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THE GREAT DIVIDE
30 years ago, the Education Reform Act helped Massachusetts schools to the top. Is it time for a new approach?
Three decades after the landmark legislation was passed, the state still has far more work to do, according to education analysts and a review by the Globe.

Orange Line service resumes between North and Back Bay stations after track flooding

MBTA Orange Line service resumed Tuesday morning between North Station and Back Bay after flooding on the tracks near Haymarket halted trains for several hours, inconveniencing holiday workers and early July 4 revelers.

Stoughton woman missing a week found alive after hikers hear screams in Borderland State Park
Emma Tetewsky was found after hikers called 911 when they heard screaming for help in a “swamp-like” area in the park, where officials think she may have been trapped for at least three days.

Harvard’s legacy admission targeted in civil rights complaint, in wake of national affirmative action ban
The complaint filed by Lawyers for Civil Rights on behalf of Boston-area advocacy groups representing Black and Latino residents, calls for a federal investigation of the university’s admissions process and an end to legacy and donor preference practices in selecting students.

Read the civil rights complaint about Harvard’s legacy admissions process

Easton man kills Raynham woman before fatally shooting himself, district attorney’s office says

Two jackknifed tractor-trailers on I-93 in Dorchester lead to delays

Gunman opens fire at random on Philadelphia streets, killing 4 before he is arrested, police say

Israel presses on with hunt for West Bank militants. The death toll rises to 10 and civilians flee
Chad Finn

Nine thoughts on state of the Red Sox ahead of an uncertain trade deadline

Will Chaim Bloom be a buyer, a seller, or a bit of both?

You can cook up the kitchen of your dreams, even on a budget. I did. Here’s how.

It's possible to update your kitchen without breaking the bank, but you may need to go to Facebook Marketplace, the appliance outlet, the hardware store, and back again.

What to know about the Sumner Tunnel closure, from how to get around to how long it will last

Repairs to the nearly 90-year-old tunnel will leave it closed through the end of August, cutting off a major artery of traffic from East Boston and Logan Airport.
How to avoid Sumner Tunnel closure
Opinion
EDITORIAL

The Declaration of Independence

In Congress, July 4, 1776: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
Christopher Reardon

Finally, airlines may accommodate travelers who stay in their wheelchairs
Carol Steinberg

Finding freedom at the head of the class
JEFF JACOBY

The essential insight in Frederick Douglass’s great Independence Day speech
NEWSLETTERS

The Eastie tunnel that wasn’t; freedom to pump

More recent News

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab
Musk’s latest Twitter move raises more questions about his leadership
Twitter has set new limits on the number of tweets users can view each day.

Brian McGrory
The Nantucket clam shack battle is turning into something out of a movie
Crotchety 90-year-old billionaire Charles Johnson is determined to shut down a Nantucket clam shack. It’s like a cliché from a bad movie — only he appears to be winning.

The American flag wasn’t always revered as it is today. At the beginning, it was an afterthought.
The American flag will be flown throughout the country on July 4, but it wasn’t always a revered and debated symbol.

Thousands of undocumented residents expected to seek driver’s licenses as new law takes effect
State officials are expecting an influx of 105,000 new applicants for drivers licenses over the next six months after a new law allowing undocumented residents to obtain licenses took effect Saturday, according to the Registry of Motor Vehicles.

Air traffic nationwide has rebounded to prepandemic levels, but Logan Airport is still falling short
Passenger counts at Logan remain below 2019, though airport officials and industry analysts expect they’ll climb through the rest of this year.

Thousands more prisoners across the US will get free college paid for by the government
Thousands of prisoners throughout the United States get their college degrees behind bars, most of them paid for by the federal Pell Grant program, which offers the neediest undergraduates tuition aid that they don’t have to repay.

Recommended reads

A million roads to Mass. and Cass ‘and they’re all horrible and scary’

On Atkinson Street, a short walk from Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard, the epicenter of the dueling opioid and homelessness crises, overdoses are a harsh day-to-day reality.

Perspective
I attended the Market Basket academy of summer jobs. It’s still paying off.
For teens, working over the summer has real benefits, and becoming a better person may be the most compelling.

Meet the man who designed Boston’s next tall tower, atop South Station: Fred Clarke
Clarke recently spoke about the evolution to transit-oriented development and the importance of the 678-foot South Station tower to Boston’s skyline.

For some in Gen Z, TikTok has become the new Google
The social video app increasingly plays the role of a search engine for everything from restaurant tips to job leads.

Culture & Lifestyle

Boston Book Festival announces keynote speakers for 2023

US Air Guitar competition brings metal, mullets, and mayhem to Everett

From the Wang to Gillette, Ed Sheeran is a one-size-fits-all master

Your full guide to Mass. July Fourth celebrations, from fireworks to food and more

Special Projects

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

Five lives were lost; many more, changed.

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

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

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | KALLE OSKARI MATTILA

The song ‘Party in the U.S.A.’ celebrates making it in America
IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

In search of the lost apples of New England
EDITORIAL

Bald eagles are America’s national symbol. Let’s stop poisoning them.
Patrick Tutwiler

How affirmative action ruling affects Massachusetts
Eric Rosenbach and Chris Li

US and China must establish military communications
IDEAS

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

Metro

Several communities postpone July 4 fireworks due to weather

Fireworks and other Independence Day festivities have been postponed in some Massachusetts communities due to rainy weather and potential thunderstorms in the forecast.

Orange Line service resumes between North and Back Bay stations after track flooding

MBTA Orange Line service resumed Tuesday morning between North Station and Back Bay after flooding on the tracks near Haymarket halted trains for several hours, inconveniencing holiday workers and early July 4 revelers.

More wet weather in the forecast for July 4

July 4 revelers should expect another round of showers and thunderstorms Tuesday, especially in areas along and south of the Mass. Pike, according to the National Weather Service.

Stoughton woman missing a week found alive after hikers hear screams in Borderland State Park

Emma Tetewsky was found after hikers called 911 when they heard screaming for help in a “swamp-like” area in the park, where officials think she may have been trapped for at least three days.

Sports

Rangers at Red Sox | 1:35 p.m. (NESN)

Game 86 lineups and notes: Brennan Bernardino to be starting pitcher as Red Sox open homestand

The Red Sox are on a three-game winning streak heading into a 4th of July matinee.
Chad Finn

Nine thoughts on state of the Red Sox ahead of an uncertain trade deadline

Will Chaim Bloom be a buyer, a seller, or a bit of both?
YANKEES 6, ORIOLES 3

Harrison Bader gives Yankees a lift after Orioles get to Domingo Germán for early lead

Germán, who was coming off his perfect game, lasted only 4⅓ innings but Bader and the bottom half of the New York lineup picked the starter up for the win.
RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Alex Cora bullish on collection of Red Sox relievers getting the job done with so many innings to cover of late
CYCLING

Leads hold, including US climber Neilson Powless’s, in quiet third stage of Tour de France
GOLF

Pair of top PGA Tour officials commit to Senate testimony about LIV pact, while Greg Norman, Yasir Al-Rumayyan won’t attend

Business

As Mass. towns adopt new climate-friendly building codes, homebuilders push back

A new report argues that the new net-zero building codes being adopted by communities around the state could increase the cost of building a new single-family home by up to $23,000.

Kenya’s president lifts six-year logging ban to create jobs. Environmentalists are concerned.

Kenyan President William Ruto has lifted a six-year ban on logging over the concerns of environmentalists.
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

From inflation to home prices, 2023 has so far defied expectations

‘Threads,’ the rival to Twitter from Instagram, is expected on Thursday
magazine
Perspective

I attended the Market Basket academy of summer jobs. It’s still paying off.

COOKING

Three cold udon, ramen, and sesame noodle dishes for summer
Your Summer Beach Bag

12-plus great beaches around New England

Your Summer Beach Bag

10 great books to read on a New England beach this summer

metro

What to know about the Sumner Tunnel closure, from how to get around to how long it will last

New state dashboard tracks electric vehicle rollout

Fido vs. fireworks: How to keep your pet calm on July 4

sports

Patrice Bergeron has set an example that Bruins prospects can learn from

Anthony Edwards gets max extension, giving Minnesota trio of them to build around

Declaring he is ‘unwilling to accept responsibility,’ Churchill Downs extends Bob Baffert’s two-year ban through 2024

business

China’s IPO activity seen fading as economic woes drag on demand

Workers strike at major Southern California hotels over pay and benefits

Final sale looms for Christmas Tree Shops as finances worsen

politics

GOP threatens spy agencies’ surveillance tool

The Democratic Party promised to overhaul its primaries. Doing that has been anything but simple.

Biden rules tighten limits on drone strikes

Nation

Gunman opens fire at random on Philadelphia streets, killing 4 before he is arrested, police say

The American flag wasn’t always revered as it is today. At the beginning, it was an afterthought.

Highland Park marks 1 year after July 4 shooting with community walk reclaiming parade route

World

NATO again extends Stoltenberg’s mandate, happy with a safe pair of hands as the war drags on

Israel presses on with hunt for West Bank militants. The death toll rises to 10 and civilians flee

Russia says it foiled Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow as Kyiv’s counteroffensive grinds on

opinion

Behind bars, but seeking a brighter future

The song ‘Party in the U.S.A.’ celebrates making it in America

The essential insight in Frederick Douglass’s great Independence Day speech

lifestyle

Your full guide to Mass. July Fourth celebrations, from fireworks to food and more

What to know about the July 4 concert and fireworks at the Hatch Shell

How to watch the 2023 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular

food & dining

Bubble fun doesn’t have to stop when you grow up

Elevate your cooking oil spray with duck fat

Recipe: Barcelona’s legendary Pinotxo food stall, now closed, served this simple squid and white bean tapas

travel

Boston Red multi-million dollar Terminal E expansion

Air traffic nationwide has rebounded to prepandemic levels, but Logan Airport is still falling short

The wait for US passports is creating travel purgatory and snarling summer plans

Arts

More than a century of watercolors at Harvard Art Museums demonstrate the form’s unruly pleasures

At PEM, exploring the ‘Black Atlantic’

In Portland, celebrating a neighbor’s 50th anniversary

Books

Boston Book Festival announces keynote speakers for 2023

Anya von Bremzen, in ‘National Dish,’ explores how certain foods came to embody the cultures that created them

‘How We Do It,’ a collection of essays on the craft of writing, speaks directly to Black writers

Movies

Adele Lim’s directorial debut, ‘Joy Ride,’ makes Asian Americans the ‘heroes of the story’

In ‘Every Body,’ three intersex activists illuminate the ‘I’ in LGBTQIA+

Eight coming-of-age films to revisit the magic of girlhood

Television

How to watch the 2023 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular

This week’s TV: The history of Black television, fireworks, and the Alan Arkin method

Want to see Kevin Bacon as a bounty hunter-zombie? Wait for ‘The Bondsman.’

music

What to know about the July 4 concert and fireworks at the Hatch Shell

How to watch the 2023 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular

This year’s 150-mile Tanglewood Relay Run was made longer due to smoky air, driving rain: ‘But the gang is tough!’

Theater/Dance

In ‘The Normal Heart,’ the AIDS crisis and a battle against an epidemic of indifference

Mark Morris Dance Group opens Jacob’s Pillow with buoyant ‘The Look of Love’

In ‘The Lehman Trilogy,’ the arc of a doomed empire

globe local

Worrell brothers, one a councilor and one a state representative, open joint Dorchester office for ‘top-notch constituent services’

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

Obituaries

R. Robert Popeo, legendary powerhouse attorney, dies at 85

Jon Haggins, designer who slipped into and out of fashion, dies at 79

Pastor Pearline James, who ministered to couples and cared for children, dies at 77