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Meet the man leading the longest Mass. teacher strike in decades

Over the years, Newton Teachers Association president Mike Zilles has negotiated several contracts with the School Committee and was in charge as the city faced a protracted, difficult process to bring students back into buildings during the pandemic.
Newton strike keeps schools closed for 10th day ‘Solidarity has bonded us’: On a break from the picket line, striking Newton teachers reflect

House passes bill to enhance child tax credit, revive key tax breaks for businesses

The House accomplished something unusual Wednesday in passing with broad, bipartisan support a roughly $79 billion tax cut package that would enhance the child tax credit for millions of lower-income families and boost three tax breaks for businesses.

‘The boat is leaking big time’: Here’s what Steward’s financial crisis looks like for patients and staff at its hospitals
The long-brewing financial problems have meant a sudden lack of access to certain services and supplies and employees doing everything provide high-quality care despite difficult conditions.

Karen Read and ‘Turtleboy’ blogger had nearly 200 phone calls over months, new affidavit says
Karen Read has allegedly been sharing non-public information about her murder case with Aidan Kearney, the blogger known as “Turtleboy,” investigators said.

Court documents detail trail of information passed between ‘Turtleboy’ blogger and Karen Read

Migrants moved from Logan to Roxbury recreational complex

The proposal has received pushback from some local residents who say that Roxbury is already burdened with its own set of problems due in large part to decades of disinvestment that went hand-in-hand with systemic racism.

Two State Police troopers charged in alleged license scheme suspended without pay ‘indefinitely’

 Read the texts between troopers accused in scheme

Attorneys in brothel case seek private communication ‘process’ with clerk-magistrate

European Union agrees on a new 50 billion-euro aid package for Ukraine
Globe Magazine

Iceland’s ‘Silicon Valley of Cod’ holds secrets for New England’s fishing industry

The Iceland Ocean Cluster has sparked a movement that’s captured the attention of leaders from Maine to Alaska.

Black History Now
For Black History Month, we reflect on the heroes honored on the 1965 Freedom Plaza
Their names are marked on the 1965 Freedom Plaza, the circular plaza that surrounds the Embrace sculpture, forever enjoining them with the Kings’ legacy.

15 ways to celebrate Black History Month around Boston

Royal L. Bolling Jr., former state representative, on helping end race-biased banking, housing discrimination

Bolling, now 79, considers his contributions to have “sowed the seeds” for new generations. He’s glad to see so many people of color in office today, including US Representative Ayanna Pressley and Attorney General Andrea Campbell.

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NFL conspiracy theories vs. gambling concerns, and other thoughts
When it comes to concerns about game-fixing, we should worry less about the Taylor Swifts of the world and more about the Kayshon Bouttes.

Right-wing media targets Taylor Swift with MAGA conspiracy theories

Harvard’s chief diversity officer targeted by plagiarism accusations

The Washington Free Beacon reported Tuesday that Sherri Ann Charleston is accused of plagiarizing multiple passages of her dissertation and improperly taking credit for her husband’s earlier research in a paper they later coauthored, allegations corroborated by a Globe analysis.
GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

When coaching his Celtics, in (mostly) good times or bad, Joe Mazzulla’s intensity shines through

Mazzulla stays on his stars and stays on his younger players. The players play hard for Mazzulla and they embrace his coaching style.
YVONNE ABRAHAM

We know there are many ways to make a family. Why doesn’t state law see it?

Too often, LGBTQ people still must fight to be recognized as full parents of children they have raised since conception.

‘Ahhhhlington.’ ‘Mayharket.’ Boston Public Library asks supporters to come up with new names for MBTA stops.

The Leventhal Map and Education Center at the Boston Public Library on Tuesday posted a new MBTA map featuring a host of creative station names — and they’re not what you might expect.
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Opinion
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Trump’s fraud is not victimless. We all pay.

If you own or work at a business that requires capital, if the value of your home or other property is important to you, or if you want adequate services in your community, Trump’s fraud hurts you.
IDEAS | AUDREY JIAJIA LI

China’s first viral true crime story may also be its last
EDITORIAL

Too many bullets, too many guns, and the buck stops on Beacon Hill
JOAN VENNOCHI

Healey and Wu feel the squeeze over the migrant crisis
Renée Loth

Letter from Ecuador: We flew into a national emergency

More recent News

Which books should N.H. schools ban? State board could get the final word.
Pending legislation would direct unhappy parents to the New Hampshire State Board of Education as a centralized authority to hear disputes over books alleged to be sexually obscene or “harmful to minors”

Commission investigating Lewiston mass shootings to hear from victims’ families
Relatives of those killed in the October mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, will speak before an independent fact-finding commission Thursday morning.

Nikki Haley takes aim at Trump and Biden with ‘Grumpy Old Men’ campaign: ‘The rematch nobody wants’
Titles of the episodes include “Debate Dodgers” and “Stumbling Seniors,” the Haley campaign said.

Boston College football coach Jeff Hafley will become Packers’ defensive coordinator
Hafley spent four years as the Eagles' coach and compiled a record of 22-26, bringing them to bowl eligibility in three of his four years.

After months of Beacon Hill bickering, Mass. senators plan vote on sweeping gun bill
The Senate bill aims to rein in the spread of so-called ghost guns and expand the state’s “red flag” law.

Online news site The Messenger shuts down after less than a year

The Messenger, an ambitious online news site that billed itself as a nonpartisan digital outlet and spent some $50 million ratcheting up its business effort, abruptly shut down Wednesday after only eight months in operation.

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Beth Teitell

Influencers and the skincare industry have convinced middle schoolers they need to spend hundreds on skincare

Doctors are seeing 12-year-olds worried about wrinkles, and kids with irritation from retinol.

Highland Avenue is a bumpy road for Somerville residents — a smoother path is on the horizon
Highland Avenue — one of the city’s busiest streets — has gotten so bad that residents made stickers saying their car “survived” driving on it. The city says it will temporarily repave the road this summer.

PERSPECTIVE
Time to embrace the sump pump. Flooded basements are the future of New England’s winters.
Flooded basements, swollen rivers, and battering surf are the new normal in the climate-change era. Be prepared.

South Carolina Democrats are the new first-in-the-nation primary, but will they turn out?
Democrats are doing everything they can to get voters enthused. But local Democrats are worried.

Culture & Lifestyle

We Black Folk Festival at Passim brings new voices into the club

Frederick Wiseman’s ‘Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros’ is a four-hour French feast

In ‘A Case for the Existence of God,’ two lonely strangers, intertwined

Any way you slice it, indie band Hush Club’s pizza giveaway paid off

Special Projects

Lost in a World of Words

Learning to read is the greatest gift a school can give a child. And yet, in Massachusetts, outmoded teaching methods leave thousands of students struggling to gain this critical skill.

Beyond the Gilded Gate

People in and around Boston are being challenged, in ways never before, to address the region's unprecedented housing crisis.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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

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

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Don Siegel and Jerome Weinstein

How to get Newton teachers back to work
EDITORIAL

Bear Mountain nursing home report alleges neglect, overmedication
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

The time Ronald Reagan kept the US out of war in the Middle East
SCOT LEHIGH

Trump’s mysterious force of accomplishment
MARCELA GARCÍA

A small bit of good news for the children of missing East Boston woman

Ernesto Barbieri and Jess Ruliffson

When accidents happen: True stories from an ICU nurse

Metro

NH EDUCATION

Which books should N.H. schools ban? State board could get the final word.

Pending legislation would direct unhappy parents to the New Hampshire State Board of Education as a centralized authority to hear disputes over books alleged to be sexually obscene or “harmful to minors”

Newton teachers strike keeps schools closed for 10th day

The teachers have called on the mayor to allocate additional municipal funds to the district’s budget from about $54 million in surplus cash that’s typically reserved for one-time expenses.
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Commission investigating Lewiston mass shootings to hear from victims’ families

Relatives of those killed in the October mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, will speak before an independent fact-finding commission Thursday morning.

Sports

tara sullivan

NFL conspiracy theories vs. gambling concerns, and other thoughts

When it comes to concerns about game-fixing, we should worry less about the Taylor Swifts of the world and more about the Kayshon Bouttes.
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Caitlin Clark moves into second place on NCAA women’s basketball scoring list as Iowa rolls over Northwestern

With 35 points on the night, the Hawkeyes' senior guard has 3,424 points to become the Big Ten career scoring leader and trail only Kelsey Plum on the NCAA list.
HS boys' hockey: Tewksbury 6, Concord-Carlisle 1

No. 14 Tewksbury boys’ hockey packs a punch in its redemptive win over No. 11 Concord-Carlisle

The Redmen (11-1-0) got four goals from their first line to cruise to a convincing 6-1 victory over the Patriots (14-1-0) in a MVC/DCL Division 2 matchup.
nhl

Western Conference-leading Canucks acquire center Elias Lindholm from Flames
HS girls' hockey

Braintree girls’ hockey honors senior Nikki McNamee for her enlistment in the US Marine Corps
soccer

United States men’s soccer midfielder Gio Reyna loaned to Premier League club

Business

IRobot faces a murky future amid rising Roomba competitors

This week’s collapse of a proposed acquisition by Amazon leaves the Bedford robot floor-cleaning company in search of new options for success as an independent company beset by ferocious competition.
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Musk wants Tesla investors to vote on switching the carmaker’s corporate registration to Texas

Inflation in Europe edges down again. But will Houthi attacks on ships spoil the relief?
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PERSPECTIVE

Time to embrace the sump pump. Flooded basements are the future of New England’s winters.
Globe Magazine

Boston restaurant economics are punishing. $600,000 liquor licenses make it worse.
MISS CONDUCT

My new neighbors want to get together, but I’d rather keep them at arm’s length
Cooking

Up your Super Bowl snack game with crowd-pleasing chili and garlic shrimp

metro

Meet the man leading the longest Mass. teacher strike in decades

For Black History Month, we reflect on the heroes honored on the 1965 Freedom Plaza

Royal L. Bolling Jr., former state representative, on helping end race-biased banking, housing discrimination

sports

When coaching his Celtics, in (mostly) good times or bad, Joe Mazzulla’s intensity shines through

Injured Cristiano Ronaldo will miss exhibition match against Lionel Messi and Inter Miami

Revolution drawn into Leagues Cup group with MLS, Liga MX opponents

business

New poll finds an uptick in positive ratings of the US economy, but it’s not boosting Biden

Biden to celebrate his UAW endorsement in Detroit, where Arab American anger is boiling over Gaza

House passes bill to enhance child tax credit, revive key tax breaks for businesses

politics

Tax bill moves forward, but election-year politics threaten its chances

South Carolina Democrats are the new first-in-the-nation primary, but will they turn out?

Deal on wartime aid and border security stalls in Congress as time runs short to bolster Ukraine

Nation

A Dallas pastor is stepping into Jesse Jackson’s role as leader of his Rainbow PUSH Coalition

Three people killed and nine injured in collapse of Boise, Idaho, airport hangar

First of back-to-back atmospheric rivers drenches Northern California while moving south

World

European Union agrees on a new 50 billion-euro aid package for Ukraine

UK judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit over dossier containing ‘shocking and scandalous claims’

US blames group of Iran-backed militias for deadly drone attack in Jordan as it weighs reprisals

opinion

Letter from Ecuador: We flew into a national emergency

Bear Mountain nursing home report alleges neglect, overmedication

Big Brother to motorists: No smiling

lifestyle

‘How is everybody doing?’ Elmo checked in emotionally. The Internet reacted as you’d expect.

Gisele Bündchen shares heartfelt message after the death of her mother

Jay Leno files conservatorship petition over wife’s estate

food & dining

Introducing: The Globe Rhode Island Food Club

Jamie Bissonnette will open a Korean restaurant, sushi counter, and listening bar in Downtown Crossing

R.I. chef Eli Dunn will open a Portuguese cafe this spring

travel

Hey, Cupid: Which is more romantic, Cape Ann or Cape Cod?

The 6 most romantic resorts for a winter getaway in New England

Sauna culture is gaining steam in New England — including a new spot right here on the Greenway

Arts

Former US senator Patrick Leahy, with new photo show, has plenty of company as a celebrity camera enthusiast

Vera Klement, painter who saw both beauty and evil, dies at 93

University of New Hampshire shutters Museum of Art on Durham campus

Books

‘The Road from Belhaven’ leads to independence, and loss, in Margot Livesey’s new novel

Kiley Reid invites readers to ‘Come and Get It’ but leaves them wanting more

Joy Harjo on making her students memorize poetry to carry with them

Movies

Frederick Wiseman’s ‘Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros’ is a four-hour French feast

Mads Mikkelsen cultivates an old-school cinematic spectacle with ‘The Promised Land’

Black History Month Film Series comes to Boston

Television

‘How is everybody doing?’ Elmo checked in emotionally. The Internet reacted as you’d expect.

With renewal, ‘Colin From Accounts’ can continue to charm

Early Super Bowl ads feature nostalgia, humor, Tom Brady

music

Pearl Jam throws a listening party for their new album that Eddie Vedder calls ‘our best work’

NEC’s Anna Webber challenges the notion of what it means to be a ‘jazz musician’

Super Bowl-bound Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce to Taylor Swift: ‘Thanks for joining the team’

Theater/Dance

In ‘A Case for the Existence of God,’ two lonely strangers, intertwined

In Company One’s ‘The Interrobangers,’ the truth is out there . . . in the woods

‘Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight’ defies definition, and that’s a very good thing

Health

Prospect Medical Holdings wants to sell its 2 R.I.-based hospitals. Here’s what a proposed deal could look like, executives say.

Timeline: Proposed sale of Rhode Island hospitals preceded by years of regulatory fights, funding problems

Incel culture and its rise in the modern dating world

Obituaries

Dick Traum, 83, dies; marathoner championed disabled athletes

Melinda Wilson, who helped Brian Wilson battle mental illness, dies at 77

Jean Carnahan, first woman to represent Missouri in US Senate, dies at 90