on Cuba
Earlier this month, the International Olympic Committee voted to uphold a rule that prohibits any kind of “demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda” in Olympic venues and areas.
RENÉE GRAHAM

Black Lives Matter — but not at the Olympics
Ingrid Zavala, right, with her mother and sister in 1990.
ideas

Left behind after my family’s deportations, I still dream of making it in America

STAT

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Transmission electron micrograph of a SARS-CoV-2 virus particle (UK B.1.1.7 variant), isolated from a patient sample and cultivated in cell culture. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID
We know a lot about Covid-19. Experts have many more questions
More than two dozen virologists, epidemiologists, and others responded to STAT's question about what they still most wanted to know.

Boston, MA -- 03/16/21 -- The cover of the summary report of the review hearing for Jospeh Messere, is seen on March 16, 2021, provided by his attorney David Apfel.(Kayana Szymczak for STAT)
Cement Head’s last fight: He was denied parole six times — until he was about to become a Covid-19 statistic
In lawyers' view, the Department of Correction was trying to make it seem like it had fewer Covid-19 deaths on its hands than it really did.

JAMA illo
Troubling podcast puts JAMA, the ‘voice of medicine,’ under fire for its mishandling of race
Critics say editors have asked authors to scrub the term racism from their articles even as they publish others that include racist notions.

SCT illo
Despite resistance, researchers investigate the possibility of a new mental health disorder
Many researchers say the study of sluggish cognitive tempo, which is still in its early stages, can’t yet support a formal diagnosis.

magazine
Illustration of a house, key, and outdoor activities to go with a story about how the pandemic has affected the real estate market, causing people to want more space and outdoor space in particular.
On the Cover

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2021
The Citizens Bank Opera House and Emerson Paramount are among the many performing arts spaces that have been closed because of the COVID pandemic.
Top Spots to Live

City living lost some appeal for condo hunters
Person wearing a "Hello I am ... bored" sticker on their shirt.
Perspective

Dear Grads: Don’t believe the myth that work has to be a slog

Caramelized pork with orange and sage.
Cooking

Oranges shine in 4 savory recipes, including a beef stir-fry

sports

Nick Pivetta pitched five shutout innings for the Red Sox, allowing just one hit.

Nick Pivetta, Red Sox bullpen outduel ace Jacob deGrom and Mets for 1-0 victory

Medfield’s boys’ lacrosse staff almost as deep as the tradition that’s yielded it

The Red Sox’ Rafael Devers has a well-earned reputation as a clutch player

metro

Nicole Calabrese chaired a ballot committee that supported eliminating Native American imagery from Wakefield's high school logo, but voters backed keeping the current logo by an 11-point margin.

In divisive vote, Wakefield residents back keeping school’s Native American logo

Looks like we’ll be getting back to face to face. It’s going to be weird

R.I. NOW president weighing run for either state House or Senate

Nation

Rudy Giuliani.

Federal investigators execute warrant at Rudy Giuliani’s NYC home and office

Politicians react to President Biden’s first formal address to Congress

Key moments from Biden’s first formal speech to Congress

World

Coronavirus patients sitting in a rickshaw received oxygen outside a Sikh house of worship in New Delhi.

India’s coronavirus death toll tops 200,000 as infections surge and anger grows

Brexit trade deal gets a final OK from EU parliament

Former members of Italian Red Brigades arrested in France

politics

In a historic first, President Biden was flanked by two women — Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — as he addressed Congress.

Biden calls for sweeping new social programs in first joint address to Congress

Five takeaways from Biden’s first formal speech to Congress

Biden speech takeaways: Government is good, and so are jobs

business

555 California Street stands in San Francisco, Calif.

JPMorgan shows that debt markets are Trump’s friend right now

The TSA wanted 6,000 new officers by summer. Most positions are unfilled as airlines expect a passenger surge.

Work to start on Prudential Center observatory

lifestyle

A DIY walking tour of North Adams leads to several pieces of art, like this street mural.

Three in-state getaways for Mother’s Day

A hotel makeover, getaways to support LGBTQ+ youth, and a lighter on a mission

Celebs like Dolly and Bruce raid closets for charity auction

marijuana

Former Boston mayor Martin J. Walsh hands a pen to then-City Councilor Kim Janey after signing the new marijuana licensing ordinance she drafted at City Hall in 2019.

On 4/20, Boston’s acting mayor turns to marijuana industry for campaign cash

US House passes marijuana banking bill with bipartisan support

With marijuana legal in New York, and other states close behind, will Mass. dispensaries along state borders survive?

opinion

District lines determine how much power voters’ ballots carry, how much protection incumbent lawmakers enjoy, how difficult it will be for candidates from communities split between districts to run for office, and whether districts truly reflect a community’s demographic complexion.

Home of the gerrymander, Massachusetts should move to independent redistricting

SJC ruling on firefighter’s firing is timely on eve of Brookline election

Empty offices, hybrid models — and a golden opportunity to rethink urban living

food & dining

Giant Break-Apart Sugar Cookies.

Recipe: Giant break-apart sugar cookies to celebrate gathering for the first time in a long time in person

Mushroom growing kits are the new sourdough starter

Recipe: Fresh mint shines in this simple dish of angel hair with pecorino

travel

A long walking path traces the outlines of Pope John Paul II Park in Dorchester.

Boston Harborwalk in four easy pieces

Three in-state getaways for Mother’s Day

A hotel makeover, getaways to support LGBTQ+ youth, and a lighter on a mission

Books

A protestor waved a Black Lives Matter flag in front a Nina Simone music video during demonstrations in Portland, Ore., last year. Author Olivia Laing captures a moment where Simone, in conversation with an interviewer, recognizes that the absence of fear is, for her, the embodiment of freedom.

On finding freedom for every body

Reading Raymond Chandler and other mysteries

Love and lust and painting, all during lockdown

Movies

Katie Mitchell, voiced by Abbi Jacobson, in "The Mitchells vs The Machines."

Alexa, Siri, look up ‘diva fit’

‘The Outside Story’: A “we” grows in Brooklyn

In ‘About Endlessness,’ an epic sense of devastated wonder

Television

From left: Melissa George, Logan Polish, Gabriel Bateman, and Justin Theroux in "The Mosquito Coast."

In ‘Mosquito Coast,’ a father on the lam knows best

Domhnall Gleeson joins ‘The White House Plumbers’ cast

‘Pose’ starting its final season with head held high

music

Dropkick Murphys

On their new albums, punk stalwarts Dropkick Murphys and Mighty Mighty Bosstones chase the pandemic blues

Live in your family room, it’s Chris Smither! Or Dar Williams! Or . . .

Boston Pops announces a virtual spring season with six concert streams

Theater/Dance

Jared Troilo as TJ and Tah-Janay Shayoñe as Sally in the SpeakEasy Stage Company production of James Ijames's "TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever."

Playwright James Ijames on ‘TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever,’ reimagining history, and who gets to tell the story

In ‘Until the Flood,’ a portrait of a town and the ravages of racism

After a lost summer, Jacob’s Pillow will return for a full season in 2021

globe local

Max Ford-Diamond is Boston's tree warden.

He helps put the emerald in the Emerald Necklace

Sagamore Bridge expected to reopen fully Sunday, a month ahead of schedule

Massachusetts authorizes immediate use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Obituaries

Mr. Stapleton served as commissioner of the Boston Fire Department from 1984 to 1991.

Leo Stapleton, former Boston Fire Department commissioner, dies at 93

Michael Collins, who orbited moon during famous landing, has died

Daniel Kaminsky, Internet savior, dies at 42