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‘I had to take the long view’ — Ibram 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?

Mass. lawmakers say they reached a deal on tax relief, ending months of closed-door talks
Legislative officials did not release details of the tax bill on Thursday evening, saying they intend to file and vote on the agreement at some point next week.

FDA advisory panel rejects drug-device combination to treat Type 2 diabetes

The vote essentially upheld the Food and Drug Administration’s earlier rulings, with some members calling for new clinical studies to address the safety and dosing concerns.

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

Formerly known as the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, a COVID outbreak killed at least 76 veterans in 2020.

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.

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

Northeastern University graduate students win union election

Tropical storm warning issued for US East Coast with landfall expected in North Carolina on Friday

Stacey DeSimone, a teacher at John M. Tobin Elementary School, teaches grammar to Halima Mohamed on Wednesday in Cambridge. While Boston’s recent MCAS scores return with bleak numbers, Cambridge schools have bounced back from pandemic lows on the tests.

Cambridge MCAS scores show full recovery from pandemic

In Cambridge, students’ MCAS scores are back to where they were before the pandemic, in just about every grade and subject.

Abuse by binge-drinking, vomiting cited in alleged BC hazing
Freshmen on the Boston College swimming and diving team were allegedly directed to binge-drink alcohol, then consume their own vomit, the school’s student news outlet reported.

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

‘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.

Hispanic Heritage Month

From left: Constanza Cabello, Elias Torres, Amanda M. Fernández, Jay Calderín, Silvia López Chavez, and Dr. Daniela RamÍrez Schrempp

Meet six Massachusetts leaders from Amplify LatinX’s ALX100

Performers with Aqua Sol Serano, from Hyde Square Task Force Youth in Action, danced to the sounds of Jorge Arce and his musicians. To celebrate the start of Latinx Heritage Month, a Fiesta en la Plaza was held on Boston’s City Hall Plaza.

Latinx Heritage Month kicks off with fiesta on City Hall Plaza

The beautiful resistance of Boston Celtics center Al Horford.

The Hispanic History I Carry With Me: Al Horford

Veronica Robles (center), a Boston-based Mariachi singer, with Cassandra McDonald (left) and Nicole Edgecomb (right), is slated to perform at the City of Boston’s Fiesta en la Plaza.

How to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in Boston

Barbara Lynch's restaurant The Butcher Shop in the South End.

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.

Brad Stevens was part of Tuesday's press event on City Hall Plaza to officially announce Boston's NWSL expansion franchise.

beat writer's notebook

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

The Celtics president of basketball ops has had an interest in women's soccer since college, and now he and his wife are part of Boston's NWSL team.

The Patriots were all over Zach Wilson in two wins last season, and they have a 14-game winning streak vs. the Jets.

ben volin | on football

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.

Patriots place Marcus Jones on injured reserve Five things to know about new Patriots quarterback Will Grier

Opinion

Teens Speak

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?

US support for Ukraine is waning. That’s a bad sign for democracy.

PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG

Can anybody stop Donald Trump?

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

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

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

FAA investigating after green laser strikes two JetBlue flights near Boston
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after two commercial airplanes were “illuminated” with a green laser near Boston on Thursday morning, the agency said.

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.

Bus carrying high school students to band camp crashes, killing 2 and seriously injuring others
A charter bus carrying high school students to a band camp veered off a New York highway and tumbled down an embankment Thursday, killing two adults and seriously injuring several others, officials said.

In union push, state House aides cite poor pay, difficult work
The bill before the State Administration Committee would amend a state law to explicitly allow legislative branch staff the right to organize — a right which is already granted to executive and judicial branch staffers.

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.”

‘Euphoria’ star Angus Cloud overdosed on meth, cocaine, fentanyl, coroner says
A Northern California coroner’s office says actor Angus Cloud died in July of an overdose of cocaine, fentanyl, and other substances.

Globe Summit 2023

Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter is interviewed virtually by the Globe’s Jeneé Osterheldt, for the Boston Globe Summit 2023 in WBUR’s City Space.

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

Recommended reads

Workers during the morning commute on Sept. 19 near Boston's South Station.

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.

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.

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

Pat Flynn (left) and his Fiddlehead bandmates.

Fiddlehead frontman (and schoolteacher) Pat Flynn claims the space where hardcore and history meet

Aparna Nancherla performs three shows this weekend at Laugh Boston.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

"Olympia" by Édouard Manet, 1863-65.

Manet, Degas, and the nude that changed everything

Ms. Magazine celebrates its 50th anniversary. Its archives, housed at Smith College in Northampton, offer a wealth of history and inspiration for feminists old, new, and yet-to-be.

50 years of Ms.: Sisterhood at the Smith archives

Special Projects

Photo Illustration

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, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

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

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

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Army veteran Bob Perry entered a polling precinct to cast a ballot in the Massachusetts presidential primaries in 2020 in Seekonk.

Keep Trump on the ballot and let voters decide

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Oct. 2021.

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

Live long and prosper

Former president Donald Trump looked out into the audience at the ALGOP Summer Meeting in Montgomery, Ala., on Aug. 4.

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

In cases involving domestic violence, DCF’s first obligation is to protect the child. But there are options that do not punish the parent who survived domestic violence.

Don’t blame domestic violence victims in child welfare cases

"This city is special," the author writes, "and Boston, so restrained in emotion, deserves to hear this more often."

IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

My farewell love letter to Boston

Metro

Jango Edwards, clown who challenged his art form, dies at 73

He helped lead a back-to-basics revival of clowning, embracing a thread of transgressive traditions running from medieval court jesters to Weimar burlesque to Jerry Lewis.

Providence council president wants landlords to register apartments with the city

The new proposal would create a proactive schedule of inspecting rentals for health and safety issues.

Mass. lawmakers say they reached a deal on tax relief, ending months of closed-door talks

Legislative officials did not release details of the tax bill on Thursday evening, saying they intend to file and vote on the agreement at some point next week.

Alex Cora and Keith Lockhart, leaders of very different types of players, discuss how they motivate teams to succeed, on final day of Globe Summit

The Red Sox manager and the Boston Pops conductor chatted with Boston Globe Media chief executive Linda Henry on Thursday

Sports

The Patriots are adding WIll Grier, who most recently played on the Cincinnati Bengals' practice squad.

Five things to know about new Patriots quarterback Will Grier

Grier will likely slot in behind Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe on the depth chart.

Gerrit Cole celebrates in the Yankees dugout after pitching during the eighth inning against Toronto in New York.

Yankees 5, Blue Jays 3

Gerrit Cole enhances Cy Young credentials with eight outstanding innings as Yankees beat Blue Jays

Cole (14-4) allowed a run and two hits in his longest outing since pitching a two-hit shutout against Minnesota on April 16.

The Braves' Ozzie Albies celebrates after hitting a two-run home run in the ninth inning against the Nationals in Washington.

Braves 10, Nationals 3

Ozzie Albies’s 100th RBI, Ronald Acuña’s 140th run and Matt Olson’s 53rd homer lift the Braves past the Nationals

The Braves out-hit the Nationals 18-8, and every member of Atlanta's daunting starting lineup reached base at least once.

49ers 30, Giants 12

Christian McCaffrey leads 49ers to 13th straight regular-season win in romp of Giants

Abuse by binge-drinking, vomiting cited in alleged BC hazing

Patriots place Marcus Jones on injured reserve with shoulder injury

Business

Hollywood actor and writer strikes have broad support among Americans, new poll shows

A new poll shows that Americans are much more sympathetic to Hollywood’s striking writers and actors then they are to the studios on the other side of the table.

Hopeful signs from Hollywood

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

An end in sight? Striking writers and Hollywood studios resume negotiations for a second day

FDA advisory panel rejects drug-device combination to treat Type 2 diabetes

magazine

The writer and his dad after the writer made a hole-in-one in 2012.

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

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

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

Potato Gnocchi

Add potato gnocchi to your cooking repertoire

metro

George Sebastakis prepares a drink at Hecate, an underground speakeasy in Boston.

At Globe Summit, nightlife takes center stage

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

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

sports

Belmont Hill first-year football coach Anthony Fucillo takes over a program that has won four games in its last two seasons.

Prep Football Preview: Winthrop’s Anthony Fucillo has found new home as football coach at Belmont Hill

Former MIAA director Bill Gaine honored for his four-plus decades of service

After sharpening his golf game, Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman is excited about fine-tuning his game at net

business

United Auto Workers members and supporters on a picket line outside the Ford Motor Co. Michigan Assembly plant in Wayne, Mich., on Wednesday.

Auto strikes are expected to expand Friday with no deal in sight

At Globe Summit, nightlife takes center stage

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

politics

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Thursday.

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

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

Nation

Becky Hormuth poses for a photo with her son, Sept. 20, in Wentzville, Mo. About four years ago Hormuth's child, now a 16-year-old junior at a suburban St. Louis high school, came out as transgender.

Some providers are dropping gender-affirming care for kids even in cases where it’s legal

Tropical storm warning issued for US East Coast with landfall expected in North Carolina on Friday

Lahaina residents brace for what they’ll find as they return to devastated properties in burn zone

World

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at the National Archives building in Washington, on Sept. 21.

Zelensky visits Canada for first time since war started seeking to shore up support for Ukraine

King Charles III makes a stop at the fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral on his state visit to France

In Washington visit, Zelensky tries to shore up critical support

opinion

peggy chen

To my loving parents: Your expectations are crushing me

Middle school heartbreak, Bob Ross, and me

Teens Speak

lifestyle

Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter is interviewed virtually by the Globe’s Jeneé Osterheldt, for the Boston Globe Summit 2023 in WBUR’s City Space.

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

Kyle and Jill Fletcher of Londonderry, N.H., and their 2-year-old son, Aiden, enjoy an early dinner with a great view of the planes at Fourth & Field in Stow.

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

Naomi Westwater in Maine.

‘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

"Olympia" by Édouard Manet, 1863-65.

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

Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina was killed last June. A memorial reading will take place on Sept. 30 at the Brookline Booksmith.

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

Paul Dano in "Dumb Money."

‘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

Asa Butterfield as Otis and Emma Mackey as Maeve in "Sex Education."

‘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

John Zorn, pictured in 2005.

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

Director Stevie Walker-Webb leads a rehearsal of the Huntington's "Fat Ham" at the Calderwood Pavilion.

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

Isabella Rowe takes a phone call at the Harris Center for Mental Health in Houston, as part of the 988 Lifeline.

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

Mr. Edwards was both a character and rarely out of character.

Jango Edwards, clown who challenged his art form, dies at 73

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