MCAS scores appear stuck in income gap
Scores for low-income students have crept up in the last five years, but the divide between haves and have-nots has stubbornly defied efforts to narrow it, officials said.
Deep health care divide in Rick Perry’s Texas
The Lone Star State has the highest rate of uninsured residents in the nation. This has created a yawning gap between rich and poor for even basic treatment.
For Bay State, lessons in Pa.’s casino experience
The financial success of Pennsylvania’s casinos was built on the ambitious scope of the effort and the profitability of the industry, but also on a foundation of cronyism and back-room deals.
Bus 19
On the long road up, the past is close behind
How hard should it be to move past a criminal life into an honest one? Step off Bus 19, and drop in on the Boston Workers Alliance, and you quickly get a sense of how very hard it is.
Toughest health care job in Mass.
With fresh cuts expected in Medicaid and Medicare, Kate Walsh's job as the CEO of Boston Medical Center is likely to become more difficult.
Yankees 9, Red Sox 1
Lester pulled in third as Sox lose
The stagger to ignominy by the Red Sox continued with a 9-1 loss against the Yankees. The Sox now lead the Rays by 1 1/2 games in the wild-card race.
“Most of my friends are six feet under or in prison. We were in a young man’s business.’’
Quito Pagan, a former Roxbury drug dealer
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Columnists
Metro
Clark University focuses on Congo violence
Some 400 participants came to Clark University yesterday to bolster momentum for a national campaign to reduce the brutal violence plaguing mineral-rich east Congo.
Business
INNOVATION ECONOMY
Three-year incubation results in a smart car seat
A Woonsocket, R.I., company, Summer Infant Inc., wanted to develop a car seat that would be foolproof for a novice to install properly.
Nation
Deep health care divide in Rick Perry’s Texas
The Lone Star State has the highest rate of uninsured residents in the nation. This has created a yawning gap between rich and poor for even basic treatment.
World
Fighters renew attack on Khadafy stronghold
Libya’s new leaders also tried to move on the political front, promising to announce a new interim government that they hope will help unite the country.
Sports
Yankees 9, Red Sox 1
Lester pulled in third as Sox lose
The stagger to ignominy by the Red Sox continued with a 9-1 loss against the Yankees. The Sox now lead the Rays by 1 1/2 games in the wild-card race.
Arts
Who will pick up the baton?
As the Boston Symphony Orchestra sets out on its search for the next music director, questions have been swirling about the process and what the public can expect.
Travel
travel
A taste of everything
Aboard the Ocean Princess, Southeast Asia’s ports of call boast ancient histories and modern tourist economies.
Books
book review
‘The Swerve: How the World Became Modern’ by Stephen Greenblatt
Cold case: a new look at an old book unlocks the mystery of how culture changed course.
Opinion
“By now, only ideologues and political propagandists insist that all reputable scientists agree on the human responsibility for climate change.”
Jeff Jacoby
Ideas
“Could it be true, Pinker wondered, that humans had actually become less violent with time, as opposed to more? And if so, how had we done it?”
Leon Neyfakh, on Steven Pinker’s new book about violence in history