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Juneteenth

A Beautiful Resistance recognizes Juneteenth

A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Black Joy, Black lives, and the lives of other folk of color, too. On Juneteenth, we recognize Black liberation.

Juneteenth and the beautiful resistance of Black liberation

A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Juneteenth at the Embrace Ideas Festival.

‘We can’t give up ground,’ Gov. Healey says as Massachusetts observes Juneteenth holiday

What to know about Juneteenth and its significance to American history

What’s open, closed on Juneteenth

TRAVEL

On Cape Cod, it’s the question of the summer: Why are so many vacation rentals empty?
Have the sharks and the traffic and Airbnb’s tyrannical departure instructions finally scared off visitors? Or are there suddenly too many listings?

Tell us: Why have you stopped visiting Cape Cod during the summer?

Dan Shaughnessy

Was the Red Sox’ doubleheader sweep more about their impending turnaround or the toothless Yankees?
The national exposure came at a good time for the struggling Red Sox. Folks watching ESPN saw Boston with good pitching, two-out hitting, and more than adequate defense.

Peter Abraham: Chris Murphy comes alive in his new relief role for the Red Sox

At Boston University’s Engineering Product Innovation Center, Cleana cofounders Kevin Tang (right) and Max Pounanov (left) showed off their high-tech toilet seat. The seat automatically raises and lowers itself without electricity.

TECH LAB

With new toilet seat, BU and MIT engineers want to nip bathroom mishaps in the bud

Cleana has developed a new kind of toilet seat that raises or lowers itself to avoid unwelcome splashes, or to prevent objects from falling accidentally into the bowl.

PERSPECTIVE

Three ways to improve high school education from a Mass. Teacher of the Year

Summer is an opportunity to reflect, reset, and look ahead to how leaders can make improvements as early as this fall.

Search reportedly underway for submarine on expedition to explore the wreck of the Titanic

A search was underway Monday for a submarine that went missing during an expedition to explore the wreckage of the Titanic, according to media reports.

Trump and Teixeira stand accused of breaking the same law
Their stations in life could hardly be more different, yet the former leader of the US military and a low-ranking National Guardsman both now face federal prosecutions under the same provision of the Espionage Act.

Bill Barr says documents case against Donald Trump is ‘entirely of his own making’

Forecast | Dave Epstein

With warmer weather ahead, it will soon start to feel like summer in New England
The summer solstice is Wednesday, and temperatures will be seasonable with sunshine.

Boston to receive $3 million for program aimed at sparking dialogue around monuments
Boston will put the funding toward launching “Un-monument | Re-monument | De-Monument: Transforming Boston,” a program aimed at fostering critical conversations about city monuments through public art installations and related programming.

King’s Chapel in Boston reckons with complicated roots as it honors more than 200 enslaved connected to congregation

Suffolk district attorney places official on leave after report about antisemitic remarks

True-See Allah, who was named director of Community Engagement/Strategic Partnerships at the district attorney’s office last year, will be on leave during a review of the remarks attributed to him, the Suffolk DA's office said.

Why Marty Walsh left the Biden administration to run the NHL players’ union

Case of stolen body parts from Harvard Medical School morgue began with a tip from an ex-lover

14-year-old girl struck by car in Chelsea in critical condition; driver charged

Boston Red Sox Manager Billy Jurges (right) welcomes Elijah "Pumpsie" Green to the team on July 22, 1959.

‘Barrier Breakers’ exhibition chronicling MLB desegregation arrives in Boston

The exhibit will be open seven days a week through Aug. 4 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Boylston Street. Admission is free.

Juneteenth and the history of activism among Boston’s Black athletes

MISS CONDUCT

How to handle people who don’t wait their turn

Plus, when you order a bottle of wine at a restaurant what do you do when the server asks you to test it?

Newburyport girls’ lacrosse players (from left) Isabella Rosa, MaKenna Ward, Anna Affolter, and Olivia McDonald celebrated after they won the Division 3 championship.

Champions crowned on a whirlwind day to wrap up the spring high school sports season. Here’s a look at who won titles.

There were 29 state title games in baseball, softball, lacrosse, rugby, and tennis over the course of a wild and sometimes wet weekend.

Opinion

Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie spoke to supporters at a town hall-style event at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College on June 6 in Manchester, N.H.

EDITORIAL

Chris Christie charts a path for Republicans

Unlike most of his opponents in the Republican primaries, Christie is making a forceful and direct case for the party to move on from Trump.

IDEAS | CATHERINE PALMER

Menopause is something employers should have to sweat, too

Catherine D’Amato and Lauren Fiechtner

How Massachusetts can defeat hunger

Heather Hopp-Bruce

Holding out hope for the roses

Mark T. Williams and Charles Chieppo

MBTA retirement fund is headed for a financial reckoning

Activism through the lens of Boston’s Black athletes

Chris Gasper and Julian Benbow discuss Boston’s Black athletes and their fight for social justice.

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Pride Month

In this June 24, 2014 file photo, a giant Pride flag flies atop the Starbucks headquarters in celebration of Gay Pride Week in Seattle. This year, Massachusetts Starbucks workers have said that Pride displays at stores have been curtailed.

Mass. Starbucks workers say Pride displays have been curtailed

In the “Slumber Party” episode of "Drag Me to Dinner," queens Kim Chi (left) and Naomi Smalls (right) battle Heidi N Closet and Jaida Essence Hall. Neil Patrick Harris, Bianca Del Rio, Haneefah Wood, and David Burtka star; Murray Hill hosts.

‘Drag Me to Dinner’ puts the ‘kitsch’ in ‘kitchen’

Marchers gathered for the start of the Boston Pride parade.

Boston streets are vibrant with the colors of Pride as parade returns after 3-year hiatus

Daunasia Yancey, left, Community Relations Specialist of the LGBTQ+ Advancement office, and Jullieanne Lee, Interim Executive Director of the LGBTQ+ Advancement office, dance during the LGBTQ+ Pride Month kickoff event at City Hall Plaza on Thursday.

Photos: Boston kicks off LGBTQ+ Pride Month on City Hall Plaza

More recent News

Former Celtics guard Phil Pressey to join Joe Mazzulla’s staff
Pressey most recently worked as an assistant coach at Missouri, his alma mater. He played for the Celtics for two seasons after going undrafted in 2013.

After years and years of planning, Harvard is set to break ground on Allston research campus
Construction will begin this week on the first phase of Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus, which will include labs, housing, and a hotel.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: ‘The Bear’ is back, Boots Riley has a tall tale, and Showtime won’t be squandering ‘Billions’

Streaming Thursday, the second season of “The Bear” finds the crew opening a new and fancier restaurant. Meanwhile, Showtime is teeing up “Billions” spinoffs after that series concludes its seventh and final season, which will feature the return of Damian Lewis.

Mile-long oil slick reported in Buzzards Bay
A Coast Guard helicopter observed the sheen to be about 150 to 300 feet wide and a mile in length around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, an official said.

Harvard Pilgrim data breach affected millions, yet insurer struggled to contact many potential victims for months

A class action lawsuit accuses the insurer of failing to protect health information and failing to promptly notify members of the breach.

Taunton mayor’s daughter found safe in Ohio after she went missing last week

The teenage daughter of Taunton Mayor Shaunna O’Connell who went missing last week in Ohio has been located and is being treated at a hospital, officials said Sunday.

Your View

Tell us about your BPS high school experience
We’re looking to hear from current and former Boston Public School students, as well as parents and educators.

George Vaill, the ‘free advice’ guy, is a source of wisdom in Harvard Square

For three years, George Vaill has been offering counsel to passersby in Harvard Square from his folding chair, to which he attaches a large sign offering “FREE ADVICE.”

How data integrity issues roiled a biotech seen as ‘Moderna 2.0′
The concerns have led to major tumult at Somerville-based Laronde, according to a STAT and Boston Globe investigation.

No more sweating a parking spot at the beach in Gloucester
Thanks to an online parking reservation app for nonresidents, the long lines of summer traffic have disappeared.

us open

Wyndham Clark goes big for one-shot victory over Rory McIlroy in US Open to win first major title
McIlroy was trying win his first major since 2014.

Culture & Lifestyle

A still from “Jules," which closes the festival.

Nantucket Film Festival celebrates storytellers for the 28th year

Steve Lacy closed the first night at the Stage at Suffolk Downs with a free-flowing set.

It’s off to the races for Steve Lacy at the Stage at Suffolk Downs

A page from "Free at Last," by Sojourner Kincaid Rolle, from Union Square & Co. Publishers.

13 books to read with your kids to honor Juneteenth and Black history

A scene from "The Gaaga," getting its US premiere in an Arlekin Players production at Beat Brew Hall in Harvard Square.

In ‘The Gaaga,’ Putin and his cronies are held to account, but it’s only a fantasy

Special Projects

Their lives were rerouted after the Marathon bombing. Here’s where they are now.

Five lives were lost; many more, changed.

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

The John Adams Courthouse is home to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

EDITORIAL

Court leaves no room for racism or bias in judicial system

Middlebury College, as seen in 2013 from the chapel,

JEFF JACOBY

Hypocrisy at Middlebury College

FBI and Boston Police bomb squads members walk along Boylston Street near the marathon finish line on April 17, 2023.

EDITORIAL

Want to cut the police budget? This isn’t how.

Boston's office vacancy rate is painful but still below 20 percent, and downtown foot traffic has surpassed 50 percent of its volume before COVID-19 struck.

Carlo Ratti

Will Boston spiral into the ‘urban doom loop’? Not if we act.

Registered nurse Rachel Fournier passed through a hallway at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton in July 2022.

LETTERS

Critical nurse shortage draws a range of prescriptions, diagnoses

IDEAS

Are you a teen with a story to tell? Globe Ideas wants to hear from you.

Metro

‘We can’t give up ground,’ Governor Healey says as Mass. observes Juneteenth holiday

Massachusetts officials on Monday marked the Juneteenth holiday and said the nation must continue to “press ahead” in its pursuit of racial and social justice.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

With warmer weather ahead, it will soon start to feel like summer in New England

The summer solstice is Wednesday, and temperatures will be seasonable with sunshine.

Juneteenth and the beautiful resistance of Black liberation

A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Juneteenth at the Embrace Ideas Festival.

Jennifer Lopez posts shirtless Ben Affleck photo on Instagram for Father’s Day

“Daddy Appreciation Post,” Lopez captioned the post, which included other photos and videos of her husband.

Sports

celtics

Former Celtics guard Phil Pressey to join Joe Mazzulla’s staff

Pressey most recently worked as an assistant coach at Missouri, his alma mater. He played for the Celtics for two seasons after going undrafted in 2013.

Bill Russell, shown in 1968, took pride in his social activism.

boston globe today

‘They want you to hear what they have to say:’ Juneteenth and the history of activism among Boston’s Black athletes

Bill Russell carved the path, and others like Devin McCourty and Jaylen Brown have followed in his footsteps.

James Paxton is 3-1 with a 2.27 ERA in six career starts against the Twins.

Red Sox at Twins | 7:40 p.m. (NESN)

Game 73: Red Sox at Twins lineups and notes

James Paxton will be on the mound when the Red Sox open a four-game series with Minnesota at Target Field.

MIAA SPRING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Champions crowned on a whirlwind day to wrap up the spring high school sports season. Here’s a look at who won titles.

MIAA RUGBY Finals

Rugby state finals roundup: Belmont boys and girls rule Division 1 again, Weymouth boys repeat in Division 2

MIAA GIRLS' LACROSSE FINALS

Girls’ lacrosse state finals roundup: Lincoln-Sudbury rallies for first Division 1 title since 1988

Business

Who gets a break? Clashing ideas on tax relief are teed up for the 2024 campaign.

While Republicans are premising their tax cuts on the need to get tax relief flowing through the economy, Democrats are positioning their preferred tax breaks as investments that would occur over decades.

SVB Financial to sell Boston-based SVB Securities to management team

The securities branch, which is based in Boston, will be rebranded as Leerink Partners.

RI POLITICS

R.I. lawmakers pass bill requiring replacement of lead pipes

INNOVATOR Q&A

R.I. program helps train people in homeless shelters, low-income residents to become CNAs

magazine

Catherine T. Morris is is the founder and artistic director of Boston Arts & Music Soul Festival, better known as BAMS Fest.

Globe Magazine

‘It’s a seed I’m planting’: How Catherine Morris willed BAMS Fest into life

Kei was named Boston Music Awards’ “New Artist of the Year” last year. This month, the Dorchester native will perform at BAMS Fest on Saturday, June 24.

Globe Magazine

Five must-see events and things to do at BAMS Fest 2023

CONNECTIONS

Tips for remaining patient with relatives who repeat themselves

MISS CONDUCT

Juneteenth and the beautiful resistance of Black liberation

‘We can’t give up ground,’ Gov. Healey says as Massachusetts observes Juneteenth holiday

What to know about Juneteenth and its significance to American history

What’s open, closed on Juneteenth

TRAVEL On Cape Cod, it’s the question of the summer: Why are so many vacation rentals empty? Have the sharks and the traffic and Airbnb’s tyrannical departure instructions finally scared off visitors? Or are there suddenly too many listings?

Dan Shaughnessy Was the Red Sox’ doubleheader sweep more about their impending turnaround or the toothless Yankees? The national exposure came at a good time for the struggling Red Sox. Folks watching ESPN saw Boston with good pitching, two-out hitting, and more than adequate defense.

With new toilet seat, BU and MIT engineers want to nip bathroom mishaps in the bud

Three ways to improve high school education from a Mass. Teacher of the Year

Search reportedly underway for submarine on expedition to explore the wreck of the Titanic

Trump and Teixeira stand accused of breaking the same law Their stations in life could hardly be more different, yet the former leader of the US military and a low-ranking National Guardsman both now face federal prosecutions under the same provision of the Espionage Act.

Forecast | Dave Epstein With warmer weather ahead, it will soon start to feel like summer in New England The summer solstice is Wednesday, and temperatures will be seasonable with sunshine.

Suffolk district attorney places official on leave after report about antisemitic remarks

Why Marty Walsh left the Biden administration to run the NHL players’ union

Case of stolen body parts from Harvard Medical School morgue began with a tip from an ex-lover

14-year-old girl struck by car in Chelsea in critical condition; driver charged

‘Barrier Breakers’ exhibition chronicling MLB desegregation arrives in Boston

How to handle people who don’t wait their turn

Champions crowned on a whirlwind day to wrap up the spring high school sports season. Here’s a look at who won titles.

Chris Christie charts a path for Republicans

Menopause is something employers should have to sweat, too

How Massachusetts can defeat hunger

Holding out hope for the roses

MBTA retirement fund is headed for a financial reckoning

Watch the latest episode and clips from Boston Globe Today

Mass. Starbucks workers say Pride displays have been curtailed

‘Drag Me to Dinner’ puts the ‘kitsch’ in ‘kitchen’

Boston streets are vibrant with the colors of Pride as parade returns after 3-year hiatus

Photos: Boston kicks off LGBTQ+ Pride Month on City Hall Plaza

More recent News

Former Celtics guard Phil Pressey to join Joe Mazzulla’s staff Pressey most recently worked as an assistant coach at Missouri, his alma mater. He played for the Celtics for two seasons after going undrafted in 2013.

After years and years of planning, Harvard is set to break ground on Allston research campus Construction will begin this week on the first phase of Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus, which will include labs, housing, and a hotel.

This week’s TV: ‘The Bear’ is back, Boots Riley has a tall tale, and Showtime won’t be squandering ‘Billions’

Mile-long oil slick reported in Buzzards Bay A Coast Guard helicopter observed the sheen to be about 150 to 300 feet wide and a mile in length around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, an official said.

Harvard Pilgrim data breach affected millions, yet insurer struggled to contact many potential victims for months

Taunton mayor’s daughter found safe in Ohio after she went missing last week

Your View

Tell us about your BPS high school experience We’re looking to hear from current and former Boston Public School students, as well as parents and educators.

Recommended reads

George Vaill, the ‘free advice’ guy, is a source of wisdom in Harvard Square

How data integrity issues roiled a biotech seen as ‘Moderna 2.0′ The concerns have led to major tumult at Somerville-based Laronde, according to a STAT and Boston Globe investigation.

No more sweating a parking spot at the beach in Gloucester Thanks to an online parking reservation app for nonresidents, the long lines of summer traffic have disappeared.

us open Wyndham Clark goes big for one-shot victory over Rory McIlroy in US Open to win first major title McIlroy was trying win his first major since 2014.

Culture & Lifestyle

Nantucket Film Festival celebrates storytellers for the 28th year

It’s off to the races for Steve Lacy at the Stage at Suffolk Downs

13 books to read with your kids to honor Juneteenth and Black history

In ‘The Gaaga,’ Putin and his cronies are held to account, but it’s only a fantasy

Special Projects

Their lives were rerouted after the Marathon bombing. Here’s where they are now.

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

How the missing become the uncounted

Two Weeks in America

FROM OUR PARTNERS

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Court leaves no room for racism or bias in judicial system

Hypocrisy at Middlebury College

Want to cut the police budget? This isn’t how.

Will Boston spiral into the ‘urban doom loop’? Not if we act.

Critical nurse shortage draws a range of prescriptions, diagnoses

Are you a teen with a story to tell? Globe Ideas wants to hear from you.

Metro

‘We can’t give up ground,’ Governor Healey says as Mass. observes Juneteenth holiday

With warmer weather ahead, it will soon start to feel like summer in New England

Juneteenth and the beautiful resistance of Black liberation

Jennifer Lopez posts shirtless Ben Affleck photo on Instagram for Father’s Day

Sports

Former Celtics guard Phil Pressey to join Joe Mazzulla’s staff

‘They want you to hear what they have to say:’ Juneteenth and the history of activism among Boston’s Black athletes

Game 73: Red Sox at Twins lineups and notes

Champions crowned on a whirlwind day to wrap up the spring high school sports season. Here’s a look at who won titles.

Rugby state finals roundup: Belmont boys and girls rule Division 1 again, Weymouth boys repeat in Division 2

Girls’ lacrosse state finals roundup: Lincoln-Sudbury rallies for first Division 1 title since 1988

Business

Who gets a break? Clashing ideas on tax relief are teed up for the 2024 campaign.

SVB Financial to sell Boston-based SVB Securities to management team

R.I. lawmakers pass bill requiring replacement of lead pipes

R.I. program helps train people in homeless shelters, low-income residents to become CNAs

‘It’s a seed I’m planting’: How Catherine Morris willed BAMS Fest into life

Five must-see events and things to do at BAMS Fest 2023

Tips for remaining patient with relatives who repeat themselves

TRAVEL

On Cape Cod, it’s the question of the summer: Why are so many vacation rentals empty?
Have the sharks and the traffic and Airbnb’s tyrannical departure instructions finally scared off visitors? Or are there suddenly too many listings?

Dan Shaughnessy

Was the Red Sox’ doubleheader sweep more about their impending turnaround or the toothless Yankees?
The national exposure came at a good time for the struggling Red Sox. Folks watching ESPN saw Boston with good pitching, two-out hitting, and more than adequate defense.

Trump and Teixeira stand accused of breaking the same law
Their stations in life could hardly be more different, yet the former leader of the US military and a low-ranking National Guardsman both now face federal prosecutions under the same provision of the Espionage Act.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

With warmer weather ahead, it will soon start to feel like summer in New England
The summer solstice is Wednesday, and temperatures will be seasonable with sunshine.

Former Celtics guard Phil Pressey to join Joe Mazzulla’s staff
Pressey most recently worked as an assistant coach at Missouri, his alma mater. He played for the Celtics for two seasons after going undrafted in 2013.

After years and years of planning, Harvard is set to break ground on Allston research campus
Construction will begin this week on the first phase of Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus, which will include labs, housing, and a hotel.

Mile-long oil slick reported in Buzzards Bay
A Coast Guard helicopter observed the sheen to be about 150 to 300 feet wide and a mile in length around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, an official said.

Tell us about your BPS high school experience
We’re looking to hear from current and former Boston Public School students, as well as parents and educators.

How data integrity issues roiled a biotech seen as ‘Moderna 2.0′
The concerns have led to major tumult at Somerville-based Laronde, according to a STAT and Boston Globe investigation.

No more sweating a parking spot at the beach in Gloucester
Thanks to an online parking reservation app for nonresidents, the long lines of summer traffic have disappeared.

us open

Wyndham Clark goes big for one-shot victory over Rory McIlroy in US Open to win first major title
McIlroy was trying win his first major since 2014.