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Somerville learns to love the triple-decker, again
Housing advocates say the Somerville City Council’s vote last month makes it the first city in the region to fully legalize Boston’s famous stacked housing type.

Dueling letters, ‘academic integrity’ claims add to furor over Harvard President Claudine Gay as key board meets
One Harvard professor said that “literally hundreds of emails” and multiple open letters are circulating within the Harvard community, “some calling on the Corporation to ask Claudine to resign, others calling on it to keep her.”

Harvard students react to controversy over president Claudine Gay. Here are the people who have called on Harvard president Claudine Gay to resign

Congressman Jamie Raskin slams fellow Harvard alum Elise Stefanik over antisemitism questioning

A prominent Democrat in the House, Raskin said the threat to democracy posed by current Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is directly linked to the “national uproar over antisemitism."
Here’s what to know about the controversy surrounding Harvard President Claudine Gay

State Street plans to lay off 1,500 employees
The company will incur about $175 million-$200 million in severance costs associated with the layoffs, said vice chairman and chief financial officer Eric Aboaf.

ACLU files suit against North Brookfield officials over refusal to allow Pride event with drag show
The Select Board denied permission for the Pride event when organizers indicated it would include a drag performance, according to the ACLU.

Special counsel asks Supreme Court to rule quickly whether Donald Trump can be prosecuted

Hasbro cutting about 1,100 jobs, citing weak holiday sales

Israel battles militants in Gaza’s main cities, with civilians trapped in the fighting

Dedham double-stabbing suspect’s autopsy is inconclusive on cause of death
Money, Power, Inequality

A golden ticket? Not in Boston. Home ownership alone won’t close the racial wealth gap.

Home ownership is like a golden ticket in today’s spiraling housing crisis. But attaining that status is tougher for families of color, who for decades have faced an array of racist and exclusionary obstacles that have prevented them from buying.

Introducing ‘Money, Power, Inequality,’ a new Boston Globe initiative probing the racial wealth gap

The team will explore the city’s history of inequities, probing Boston’s role in the slave trade and tracing the systems that have perpetuated the racial wealth gap since.
Watch: How discrimination exacerbated Boston's racial wealth gap

‘You’re starting to see very rapid responses to Trump’s stumbles’: Biden aggressively calls out his predecessor
With amped-up rhetoric and an almost singular focus, President Biden and his campaign have been going after Donald Trump far more aggressively the past several weeks before any Republican primary votes even have been cast.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

‘I think we’ve lost our way’: To fix state literacy crisis, education commissioner says, Legislature must step up

Unlike at least 25 other states that require school districts to teach students to read using “evidence based” methods, Massachusetts has no instructional or curricular mandate.
Ben Volin I On football

On a quiet weekend for the Patriots, the drama surrounding Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick only intensified

The Patriots of old would say, “The season begins after Thanksgiving,” but this season is done two weeks before Christmas.

There’s no Christmas tree this year at the Macy’s downtown

The tree at Macy’s has long been a part of the holiday scene in Downtown Crossing, and the lighting ceremony became an annual event that drew crowds of revelers.

‘The Holdovers,’ ‘Air,’ and all of the 2024 Golden Globe nominees with New England ties

Here are all the projects and stars from the Bay State and beyond that earned nominations for the awards show.
Here’s a look at this year’s Golden Globe nominees Boston Society of Film Critics announces 2023 winners
Nightmare in Mission Hill | Epilogue

Years later, a look at the media’s sins in the Stuart case

For a time, the case sparked an unusual spate of self-examination in the press. But the questions it raised — about how to cover communities of color and about whose stories are valued — were never resolved and resonate to this day. So it’s time to reckon with what happened.
Listen to the podcast Read the full series

New ‘Frontline’ episode to explore Jack Teixeira, Discord leaks case

The episode will examine the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman’s alleged leaks of classified military information.
Multiple security failures led to Jack Teixeira’s alleged classified documents leak, inspector general finds

With Shohei Ohtani settled, a sample of directions pitching-starved Red Sox could turn

Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow said at the Winter Meetings that the Sox could add as many as three starters, but will ownership be the promised “full throttle” on getting back into contention?

Feds found an unexpected way to spy on your phone. Now what?

Law enforcement agencies have been quietly using court orders to scoop up “push notification” data collected by Apple and Google, while banning the companies from revealing that they were sharing the data, according to a US senator.
Opinion
Steven Pinker

Rescuing universities from themselves: A five-point plan

For universities to have a leg to stand on when they try to stand on principle, they must embark on a long-term plan to undo the damage they have inflicted on themselves. This includes Harvard.
Rajiv J. Shah

The only way to prevent the worst of climate change
Tim Fitzgerald

Is CO2 the only carbon we should be focused on?
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Des Fitzgerald thinks the ‘green city’ is a crock
EDITORIAL

On antisemitism, university presidents needed moral clarity, not legal ambiguity
Beyond the Gilded Gate

Reimagining an American ideal

California is trying to tackle its housing crisis by rethinking the traditional single-family home. Why isn’t Massachusetts?

Explore the project

More recent News

Brain sample from Maine gunman to be examined at Boston University for injury related to Army Reserves

The state’s chief medical examiner wants to know if a brain injury stemming from the gunman's military service could have contributed to unusual behavior he exhibited leading up to the Oct. 25 shootings.
Did Army blast exposure play a role in the Maine gunman’s rampage?

N.H. man suffers life-threatening leg injury in avalanche on Mount Washington

A skier suffered a life-threatening leg injury Saturday when he was caught in an avalanche on Mount Washington, officials said Monday.

With warning letter to FTC, Markey wades into competitive electric supplier debate

The key question facing policymakers: how to ensure consumers benefit from the electricity deregulation that took place roughly 25 years ago.

Watertown police seek man who allegedly followed woman home, tried to break in
The woman arrived at her Laurel Street home at about 3:45 a.m. As she was arriving, the man followed her and hid in her driveway behind one of her cars, police said.

US expands free, at-home testing and treatment for COVID and flu
As COVID and influenza cases rise, more qualify for free testing, telehealth visits and treatment.

Biden administration says N.H. computer chip plant the first to get funding from CHIPS law
This would be the initial allocation of incentives from last year’s bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, which provides more than $52 billion to boost the development and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States.

Globe Santa

The impact of COVID lingers on
Fallout from the COVID pandemic still lingers as families face reduced income.

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Larry Edelman | Trendlines

There’s no relief in sight for Boston renters

Rent growth accelerated this year. Next year won’t be much different.

A Cambridge man is trying to photograph 8,000 strangers, and is learning a lot about humans doing it
Photographer Gregory Scott Katsoulis started his series in 2009 with the goal of taking 100 black-and-white portraits.

While high-tech agricultural startups wilt, Little Leaf Farms flourishes
Like the vegetable it carefully nurtures in Devens, the company has proven indoor farming can succeed — but only under specific conditions.

PARENTING UNFILTERED
Inside the middle-class world of college budgeting
“It’s like buying a pair of leggings. Are you going to buy the $130 ones at Lululemon? Or are the $19 ones in Marshalls going to last you just as long?” We talk to the experts.

Culture & Lifestyle

Mariah Carey’s 1994 hit ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ still dominates the holiday charts

Anjimile’s searing songcraft on full display in the singer’s return to Boston

Latina women command center stage in ART’s ‘Real Women Have Curves’

‘The Boy and the Heron’: a magical Miyazaki mystery tour

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

JEFF JACOBY

What Hamas can learn from Hanukkah

EDITORIAL

Help more students complete financial aid forms
RENÉE GRAHAM

‘The way my sibling moved in life, it was . . . take it or leave it: “This is how I am.”’
SCOT LEHIGH

Why New Hampshire matters more than Iowa

Alex Beam

Politicians look to God and the Bible to do their heavy lifting
CARINE HAJJAR

I watched the Oct. 7 video. I don’t know how anyone can say Hamas are freedom fighters.

Metro

ENVIRONMENT

Florida company may be fined $110k for clear-cutting protected mangrove trees

Rhode Island businessman Michael Mota told Florida Department of Environmental Protection investigators in May that he represented the resort’s owner. He blamed the cut trees on storm damage.
As I see it

Lifting spirits in the dark

“As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. This week Grossfeld takes a stroll in downtown Boston on long winter nights.
RI TRANSPORTATION

RIDOT to close Washington Bridge westbound due to ‘critical failure’

The state plans to shift traffic to two lanes on the eastbound side of the bridge, which will require the closure of two lanes of I-195 East beginning Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the area India Street (Exit 1A).

N.H. man suffers life-threatening leg injury in avalanche on Mount Washington

A skier suffered a life-threatening leg injury Saturday when he was caught in an avalanche on Mount Washington, officials said Monday.

Sports

RED SOX

With Shohei Ohtani settled, a sample of directions pitching-starved Red Sox could turn

Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow said at the Winter Meetings that the Sox could add as many as three starters, but will ownership be the promised “full throttle” on getting back into contention?
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

Inspirational Obbie Luciano leads Lawrence boys’ basketball on & off the court

The Lancers senior captain is an ace student who will likely be his Class Valedictorian, while on the court he's a 6-foot-3 wing that can shine at both ends of the floor.
Revolution

The Revolution ended the season in disarray and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. So why are fans more excited than ever?

Despite a late-season collapse, the Revolution have established an appealing style of play, making four playoff appearances in the last five years.
Men's college hockey notebook

There may have been only one Hockey East game this past weekend, but it was a doozy
Celtics notebook

Celtic Sam Hauser provides a firsthand update on second-round pick Jordan Walsh at G League Maine
Bruins notebook

Bruins coach Jim Montgomery has some advice for rookie Matt Poitras: Most of all, smile

Business

RI BUSINESS

Hasbro cutting about 1,100 jobs, citing weak holiday sales

Hasbro also said it won’t renew a lease in January 2025 on an office building in Providence, and will relocate employees based there to its nearby headquarters in Pawtucket.

With warning letter to FTC, Markey wades into competitive electric supplier debate

The key question facing policymakers: how to ensure consumers benefit from the electricity deregulation that took place roughly 25 years ago.

Microsoft and labor unions form ‘historic’ alliance on AI
TALKING POINTS

Mass. DOT gets grant to expand rail service
magazine
PERSPECTIVE

As a scientist and patient, I’ll always take part in medical trials

COOKING

Recipes: Savory pancakes can feature everything from vegetables to dairy to spices
Top Places to Work

The case of the disappearing dress code at work

2023

Top Places to Work in Massachusetts 2023: Explore the winners lists and more

metro

‘I think we’ve lost our way’: To fix state literacy crisis, education commissioner says, Legislature must step up

Lawmakers seeking to protect N.H. abortion rights push back on proposed 15-day ban

N.H. man accused of threatening to ‘kill everyone’ at GOP presidential candidate event

sports

EMass boys’ basketball: St. Mary’s on the rise to No. 11 in Globe Top 20 with win over Andover

On a quiet weekend for the Patriots, the drama surrounding Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick only intensified

How a life-changing diagnosis helped Boston College guard Mason Madsen return to form

business

Under Calderón-Rosado, IBA makes fund-raising progress for new South End cultural center

What ails offshore wind: Supply chains, ships and interest rates

Feds found an unexpected way to spy on your phone. Now what?

politics

N.H. man accused of threatening to ‘kill everyone’ at GOP presidential candidate event

Air Force disciplines 15 as inspector general finds that security failures led to massive classified documents leak

Special counsel asks Supreme Court to rule quickly whether Donald Trump can be prosecuted

Nation

Inside the chaotic struggle for power at Penn

Endangered species list grows by 2,000. Climate change is part of the problem

Texas woman who sought court permission for abortion leaves state for the procedure, attorneys say

World

As COP28 nears finish, critics say proposal ‘doesn’t even come close’ to what’s needed on climate

Jubilation and high expectations as Poland marks end of right-wing rule

As Zelensky heads to Washington, Russia targets Kyiv with missiles

opinion

A man analyzes abortion data. Three women have words.

Crux of freewill debate is in how we approach restorative justice

Pine Street Inn played a key role in Back Bay housing advance

lifestyle

What did you Google in 2023? ‘Barbie,’ Israel-Hamas war are among the year’s top internet searches.

Kristin Wagner’s ‘For you, I dream of me’ reclaims female agency from the confines of fairy tales

A Cambridge man is trying to photograph 8,000 strangers, and is learning a lot about humans doing it

food & dining

Darryl’s Corner Bar & Kitchen will close New Year’s Eve for a major refresh

Recipes: Savory pancakes can feature everything from vegetables to dairy to spices

The one where we try Central Perk

travel

Holiday crowds at airports and on highways are expected to be even bigger than last year

New York is great at the holidays. In the dead of winter, it’s even better.

A Green Mountains escape, a California escape, and a kit with road trip essentials

Arts

Photographic inwardness, photographic outwardness

Five art experiences that resonated in 2023

‘She’s got it right’: Healey hangs two MFA paintings by Black artists in her State House office

Books

For the pilgrims of Gabriel Bump’s ‘The New Naturals,’ change is the only constant

New book offers glimpse of history behind Cambridge’s Andover Shop; launch celebration for poet David Ferry’s posthumous collection on Dec. 13; local press publishes contemporary Korean poetry series

Author readings around Boston through Dec. 16

Movies

Boston Society of Film Critics announces 2023 winners

‘The Holdovers,’ ‘Air,’ and all of the 2024 Golden Globe nominees with New England ties

‘Barbie’ leads Golden Globe nominations, followed closely by ‘Oppenheimer’

Television

New ‘Frontline’ episode to explore Jack Teixeira, Discord leaks case

‘The Holdovers,’ ‘Air,’ and all of the 2024 Golden Globe nominees with New England ties

Here’s a look at this year’s Golden Globe nominees

music

Pianist Jeremy Denk proves the new — and acoustically stunning — Meadow Hall is worth the schlep

Mariah Carey’s 1994 hit ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ still dominates the holiday charts

Anjimile’s searing songcraft on full display in the singer’s return to Boston

Theater/Dance

Song by song, ‘Legally Blonde’ builds a case for frivolous fun

For 20 years, a Boston theater company has been opening a window into Indian culture

For these actors, change was a constant in 2023

Health

CVS to launch new pharmacy reimbursement model aimed at simplifying drug pricing

Many Americans ration insulin to save money. One nonprofit is trying to make the life-saving drug more affordable.

In R.I., there’s a lack of dentists caring for patients with special needs. This program is trying to change that.

Obituaries

Willard Johnson, pathbreaking MIT professor and anti-apartheid activist, dies at 87

Frank Wycheck, who threw the lateral in ‘Music City Miracle,’ dies at age of 52

Isabella de la Houssaye, athlete who endured against the odds, dies at 59