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‘I had to take the long view’: Ibram X. Kendi defends management of embattled research center

In his first interview since laying off more than half the staff of his Center for Antiracist Research, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi disputed allegations of mismanagement and said his center is not in financial distress.
Following layoffs, Boston University announces ‘inquiry’ into Ibram Kendi’s Antiracist Center What is Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research?

‘Glitch’ deprived some 4,800 Mass. residents of Medicaid coverage

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid announced that 500,000 people in the US lost insurance as part of the redetermination process.

Barbara Lynch’s Butcher Shop restaurant has gone dark. ‘Options are open’ about its future.
The closure comes just a few months after employees alleged that Lynch’s restaurants fostered a toxic culture, filled with abuse and addiction behind closed doors.

Methuen man drowns trying to save his child from rip current at Salisbury Beach

Gary M. Simard, 44, was spending the afternoon with his four children when one of them was caught in the current and pulled away from shore, officials said.

Bus carrying high school students to band camp veers off highway, killing 1 and hurting dozens

Forty-three people were taken to hospitals, county fire officials said on social media, and at least five people were badly hurt.

Zelensky delivers upbeat message to US lawmakers on war progress as some Republican support softens
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with military leaders at the Pentagon and was meeting with President Biden at the White House. He found varying levels of support from House lawmakers.

Time for a new Tobin? State seeks consultant for Tobin Bridge replacement plan.
The state Department of Transportation plans to hire a consultant to develop options for the "eventual replacement” of the Tobin Bridge, an undertaking that remains years away.

FAA investigating after green laser strikes two JetBlue flights near Boston

‘Euphoria’ star Angus Cloud overdosed on meth, cocaine, fentanyl, coroner says

McCarthy gives in to right flank on spending cuts, but they still deliver a defeat as shutdown looms

As return-to-office debate continues, Boston employers say this could be as returned as it gets

The one thing companies seem to agree on is that, at least for workers who are able to do their jobs remotely, the traditional workweek of five days in the office could be gone for good.

Three vendors claim discrimination by Faneuil Hall Marketplace management
Lawyers for Civil Rights sent the letter Thursday on behalf of three pushcart operators who sell Asian-inspired gifts beside Faneuil Hall, known as the Cradle of Liberty.

Larry Edelman
Rupert Murdoch’s Boston legacy lies in Herald’s revival, Channel 25 ownership
Murdoch, 92, said on Thursday that he would more or less retire from the media empire he has built over the course of seven decades.

Rupert Murdoch, creator of Fox News, stepping down as head of News Corp. and Fox Corp. Who are Rupert Murdoch’s children? What to know about the media magnate’s successor and family

FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER
We’ve been buying olive oil all wrong. Here’s what you need to know.
I was drawn in by fancy labels, lower-to-middle price points, and smart terms like “cold pressed” and “extra virgin” — but I never actually knew what I was buying.

2,772 confirmed cases and 29 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.
State officials monitoring COVID-19 ‘cluster’ at Holyoke Veterans’ home as 10 residents test positive
Globe Summit 2023
Globe Summit

Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter talks creative inspiration with Jeneé Osterheldt at Globe Summit

The Springfield native discussed inspirations for her award-winning "Black Panther" designs, growing up in Springfield, and her path to Hollywood.
Social justice groups are ‘already solving the problems.’ Now they need more from philanthropists, panelists say. See more from Globe Summit 2023
Hispanic Heritage Month

Meet six Massachusetts leaders from Amplify LatinX’s ALX100

Latinx Heritage Month kicks off with fiesta on City Hall Plaza

The Hispanic History I Carry With Me: Al Horford

How to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in Boston

Sunday’s Patriots-Jets meeting is a ‘get-right’ game — for both teams

The Patriots are staring at 0-4 if they lose this one, and the Jets desperately need some traction after a blowout loss last week.

Brockton will get an independent league baseball team next summer

The 16-team Frontier League — a "partner league" of MLB — will place a team there to play in Campanelli Stadium.

Massachusetts high school football: Previewing every prep team in Eastern Mass.

From Austin Prep to Thayer, get the rundown on your favorite squad.
Opinion

Teens Speak

We asked. They delivered. Teens from across the country offer a candid look at how they’re navigating life, school, friendships, social media, expectations, and so much more.
Tell us: What do you think it means to be a teenager today?
RENÉE GRAHAM

US support for Ukraine is waning. That’s a bad sign for democracy.
PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG

Can anybody stop Donald Trump?

EDITORIAL

A fire at a Sutton motel raises questions about shelters the state is opening for migrants

Evy Peña

When FIFA brings the World Cup to Boston, it must commit to workers’ rights

Experience Globe Summit September 19-21
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Who was Peter Faneuil? A Bostonian, merchant, philanthropist — and slave trader.
Most Bostonians know little about the man for whom Faneuil Hall is named, who enriched himself by trafficking in human beings. Should knowing that history change the way the city remembers him?

Share your thoughts on Peter Faneuil: Merchant prince, philanthropist, slave trader

Peter Faneuil was an active trafficker who financed voyages from Boston to West Africa to purchase hundreds of slaves. And he kept at least five slaves to serve his own household.
Watch | Boston Globe Today: How and why we compiled the history of Peter Faneuil

More recent News

Three scientists who pioneered eye-imaging device at MIT win prestigious Lasker Award
With advances in the technology over the past three decades, eye doctors can “make earlier diagnoses than ever before possible,” the Lasker Foundation said.

Four things we learned from Gisele Bundchen’s wide-ranging People interview
Nearly a year after her divorce from Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen discussed the impact of the split on her family, their life in Miami, and giving up alcohol.

Mass General Brigham residents union files unfair labor practice charges with federal agency
The union for medical residents and fellows at Mass General Brigham has filed unfair labor practice charges against the state’s largest health system with the National Labor Relations Board, records show.

New York pizza comes to Cambridge; Amar opens at Raffles
Plus, a pub at Cambridge Crossing.

Former Lexington home of Charles Ponzi on the market for $4.3 million

Soon after Ponzi's arrest in 1920, IRS and prohibition agents showed up at the home and seized 75 gallons of Italian wine, 36 quarts of chianti, as well as “cordials and other fancy drinks.”

Hints of midcentury modern design bring a Belmont ranch back to the future
“There was a cacophony of styles; they wanted a consistent, modern aesthetic,” interior designer Annie Hall says.

How a cramped Brookline condo became modern and airy, in nine steps

Recommended reads

Cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta helps most but not all with the deadly genetic disease
Cystic fibrosis miracle drug Trikafta, helps 90% of people, the other 10% are still waiting for their aid. (Randy Vazquez/Globe Staff)

Three siblings with cystic fibrosis bonded over daily struggles. Then came a breakthrough drug.

With Vertex's cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta, death no longer looms so close for many patients. But now, they face unfamiliar worries about careers, money, and old age — “the existential threat of living.”

Friends mourn Dale Mooney, longtime fan who died after fight at Patriots game
Friends of the 53-year-old New Hampshire man are remembering him as a longtime fan of the team who was deeply devoted to his wife and two children.

Harnessing the power of love and the sun, Rockport family lives off the grid
A family of five enlists Yankee Barn Homes to create a modern farmhouse in Rockport, where they’ve been living off the grid for about a year.

The Biden administration finally named a coordinator to combat book bans. That was the easy part.
Even as they see a political opportunity to take on the conservative “parents’ rights” movement, the options for the federal government to engage are limited and themselves politically fraught.

Culture & Lifestyle

50 years of Ms.: Sisterhood at the Smith archives

In her new book, Tiya Miles explores how wilderness influenced powerful women in American history

BlackBox Film Festival makes space for Black student filmmakers in the Boston area

10 podcasts that will make you feel like you’re in a book club

Special Projects

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

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

JOAN VENNOCHI

Keep Trump on the ballot and let voters decide
JOAN VENNOCHI

Behind the biggest hospital story to rock Boston in 30 years: ‘Everyone knew’
JEFF JACOBY

Live long and prosper
SCOT LEHIGH

There they go again: Trump and his enablers spread another large lie
EDITORIAL

Don’t blame domestic violence victims in child welfare cases
IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

My farewell love letter to Boston

Metro

State officials monitoring COVID-19 ‘cluster’ at Holyoke Veterans’ home as 10 residents test positive

Formerly known as the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home where a COVID outbreak killed at least 76 veterans in 2020, the facility has implemented universal masking throughout the facility and exposed staff members are being tested daily, state officials said Thursday.

Methuen man drowns trying to save his child from rip current at Salisbury Beach

Gary M. Simard, 44, was spending the afternoon with his four children when one of them was caught in the current and pulled away from shore, officials said.

At Globe Summit, nightlife takes center stage

Panelists call for more and more varied nightlife options.

‘I had to take the long view’: Ibram X. Kendi defends management of embattled research center

In his first interview since laying off more than half the staff of his Center for Antiracist Research, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi disputed allegations of mismanagement and said his center is not in financial distress.

Sports

Patriots notebook

Why is the Patriots’ running game, thought to be a strength, struggling so much?

New England has 164 rushing yards (27th in the league), an average of 3.5 yards per carry (22nd), and just one rushing touchdown (21st).
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK

Ipswich girls’ volleyball is going ‘all out’ for a Division 4 title three-peat

Four matches into this season, the determined Tigers already have a postseason mind-set: “all out, all game, all season.” It has led them to a perfect 4-0 start.
NFL notebook

Cowboys fear top cornerback Trevon Diggs tore ACL in practice

Diggs is tied for the NFL lead with 18 interceptions since entering the league in 2020.
beat writer's notebook

Brad Stevens’s soccer investment, Malcolm Brogdon’s status, and other Celtics nuggets
Golf

US looks to end losing streak against Europe at Solheim Cup in Spain
ben volin | on football

Sunday’s Patriots-Jets meeting is a ‘get-right’ game — for both teams

Business

At Globe Summit, nightlife takes center stage

Panelists call for more and more varied nightlife options.

Rupert Murdoch’s surprise exit from Fox leaves son Lachlan in line of succession at media empire

Fox said Thursday that Rupert Murdoch would become chairman emeritus of both companies. His son, Lachlan, will become News Corp. chairman and continue as chief executive officer of Fox Corp.

BlackRock, State Street among money managers closing ESG funds

Who are Rupert Murdoch’s children? What to know about the media magnate’s successor and family.
magazine
CONNECTIONS

I used to dread being dragged to the golf course by my dad. Then he got sick.
PERSPECTIVE

The number of Americans living to 100 is exploding. But there’s a glaring problem.
LOVE LETTERS

‘I see’ is his stock response to everything. She finds it frustrating.

COOKING

Add potato gnocchi to your cooking repertoire

metro

‘Glitch’ deprived some 4,800 Mass. residents of Medicaid coverage

Social justice groups are ‘already solving the problems.’ Now they need more from philanthropists, panelists say.

Three vendors claim discrimination by Faneuil Hall Marketplace management

sports

EMass girls’ volleyball: With its rally at Attleboro, Newton North makes a point atop the Globe’s Top 20

Brockton will get an independent league baseball team next summer

Trevor Story sees better things ahead with Red Sox after he can ‘flip the page’ on the last two years

business

Three vendors claim discrimination by Faneuil Hall Marketplace management

First private US passenger rail line in 100 years is about to link Miami and Orlando at high speed

Former Lexington home of Charles Ponzi on the market for $4.3 million

politics

Rupert Murdoch’s surprise exit from Fox leaves son Lachlan in line of succession at media empire

McCarthy gives in to right flank on spending cuts, but they still deliver a defeat as shutdown looms

Zelensky delivers upbeat message to US lawmakers on war progress as some Republican support softens

Nation

Who are Rupert Murdoch’s children? What to know about the media magnate’s successor and family.

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

Earth’s hottest August on record followed a record-breaking June and July

World

Mexico feels pressure of relentless migration from South America

US wants to keep migrants away from the border by moving it south

Ancient ‘power’ palazzo on Rome’s Palatine Hill reopens to tourists, decades after closure

opinion

To my loving parents: Your expectations are crushing me

Middle school heartbreak, Bob Ross, and me

Teens Speak

lifestyle

Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter talks creative inspiration with Jeneé Osterheldt at Globe Summit

I never stopped grieving my previous relationship

Four things we learned from Gisele Bundchen’s wide-ranging People interview

food & dining

In Stow, Fourth & Field takes off at the Minuteman Air Field

Barbara Lynch’s Butcher Shop restaurant has gone dark. ‘Options are open’ about its future.

New York pizza comes to Cambridge; Amar opens at Raffles

travel

‘The redeye is never a good idea,’ and other travel thoughts from musician Naomi Westwater

Vegas welcomes U2, and a light to get you through the darker days ahead

Can I get the fare difference refunded after I was downgraded?

Arts

Manet, Degas, and the nude that changed everything

Two photo shows capture the shapes of water

Rare Wyeth painting bought for $4 at N.H. thrift store sells for $150,000 at auction

Books

Arrowsmith Press organizes memorial reading for Ukrainian novelist killed in bombing; annual Provincetown Book Festival opens Sept. 29; celebrating the art of indie comics and graphic novels

50 years of Ms.: Sisterhood at the Smith archives

Jillian and Mariko Tamaki, special guests at this year’s Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, on the alchemy of joint projects

Movies

‘Dumb Money’ — is it worth yours?

BlackBox Film Festival makes space for Black student filmmakers in the Boston area

Michael J. Fox receives 2023 Elevate Prize Catalyst Award at Clinton Global Initiative

Television

‘Sex Education’ ends at just the right time

Apple TV+ has elevated the art of the title sequence

Inventive, observant ‘Dreaming Whilst Black’ leaves you wanting more

music

A maverick triumphant: John Zorn at 70

Ireland’s Mick Flannery is finally getting a foothold in America

The Replacements’ ‘Tim’ gets the sparkling remix it deserves, with ample doses of thunder

Theater/Dance

A murder, a marriage, a ghost, and some barbecue. ‘Fat Ham’ adds new flavors to ‘Hamlet.’

In ‘POTUS,’ seven stressed women and one clown for a president

Story Pirates gets its ideas from kids, and then the fun begins

Health

In its first year, calls to 988 Lifeline increase 50 percent in Rhode Island

Dana-Farber deal highlights a surprising trend: New cancer centers are in vogue

Your health insurance costs are likely going up in R.I. next year. Here’s by how much.

Obituaries

Buddy Teevens, gridiron innovator and iconic Dartmouth football coach, dies at 66 after bicycle accident

Roger Whittaker, balladeer with an international following, dies at 87

Irish Grinstead of R&B group 702 dies at 43