In an interview with the Globe ahead of the testimony of Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, Anita Hill said that the Senate is no better prepared to vet claims against a nominee today than it was when she testified about sexual harassment in 1991.
Focusing on the young ages of Kavanaugh and Ford during the alleged assault, and the many years that have elapsed, misses a larger point, experts say.
Renée Graham
In America, even victimhood is a privilege A white man accused of sexual assault is being transformed into a sympathetic figure. Meanwhile, a black man shot to death in his own home by an officer is smeared as a possible criminal.
Funeral services to be held for Revere man who died from shark bite on Cape Cod Arthur Medici was 26 and a member of the Marantha Christian Church in Revere, according to his online obituary.
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The Merrimack Valley disaster could give locked-out union workers leverage over a company that doesn?t want to risk a catastrophe of its own.
Owners of Suffolk Downs file $1 billion lawsuit against Everett casino Suffolk Downs is alleging that Wynn Resorts fraudulently obtained a license for its Everett location at the expense of Suffolk, the initial front-runner.
Turnout for state primary topped 22 percent More than 1 million Massachusetts residents voted in the 2018 state primary election, surpassing that threshold for the first time in over a decade.
Those electric scooters like Bird and Lime? They?re illegal in Mass. Cambridge wants to adopt rules to allow Bird, Lime, and other scooter rentals back in. But a state law is in the way.
?She looked a lot more relaxed than I would have been,? a witness said.
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Devra First
In Four Corners in Dorchester, Oasis Vegan Veggie Parlor offers soulful food made with love, along with a vision for the future.
R.I. residents blast town council vote requesting ban on Nike purchases North Smithfield?s town council passed a non-binding resolution asking departments not to purchase Nike products because of the company?s ad featuring Colin Kaepernick.
Remnants of Hurricane Florence blast Mass. with waves of rain and flash flooding The storm containing the remnants of Hurricane Florence brought a deluge of rainfall Tuesday, which resulted in flooding and road closures.
Bert and Ernie are best friends ? not a couple, ?Sesame Street? says A former ?Sesame Street? writer set fans buzzing when he said he had written scenes for the characters as though they were a gay couple.
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Women are underrepresented among Massachusetts entrepreneurs. But will a female-only retail initiative help them succeed?
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That?ll only be true as long as investors remain bullish and corporate profits stay strong.
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A new memorial for Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King could be erected on Boston Common. Tell us which one you?d like to see there.
Check out the renderings for Boston?s MLK memorial Five designs selected by a committee of city officials, artists, and academics were unveiled Tuesday.
CHAD FINN
He?s not Randy Moss. But in the right frame of mind, Gordon could significantly help the Patriots.
NAMES
Gillette Stadium wasn?t the pop star?s only performance venue this past weekend.
Michael A. Cohen
Republicans? grip slipping on Brett Kavanaugh nomination The tables have turned on Kavanaugh?s Supreme Court nomination, and the burden of proof falls to Republicans.
Stranger in the house
The US has a huge need for home health care, and many from Ghana do the hard work The need for home care is soaring, and much of it is done by immigrants willing to take on this hard and low-paying work.
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The Red Sox? nonpareil center fielder relies on an intuition of where danger lurks plus gymnastic athleticism to avoid injury.
Nearly two months after Kanoute wrote about her encounter with campus police, her life at school is markedly different.
Buyers appear undeterred by the lack of inventory and rising home prices.
A recount gave Lori Trahan a 145-vote victory over Dan Koh, who called on his supporters to back Trahan in the general election.
The victims include a 1-year-old boy who was swept away after his mother drove into floodwaters and lost her grip on him while trying to get back to dry land.
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John Paul, AAA Northeast's Car Doctor, answers a question from a reader whose vehicle's low-beam headlight bulbs have been burning out frequently.
Dr. David Longworth has been interim chief executive of Lahey Hospital & Medical Center since April.
In a mostly ho-hum night, Glenn Weiss delivered a moment that left many slack-jawed and applauding.
Does Obamacare mandate coverage of Natural Cycles? contraception app? Experts say the ACA?s requirement to cover contraceptives ought to include the app, which is FDA-cleared to prevent pregnancy. But how?
Until next year, my sweetheart In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.
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Despite debt, millennials are the biggest home-buying generation. How? Slightly more than a third of all home purchases were made by millennials over the past year.
Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.
More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
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The Big Picture
Hurricane Florence brought heavy winds and rain to the Southeast coast of the United States, leaving devastation in its wake.
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