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The GiveSendGo site has hosted fund-raisers for people such as Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio.

Crowdfunding haters

It’s one thing to help fund white supremacists and other haters. It’s entirely another to do it in God’s name.

For unpaid family caregivers in the workforce, the burden grows
The roughly 20 percent of working adults who comprise the “invisible backbone” of society — caregivers — are increasingly being pushed the edge of what is possible and healthy.

‘It is a giant labyrinth that you walk into, they lock the door behind you, and there is no exit.’

Tamar Bushnell

caregiver

Massachusetts needs at least 750,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2030. We are nowhere close.
Back in 2014, state officials said the number of electric vehicles in the state would need to be 169,000 by 2020 to meet climate goals. By 2025, that number had to rise to 300,000. But reality has fallen wildly short of the dream.

Studios manager Hope Greene (left) with Jim Grace, executive director of the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston.

Does the answer to Boston’s cash-strapped arts community lie in Lowell?

A nonprofit is working to keep artist studios and housing in a converted Lowell textile mill affordable. It's a test case in the effort to preserve art space that is similar to the way some organizations conserve treasured land.

Ukraine digs in to fight Russia’s looming eastern offensive
Ukrainian forces prepared for an expected offensive by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine that could become a decisive period in a war that has flattened cities, killed untold thousands, and isolated Moscow economically and politically.

Pope Francis calls for an Easter truce in Ukraine

‘Brokeback Mountain’ actor Jake Gyllenhaal makes a comeback to ‘SNL’
Saturday Night Live made sure to discuss the most significant news event this week; the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

Two months in, Maura Healey’s pitch for Mass. governor is light on the details
"She remains a perfect political chalice, but it’s not clear what’s inside,” said one pollster tracking Massachusetts' Democratic gubernatorial primary, of Maura Healey. “People are looking for leadership. It’s got to be a combination of what she did — and what she’s going to do.”

Nick Pivetta only gave up four hits pitching into the sixth inning on Saturday, but they resulted in four runs, and another Red Sox loss.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Loss to Yankees may have revealed an ugly truth for Red Sox: They may not have enough frontline pitching

Nick Pivetta was the No. 4 starter for a Red Sox team that went to the American League Championship Series last season. Judging from Saturday's 4-2 loss to the Yankees, he's not a No. 2 starter.

Red Sox lose again as Yankees rally

Celtics coach Ime Udoka is focused on how his team is playing more than anything else entering the final game of the regular season.

Plenty of playoff scenarios for Celtics and other teams in the East

The Celtics (51-30) enter Sunday’s finale against the Grizzlies tied for third in the Eastern Conference with the 76ers, but Boston holds the tiebreaker.

Russell Wilson's trade to the Broncos was big news this offseason.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

NFL free agency is a dud as trade market steals the excitement

Russell Wilson, Deshaun Watson, Tyreek Hill, Davante Adams, and Khalil Mack are among the star players dealt this offseason.

Opinion

The conspiracy postcard that many people in the Boston area received in the mail. The QR code on this mailer has been blacked out.

What is QAnon doing in my mailbox?

A conspiracy theory bingo card from the unhinged group is landing on American doorsteps.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Dear Governor Baker: You’re wrong on driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants

IDEAS | DAN MCKANAN

A century before the first Earth Day, there was the Forest Festival in the Middlesex Fells

Let Russians run in the Boston Marathon

Biden’s delicate dance on weed is getting clumsy

The Globe turns 150

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150 YEARS OF THE BOSTON GLOBE

Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe. We revisit some of the most impactful stories Globe journalists have covered, look back at 150 significant front pages, reflect on how the newsroom and Boston have changed, and much, much more.

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Man killed inside MBTA Red Line tunnel in South Boston
The incident occurred just after 12:30 a.m. Sunday as a train departed the Broadway station. An investigation is underway, an MBTA spokesman said.

Second victim in Roslindale shooting that left one dead in ‘critical but stable’ condition
Police continued to search Saturday for a suspect in the shooting, which turned a busy gas station into a crime scene Saturday night.

ADRIAN WALKER

Allegations of racism roil UMass Boston campus, new dean
After Tyson King-Meadows arrived as a new dean at the University of Massachusetts Boston last year, it didn’t take him long to run headlong into the school’s notoriously contentious campus politics.

Roxbury’s Highland Park inches towards architectural conservation district status
For decades, residents of Roxbury’s Highland Park have pushed to preserve their neighborhood’s unique mix of architectural styles. Later this year, the city could designate Highland Park, also known as Roxbury Highlands, as an architectural conservation district, a recognition that would give it an extra buffer protecting buildings from major alterations.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are said to be engaged, again
They planned to get married about two decades ago, and now Ben Affleck and Jennifer are engaged a second time around, according to reports.

East Greenwich school coaches banned after findings of sexual harassment
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In Tampa, Tom Brady will be reunited with offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich (right) — but Bruce Arians will not be the head coach.

ben volin | on football

A secret plan, a bombshell lawsuit, and a soccer match: Inside Tom Brady’s un-retirement

If Brady had his way, he would have been running — and potentially quarterbacking — a Patriots division rival. Instead, a series of unforeseen events led him back to Tampa.

ADRIAN WALKER

Allegations of racism roil UMass Boston campus, new dean
After Tyson King-Meadows arrived as a new dean at the University of Massachusetts Boston last year, it didn’t take him long to run headlong into the school’s notoriously contentious campus politics.

Here are the 27 locals on the Forbes billionaires list
The 27 billionaires who live in Massachusetts or Rhode Island, or have close ties to the states, are worth nearly $96 billion combined, according to the 2022 Forbes world’s billionaires list, which came out this week.

Secretary of state races are suddenly in the spotlight. But no state has what Massachusetts does: a Democratic primary.
Tanisha Sullivan's challenge of longtime incumbent William Galvin is quickly becoming rooted in a familiar question: What more, if anything, do voters want from an office that’s had the same leader for nearly three decades?

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Culture & Lifestyle

An aerial performer in Cirque du Soleil's “'Twas the Night Before …”

Cirque du Soleil bringing ‘ ‘Twas the Night Before …’ to the Wang for the holidays

Donald Glover will costar in "Mr & Mrs. Smith."

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Donald Glover gets new costar for ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’

Kristin Parker is a trained "cultural heritage first responder" who is involved in preserving Ukraine's imperiled cultural heritage. Massachusetts culture workers are pitching in to safeguard and archive Ukrainian treasures in the face of war. Parker is BPL's lead curator and manager of the arts.

As the war unfolds, this Boston Public Library curator is helping preserve Ukraine’s cultural treasures

Superchunk plays Paradise Rock Club April 14.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Special Projects

Paul Gunter.

Spotlight Team investigation

Unfinished Justice

The state’s high court in 2017 struck down a murder law that had condemned men who never killed to die behind bars. But what about those already facing that dire penalty? They are waiting.

Into the Red illustration.

Into the Red: How the Globe will cover climate change

To report on the most pressing issue of our time, the Globe’s climate team is expanding and rethinking its coverage.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

State Attorney General Maura Healey (right) and state Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz at a Democrat Caucus event in Worcester on Tuesday. In their race to be the Democratic nominee for governor, Chang-Díaz has proposed three live televised debates before the Democratic party convention in June. Healey has proposed two, which would take place after the convention.

What’s Maura Healey afraid of?

Pedestrians walks past Modern Pastry on a sidewalk along outdoor dining areas in the North End on May 26, 2021, in Boston.

The streets belong to the people

The War Room where everything is revealed in “Dr. Strangelove.”

IDEAS | MATT BIVENS

The end of privacy could also mean the end of nuclear weapons

Detail of r/place on the fourth day, with probably all the curse words redacted.

Heather Hopp-Bruce

That time 6 million Reddit users came together and created something, together

Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine's representative to the United Nations, awaited the outcome of Thursday's vote to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council.

The UN Human Rights Council makes a mockery of human rights

IDEAS | BEN KISSAM

Confessions of a professional clickbait writer

Metro

‘Precious’ Raelynn is ready to join a family that she can call her own

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

First Literacy Spelling Bee raises over $250,000 to support adult literacy in Massachusetts

The 27 teams competed on Thursday to spell out such tricky words as tuyere, saurischian, and phytohemagglutinin, according to First Literacy, a Boston-based nonprofit.

Demonstrators call for affordable early education and child care at ‘Playdate Rally’

The Common Start Coalition supports legislation in Massachusetts that would publicly fund child care, boost teachers’ wages, and limit families’ child-care costs to 7 percent of household income.

Bear cub rescued from site of Greenfield crash that left mother bear and two cubs dead

Officers heard squealing and found a “very scared” third cub seeking refuge in a tree top Friday night, Greenfield police said.

Sports

Garrett Whitlock is 25 years old.

Red Sox Notebook

Red Sox sign pitcher Garrett Whitlock to four-year contract extension

The deal would keep the righthander in Boston through 2026, and the team has options to extend the deal in 2027 and 2028.

Tanner Houck was a first-round draft pick in 2017.

Red Sox at Yankees | Sunday, 7:08 p.m.

Red Sox at Yankees Game 3: Can Boston avoid a sweep to open the season?

Righthander Tanner Houck is scheduled for the start for the Red Sox in the series finale in New York on Sunday night.

Guard Veronica Burton appeared in 86 games at Northwestern and averaged 11.9 points in three seasons.

WNBA DRAFT | MONDAY, 7 p.m.

Veronica Burton is ‘pro ready’ and eager to continue her basketball career in the WNBA

The former star at Newton South High will be in attendance at the WNBA's first in-person draft since 2019 Monday and could be chosen in the first round.

Bruins Notebook

Bruins sign Ohio State’s leading scorer to three year-deal

Here’s to giving the Denver Pioneers their due — their long overdue — respect

NASCAR | Martinsville (Va.) Speedway

William Byron is NASCAR Cup Series first repeat winner after Martinsville, Va., triumph

Business

For unpaid family caregivers in the workforce, the burden grows

The roughly 20 percent of working adults who comprise the “invisible backbone” of society — caregivers — are increasingly being pushed the edge of what is possible and healthy.

Amazon seeks to overturn union win, says vote was tainted

Amazon is seeking to overturn the historic union victory at one of its New York City warehouses, arguing in a legal filing Friday that union organizers and the National Labor Relations Board acted in a way that tainted the results. It now wants to redo the election.

Proud Boys leader pleads guilty in insurrection case

Inflation is surging, and Larry Summers has thoughts

magazine

Are young women catching ‘TikTok tics’ from social media? The answer is complex.

A woman’s reflection is seen through a colored sticker adhered to a window in Kendall Square.

Kendall Square has a diversity problem. These women are trying to solve it.

Love Letters Meredith Goldstein

‘He said we are still together . . . but not dating.’ What?

Ham, Gruyère, and Asparagus Tartines

Recipes: Ham, gruyère, and asparagus tartines make Easter brunch easy

metro

The GiveSendGo site has hosted fund-raisers for people such as Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio.

Crowdfunding haters

Roxbury’s Highland Park inches towards architectural conservation district status

Ice-out declared at Lake Winnipesaukee

sports

Tiger Woods could never get the right feel for putting Saturday as he recorded a 78, his worst round at the Masters in 24 years.

Tiger stalls out on moving day at Masters

Loss to Yankees may have revealed an ugly truth for Red Sox: They may not have enough frontline pitching

Cold comfort when shop sells out of Masters hoodies

business

H.N. Gorin Inc. and Masterworks Development Co. have proposed a 21-story, 300-room hotel at 39 Stanhope St. in Back Bay, the home of Red Lantern Restaurant & Lounge. The project would keep the building's existing facade.

Developers pitch hotel for quiet pocket of Back Bay

‘It’s devastating.’ As Boston-area weeklies close, towns ponder civic life without local news.

Flagship’s Kaleido Biosciences shuts down, as more biotechs lay off staff

politics

Republican Senators Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, and Marsha Blackburn conferred during a break in confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson last month.

Jackson, COVID and a retirement show Congress’ partisan path

At least 53 people have tested positive after attending Washington dinner

Trump Jr. text shows ideas to overturn 2020 election

Nation

A coronavirus testing site in Manhattan.

Why this coastal county in New Jersey has the state’s highest COVID-19 death rate

Police: Three dead in shooting at Georgia gun range

Doris Derby, photographer of Black American life, dies at 82

World

A boy searched for his cat as he walked outside a destroyed apartment building in the town of Borodyanka, Ukraine, on Saturday.

Ukraine digs in to fight Russia’s looming eastern offensive

Pope Francis calls for an Easter truce in Ukraine

Polls open in first round of France’s presidential election

opinion

Natanael Monroy participates in a November 2019 protest march from East Boston to Winthrop to build support for legislation that would allow all state residents to apply for driver's licenses.

Dear Governor Baker: You’re wrong on driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants

A patina of memories on a rusty souvenir

Russia’s new export

lifestyle

Weddings have ruined my friendships

Mark Wahlberg reportedly puts his Beverly Hills mansion on the market for $87.5 million

No big plans for April vacation week? Fear not: We have ideas.

food & dining

Craig and Travis Somers on the patio of Garden Patch by the Sea, their new restaurant in Quincy.

A vegan seafood restaurant opens in Quincy (and its patio is no shrimp, either)

At Ovenbird Café, a Belmont staple soars even higher

Miznon opens in the Seaport; ‘Top Chef’ sensation Spike Mendelsohn opens a plant-burger spot at Whole Foods

travel

The TSA's Instragram post captioned this picture: "Talk about deadheading... This crusty ol' chap is actually a prop from the #TexasChainsawMassacre2 movie. His name is Nubbins, and he was brought through a checkpoint at the Atlanta (#ATL) International Airport, where as you can see, he was screened and sent on his jolly way. #TSAOnTheJob."

The TSA isn’t known for its sense of humor. But its Instagram account is.

For a change of scenery minus the hassle, think Gloucester

When a passport problem feels like a parenting fail

Arts

An aerial view of the designs for the renovations of the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth, featuring a new wing and exterior plaza.

Dartmouth unveils designs for $88 million expansion of Hopkins Center for the Arts

From Ukraine to Maine: How Louise Nevelson’s roots shaped her into one of the most important artists of the 20th century

‘Becoming Trees,’ and learning from them, at Concord Center for the Visual Arts

Books

Saving the forests to save ourselves, in ‘Ever Green’

A brutal coming of age in Douglas Stuart’s ‘Young Mungo’

Anne Lamott: Finding an hour a day just to read

Movies

Chris Rock and Will Smith.

Will Smith gets 10-year Oscars ban over Chris Rock slap

Mark Wahlberg reportedly puts his Beverly Hills mansion on the market for $87.5 million

Nehemiah Persoff, one of Hollywood’s busiest actors, dies at 102

Television

Jake Gyllenhaal arrives at the premiere of "Ambulance," on Monday, April 4, 2022.

‘Brokeback Mountain’ actor Jake Gyllenhaal makes a comeback to ‘SNL’

Alfonso Cuarón is bringing a series to Apple TV+

David Letterman thanks Rhode Island Hospital for taking care of him after fall

music

The Vijay Iyer Trio.

To have the Vijay Iyer Trio back in Boston? It’s music to our ears

At BSO, a program of the moment

Pink Floyd releases first new song in nearly three decades for Ukraine

Theater/Dance

Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird."

With this ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ a classic remains a classic

In Kirsten Greenidge’s ‘Our Daughters, Like Pillars,’ family ties get tangled

Cirque du Soleil bringing ‘ ‘Twas the Night Before …’ to the Wang for the holidays

globe local

During a baby dedication at the Concord Baptist Church of Boston in Milton, the Rev. Conley H. Hughes, Jr. christens 11-month-old Julianna Ariel Williams with oil. He is assisted by his wife, Associate Pastor Moreen Hughes. The parents are Jennifer Williams, left, and the Rev. Christopher Williams, the church’s minister of Christian education.

‘Very familiar and yet so different.’ Easter brings hope as congregations gather in person again

Should Massachusetts cities and towns ban gas-fired leaf blowers?

Man goes magnet fishing, pulls out ammunition from the Assabet River

Obituaries

Dallas Cowboys offensive tackle Rayfield Wright pictured in 1975.

Rayfield Wright, Cowboys’ Hall of Fame lineman, dies at 76

Patricia MacLachlan, best-selling author of ‘Sarah, Plain and Tall’ children’s book, dies at 84

Nehemiah Persoff, one of Hollywood’s busiest actors, dies at 102