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When the city was lawless: Recalling the Boston Police Strike of 1919

A century later, the strike still resonates ? as a painful but proud milestone for the descendants of 1,142 officers who were summarily dismissed and never regained their jobs.
Photos: The Boston Police Strike, 100 years later
BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

Breaking down the Patriots? signing of Antonio Brown

5 things to know about Antonio Brown His new teammates excited by Brown's signing
DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Why Bill Belichick and the Patriots fit our self-image

In the Bahamas, amid unspeakable devastation from Dorian, some small signs of hope
In the tiny town of High Rock, in the aftermath of Dorian, devastation is everywhere.

Photos: Dorian?s devastation in the Bahamas

Opinion

editorial

Trump kicks trade war into high gear
IDEAS | JONATHAN KAUFMAN

Are Hong Kong protests a preview of China?s uncertain future?
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

How Donald Trump just might save the Republican Party ? and the country
RENÉE GRAHAM

With gun massacres, home is where the horror is

DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Random thoughts while waiting for Red Sox, MLB to get ratings shellacking
Nationally televised Patriots-Steelers showdown will dominate Red Sox-Yankees ? a drubbing for baseball that will be well deserved.

Yvonne Abraham
The fallout from the fall of Fall River?s mayor
The good people of that city appear to have thrice elected a mayor who is also as dumb as bricks.

At N.H. convention, Democrats focus on electability
One by one, 19 presidential candidates made the case to party activists that they were best suited to take on President Trump.

Fall arts preview

Rachel Bloom has some new ideas she?s crazy about

The ?Crazy Ex-Girlfriend? star, who is touring comedy stages this fall, has no regrets about moving on from network TV.

North End ice rink to become full, walkable fairgrounds for Boston Lyric Opera?s ?Pagliacci?
A new production of ?Pagliacci? promises clowns, carnival food and a real circus tent.

The Year of Lizzo took its time getting here
Lizzo has occupied a singular place in pop for years. It?s just that the rest of America is catching on now.

more fall arts coverage

This fall, Harvard and the ICA delve deep into the global migrant crisis

With a boost from Ry Cooder, Rosanne Cash walks the line

Movie titles to watch for, and watch, this season

All that Zaz: A chanteuse embraces the many shades of French pop

In Providence, Buddy Cianci is commanding center stage once again

The great books are going to pile up like leaves

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  1. Breaking down the Patriots? signing of Antonio Brown
  2. When the city was lawless: Recalling the Boston Police Strike of 1919
  3. How Donald Trump just might save the Republican Party ? and the country
  4. Why Bill Belichick and the Patriots fit our self-image
  5. Random thoughts while waiting for Red Sox, MLB to get ratings shellacking
  6. The fallout from the fall of Fall River?s mayor
  7. Celtics coach Brad Stevens will have plenty of choices with new-look roster
  8. Tom Brady thrilled that Jacoby Brissett gets his chance to shine
  9. MIT Media Lab chief resigns after new revelations about ties to Jeffrey Epstein
  10. Suffolk/Globe poll finds Kennedy leading Markey in possible Senate primary matchup

Bold Types

Globe reporter Janelle Nanos sits down with leaders in the city?s business community to talk about their career paths, work and accomplishments, as well as their vision for Boston?s future.

Globe Local

Natick shopkeepers rise from ashes of devastating fire

In Medford, noise complaints from airplanes are going through the roof

Preliminary election will narrow field in Newton?s Ward 5
Recent Local News

At City Hall Plaza, protesters blast mayor, Boston police over last weekend?s arrests

Sunshine and mild temperatures return to Boston area

Nine people displaced following Dorchester fire

Search for missing Cambridge man enters fourth day at Walden Pond

Sports

Antonio Brown?s agent Drew Rosenhaus: ?He wants to win a Super Bowl?

Here?s what happened between Antonio Brown and the Raiders

Tom Brady releases first hype video of 2019 season

Politics / Business

Mark Sanford says he will challenge Trump for Republican presidential nomination

Who will win? Ranking the Democratic primary candidates in New Hampshire

Nation / World

2 dead, 3 injured in small plane crash at Nevada airport

Trump says he has called off secret meeting with Taliban, Afghan leaders

In the Bahamas, amid unspeakable devastation from Dorian, some small signs of hope

Lifestyle

Alexandra Hochberg

Pick your protein

YouTube tries to get fashionable

Recommended Reads

Too much, too soon injures young bodies

The phenomenon of children specializing in one sport at increasingly higher intensities has continued unabated, despite more than a decade of warnings about harm to young bodies.

KEVIN PAUL DUPONT I SUNDAY HOCKEY NOTES
Looking at the legacy of Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs
Winning the Stanley Cup in 2011, the only one during his ownership, reduced some of the heat fans and media directed his way.

Read the letters Felicity Huffman?s friends wrote to the judge in the college admissions scandal case
Huffman?s husband, William H. Macy, and her ?Desperate Housewives? co-star Eva Longoria were among those who wrote letters.

Rhode Island

Their middle school has a bad reputation. But these Providence students are trying to change that.

The students at Roger Williams Middle School know what people say about their school, but they want people to know why they?re proud.

Underground bus tunnel pitched for Kennedy Plaza redesign in downtown Providence
State officials are set to unveil a new plan that would move most buses out of Kennedy Plaza.

A small campaign with a six-figure problem
Samuel J. Tassia owed a whopping $118,120 in fines for failing to file his campaign finance forms on time.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Opinion | Michael A. Cohen

Sharpiegate isn?t just silly ? it?s worrisome
Editorial

How a lawless president funds his wall
Ideas | A.J.B. Lane

NFL fever: A seasonal malady
OPINION | JEFF JACOBY

?Price gouging? during natural disasters isn?t a problem ? it?s a solution
Mood | Ideas

Rediscovering the joys of swimming in a pond
Letters

One lesson of murder-suicide: Social media told a tall tale

VISUAL STORIES

Photos: The Boston Police Strike of 1919

Photos: Dorian?s devastation in the Bahamas

Photos: Hurricane Dorian

Photos of New England?s favorite country fairs

Metro

Two more human EEE cases reported, raising the state?s count to seven

The two new cases include a 5-year-old girl from Sudbury and a woman in her 60s from eastern Worcester County.

Man fatally shot in Worcester Saturday

A 37-year-old man was fatally shot in Worcester Saturday evening in what apparently was not a random act, police said.

Sunshine and mild temperatures return to Boston area

Partly sunny skies and temperatures in the 60s and 70s are expected through Tuesday in Eastern Massachusetts.

Nine people displaced following Dorchester fire

Firefighters knocked down a blaze on Warner Street in Dorchester early Sunday morning.

Man flown to Boston hospital following moped crash in Tewksbury
The man suffered serious leg injury after he crashed into a parked car Saturday night, a fire official said.

Walden Pond to be closed Sunday while search continues for missing Cambridge man
State Police will return to the Concord pond on Sunday, officials announced.

STAT

Against doctors? advice, some pregnant women refuse ultrasounds

Watch: Direct-to-consumer drug advertising, explained

How a top scientist helped invigorate a lumbering drug giant

Opinion: Who is really behind a proposed new definition of pain?

sports

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Why Bill Belichick and the Patriots fit our self-image

They reinforce the local notion that Bostonians are smarter than everybody else.

Here?s what happened between Antonio Brown and the Raiders

?It ain?t about the football, I know I can do that. I show you guys that on the daily.?

Tom Brady releases first hype video of 2019 season

Brady posted the video Sunday morning on his Twitter account.

Tedy Bruschi brings insightful analysis to Sunday NFL Countdown

It was announced in March that the former Patriots linebacker would move from NFL Live to ESPN?s signature football program.

5 things to know about Antonio Brown
The receiver caught his first career touchdown pass against New England and shares an agent with a notable former Patriot.

BC 45, Richmond 13
BC trounces Richmond to record second win of season
QB Anthony Brown threw for 163 yards and three TDs and AJ Dillon scored three times to lead the Eagles to the easy nonconference victory.

Politics

Mark Sanford says he will challenge Trump for Republican presidential nomination
Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor and congressman, has decided to launch a longshot Republican challenge to President Trump.

Business

China?s trade with US shrinks as tariff war worsens
Imports of U.S. goods fell 22.5 percent from a year earlier to $10.3 billion following Chinese tariff hikes and orders to companies to cancel orders, customs data showed Sunday.

Marijuana

Are marijuana vapes from licensed stores safe? Mass. lacks regulations on additives
As hundreds fall ill from apparent vaping-related lung illnesses, experts are warning that a gap in state marijuana regulations leaves consumers at risk.

magazine
Your Home

Hair-raising contractor horror stories ? and how to avoid them

Design Refresher

A young designer transforms her three-bedroom East Boston fixer-upper
Perspective

How our obsession with entertainment has trivialized the presidential primary debates
Connections

To my ex-students: Of course I remember you

sports

Basketball Hall induction was a night for the unheralded

Bill Fitch?s last coaching job may have been his best

Yankees finally get slugging to beat back Red Sox

metro

Sunshine and mild temperatures return to Boston area

Nine people displaced following Dorchester fire

Natick shopkeepers rise from ashes of devastating fire

Nation

College students outsource homework to struggling writers abroad

Trump?s storm over Alabama keeps raging

Hiker at Yosemite dies after 500-foot fall

World

Mugabe dies; liberated Zimbabwe, then held it for 37 years

India says it?s lost communication with its unmanned moon lander

Iranian aide defends plan to step away from nuclear deal

politics

Biden, Warren lead Democratic presidential primary race in Mass., poll finds

Who will win? Ranking the Democratic primary candidates in New Hampshire

A Kennedy-Markey primary could draw millions away from other Democratic candidates

business

China?s trade with US shrinks as tariff war worsens

I?m not impressed with the Apple Card cash-back reward. Here?s why.

The week in business

arts

Willie Nelson returns in good health and fine form at Outlaw fest

Renner apps, Sharpie?d maps, MP naps, and robo-hats

Lyric Stage?s ?Little Shop of Horrors? is a garden of grisly delights

lifestyle

Alexandra Hochberg

Pick your protein

YouTube tries to get fashionable

marijuana

Are marijuana vapes from licensed stores safe? Mass. lacks regulations on additives

Marijuana use by US college students up, highest in 35 years

Up to 5 deaths now blamed on mysterious vaping-related illnesses

opinion

One lesson of murder-suicide: Social media told a tall tale

Trump kicks trade war into high gear

Nobody puts Greta Thunberg in the corner

food & dining

Banners to open at TD Garden, and the heat gets turned up on Hell Night

Parlour in Brookline?s Coolidge Corner will serve you before and after the cinema

I went 24 hours with no coffee. Here?s how it went

travel

Welcome to the Lake Winnipesaukee of the South

Black, American, and abroad? Racism travels free

Logan poised to become one of the 10 busiest airports in the country

Books

An ?Idealist? finds the time to read, on a plane or in the pool

Sarah Hurwitz makes a leap of faith by doubling back in ?Here All Along?

Page-turners in Provincetown, street-level poetry, and a woke alphabet

Movies

?It Chapter Two? is just as scary as chapter one

?Honeyland,? a beekeeper documentary, is one of the year?s best movies

In ?Vita & Virginia,? literary imagination meet real-life love

Television

Ann Dowd has another tale to tell

Ryan Murphy is an American success story

?Mindhunter? consistently captivates in season 2

music

Willie Nelson returns in good health and fine form at Outlaw fest

Ian Anderson on 50 years of Jethro Tull, tinny Garden acoustics, and never being too old to rock and roll

Highwomen pave their own road to country radio

globe local

In Medford, noise complaints from airplanes are going through the roof

Natick shopkeepers rise from ashes of devastating fire

Obituaries

Francisco Toledo, renowned Mexican artist, philanthropist, dies at 79

James Atlas, an ambassador for biographies, dies

?Poseidon Adventure? actress Carol Lynley dies at 77