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Monday, September 1, 2025
Today's Headlines
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Money, Power, Inequality

This Labor Day, workers’ rights are being ‘hacked away,’ activists say

Just a few years ago, employees had the upper hand. But today, American workers are getting pummeled from almost every direction. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Students are coming back, and that could make Harvard’s negotiations with the White House even more complicated

As students return to campus at Harvard, reaching a deal with to end the university's standoff with the Trump administration could grow more complicated. Continue reading →

Spotlight

‘If I go back to Afghanistan, I will be killed’: He helped the American military. Now the US wants to deport him.

The move to deport a former interpreter on a Special Immigrant Visa is extreme – and so far, rare – but it has sent chills through the broader Afghan refugee community. Continue reading →

Nation

As Guatemalan kids sit in planes on tarmac, judge orders they stay in the US, for now

Guatemalan children who arrived at the border without their parents or guardians will stay for at least two weeks while the legal fight unfolds, according to the ruling. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

What motivated the Minneapolis church shooter? We may never know.

Law enforcement officials are often left with more questions than answers as they seek to determine a motive for horrific shootings. Continue reading →

Nation

Drones blasting AC/DC and Scarlett Johansson are helping biologists protect cattle from wolves

Ranchers have turned to electrified fencing, wolf alarms, guard dogs, horseback patrols, trapping and relocating, and now drones to deal with the recovering wolf population. Continue reading →

Nation

In Trump’s federal workforce cuts, Black women are among the hardest hit

While tens of thousands of employees have lost their jobs in Trump’s slash-and-burn approach to shrinking the federal workforce, experts say the cuts disproportionately affect Black employees — and Black women in particular. Continue reading →

The World

World

Flotilla leaves Barcelona in biggest attempt yet to break Israeli blockade of Gaza

A flotilla of ships departed from Barcelona to the Gaza Strip Sunday with humanitarian aid and activists on board in the largest attempt yet to break the long Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory by sea. Continue reading →

World

Iran-backed Houthis raid UN offices in Yemen and detain at least 11 employees

Iran-backed Houthis raided offices of the United Nations’ food, health, and children’s agencies in Yemen’s capital, detaining 11 UN employees, officials said. Continue reading →

World

Israel says it killed the spokesman for Hamas’s armed wing

The Israeli military said Sunday that it had killed Abu Obeida, the longtime spokesperson for Hamas’s armed wing, in an attack on Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip, in what would be the latest in a string of Israeli assassinations of the Palestinian group’s key figures. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OpEds

Why are so many pedestrians on their phones?

Being constantly on the phone in the city takes us out of the city. Continue reading →

Editorials

Dwindling space for creative artists deserves a new approach

Protecting those disappearing arts spaces is everybody's business. Continue reading →

Letters

Celebrate the American worker this Labor Day

So much progress has been made, and there is more still to be done, writes one reader. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

Opposition to National Guard deployment in Boston unifies the city’s more progressive and conservative officials

A survey of politicians in deep-blue Boston reveals no surprise: They broadly oppose President Trump’s idea of sending National Guard troops into Boston. Continue reading →

Maine

Maine churches brace for immigration enforcement

Faith leaders are working to set up protocols for interacting with federal agents and ensuring immigrants know their rights, as well as helping to launch an ICE Watch initiative. Continue reading →

Politics

Federal judge in N.H. weighs the state’s new anti-DEI law

The same judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to defund schools over diversity, equity, and inclusion. Continue reading →

Sports

Sports

The Celtics sale has closed. Now for the big question: Where to build a new arena?

The Celtics have shared the Garden (old or new) for nearly eight decades. But new owners have signaled they'll explore an arena of their own. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman earned his contract extension for more reasons than one

The Red Sox know who their closer is for the rest of this season, next season, and perhaps beyond. Continue reading →

Golf

Takeaways from the FM Championship? Golf is hard, even for the best in the world.

“It’s a perfectionist sport that you can’t be perfect at,” said Rockland native Megan Khang. Continue reading →

Business

Healthcare

Immigrants severed from care workforce due to work permit issues

Some 185 personal care attendants have received termination notices from MassHealth, the Massachusetts Medicaid program. Many are immigrants caught in the ever-shifting currents of federal immigration policy. Continue reading →

Jobs

Garbage strike reaches two-month mark with little movement, and no end in sight

The Teamsters strike against waste management company Republic Services began just before the Fourth of July and has now stretched to Labor Day. Continue reading →

Sports

The Celtics sale has closed. Now for the big question: Where to build a new arena?

The Celtics have shared the Garden (old or new) for nearly eight decades. But new owners have signaled they'll explore an arena of their own. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Rainer Weiss, Nobel Prize-winner who helped unlock secrets of the universe, dies at 92

Dr. Weiss, who shared the 2017 Nobel Prize in physics with two other scientists for insights into gravitational waves, died Aug. 25, MIT announced. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Charles Bierbauer, longtime CNN correspondent and journalism dean, dies at age 83

Charles Bierbauer, a former CNN White House correspondent and journalism dean, has died at 83. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Lee Roy Jordan, who helped the Dallas Cowboys win their first Super Bowl title, dies at 84

Lee Roy Jordan, a linebacker on the first Super Bowl-winning team for the Dallas Cowboys in the 1970s, has died. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

A queer Black photographer’s journey to acceptance inspires an art exhibition about liberation

Photographer Quil Lemons and art nonprofit Twenty Summers helped create a group show meant to challenge stereotypes of race, queerness, gender, and sexuality. Continue reading →

Lifestyle

Friend’s fast-moving new relationship raises alarm

Advice from R. Eric Thomas. Continue reading →

Television

This week’s TV: ‘The Paper’ premieres, Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ streams, and the NFL is back

Plus, dive into the Ruby Franke saga with a docuseries. Continue reading →