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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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Higher Education

Harvard releases searing reports on antisemitism, Islamophobia. ‘I am sorry,’ president Alan Garber says.

The reports found that both Jewish students and Arab and Muslim students said their peers viewed them with suspicion, leading them to play down their identities. Continue reading →

Politics

Healey vowed more gubernatorial mercy. Those convicted of murder wait to hear if that means them.

Governor Maura Healey is weighing a state board's recommendation that she commute the sentences of four men convicted of murder. Continue reading →

Money, Power, Inequality

‘It’s all bullying.’ Amid immigration crackdown, Mass. businesses worry about their workers.

Foreign-born workers are being detained, deported, and stripped of protections, threatening the restaurants, nursing homes, and tourist destinations that depend on their labor. Continue reading →

K-12

‘Missed opportunity’: Some Boston schools’ promises unfulfilled as state improvement plan expires

A much-publicized improvement plan for the city’s schools, meant to avoid state receivership, is due to expire at the end of June. Continue reading →

World

Canada’s new leader faces big challenges related to Trump and beyond

In 2012, when Mark Carney left Canada to helm the Bank of England, he said he was going to where “the challenges are greatest.” Those now facing him as Canada’s prime minister are significant. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Trump rallies supporters in Michigan to mark 100 days in office

The rally had the feel of a festival. Hawkers sold T-shirts and hats that read, “Trump 2028.” Continue reading →

Nation

FBI, national security agencies using polygraphs for ‘leak’ hunts

National security agencies in some cases use polygraph tests to determine the source of leaks to the news media. Continue reading →

Nation

Police say driver likely did not target after-school camp in crash that killed 3 kids and 1 teen

Three young children and a teenager were killed after a car barreled through a building used for a popular after-school camp. Continue reading →

The World

World

Common chemicals in plastic linked to over 350,000 deaths from heart disease

A set of chemicals found in food packaging, plastics, and lotions and shampoos has been linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths from heart disease, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal eBioMedicine. Continue reading →

World

China says it won’t ‘kneel’ to US, urges countries to resist bullying

China on Tuesday vowed it would “never kneel down” in the face of President Trump’s tariff pressure, painting itself as a champion for the international community. Continue reading →

World

A contender for the papacy in the mold of Francis

Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle is often called the “Asian Francis” for his ability to connect with the poor and his criticism of the Church's “harsh” stance toward gay people, divorced people, and unwed mothers. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OpEds

Hillsdale College refuses federal funding. It makes me a better teacher.

The college doesn’t accept a penny from the government, nor does it ask students to report their race or ethnicity on application forms or anywhere else. This principled position has created opportunity. Continue reading →

Editorials

Harvard’s not Hillsdale. That’s a good thing.

The small Michigan college, which refuses federal funds, has been cited as a model Harvard could emulate. But they aren’t comparable. Continue reading →

Columns

Trump’s first 100 days: So much losing

The president has shed support and goodwill, even on issues that won him the election. Continue reading →

Metro

K-12

‘Really disheartening.’ Newton School Committee, mayor clash over school fiscal woes

The Newton School Committee is pushing for more money than what the mayor says the city can afford. Continue reading →

RI HEALTH

Maternal deaths doubled in the US during the height of COVID, new Brown University study finds

Increases were reported “across nearly every age and racial group” during the health crisis in 2021, according to researchers. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Three Concord-Carlisle High School students killed in Florida car crash remembered in family tributes

Hannah Wasserman, Maisey O’Donnell, and Jimmy McIntosh died after their car collided with a tractor-trailer on April 21 in Walton County, Fla. Continue reading →

Sports

Red Sox

‘Roman Anthony is going to be a star’: Longtime exec J.P. Ricciardi doesn’t hold back assessing Red Sox prospect

Despite the fact that he is the youngest player in Triple A (20), Anthony is hitting as well or better than almost any other player at the level. Continue reading →

Celtics

It took longer than it should have, but Celtics finally found their game and advanced

Boston made no 3-pointers in the first half, but hit 13 threes in the second half in Game 5 against Orlando. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Taunts of Jarren Duran, Shedeur Sanders raise a big question: When did common decency go out the window?

Here’s hoping that fan never experiences the depths of despair that consumed Duran, that he never feels targeted the way Duran described in the episode of the recent Netflix documentary that was titled, “Still Alive.” Continue reading →

Business

Money, Power, Inequality

‘It’s all bullying.’ Amid immigration crackdown, Mass. businesses worry about their workers.

Foreign-born workers are being detained, deported, and stripped of protections, threatening the restaurants, nursing homes, and tourist destinations that depend on their labor. Continue reading →

INNOVATION BEAT

How e-commerce sites are trying to help shoppers avoid tariffs

Popular Chinese e-commerce site Temu and crowdfunding platform Kickstarter are trying to disclose to consumers how new import duties factor into product prices. Continue reading →

BOLD TYPES

Matthew Berlin balances law and music careers with new album release

Bob Rivers heads back home with HarborOne deal; UMass president Marty Meehan bulks up on climate-tech; Wellington CEO Jean Hynes is honored by Fontbonne Academy. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, sinuous ballet dancer and choreographer, dies at 82

The elegantly refined dancer would later nurture generations of dancers as a teacher and as the director of the Charlotte Ballet and the Chautauqua Institution. Continue reading →

Obituaries

David Briggs, a music force in Alabama and Nashville, dies at 82

Mr. Briggs, a keyboardist and producer, helped put Muscle Shoals, Ala., on the musical map and helped Nashville expand its country music sound. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Movies

Francis Ford Coppola stopped by the Coolidge Corner Theatre for a screening, an award, and a conversation about life

The director shared some theories about how to improve human life. Continue reading →

Pop Culture

Jimmy Kimmel ‘can’t get enough’ of Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson after awkward CBS interview

"It’s like ‘The Golden Bachelor’ meets the regular ‘Bachelorette,'" joked the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" host. Continue reading →

Music

BSO triumphs with Shostakovich’s 6th Symphony

One of the composer’s most perplexing creations, performed with works by Stravinsky and Vrebalov, is rendered with uncommon depth and power. Continue reading →