Sarah-Ann Shaw, who died last week at age 91, blazed a trail for Black women who work in television journalism. But her pioneering legacy goes far beyond that medium and includes all manner of civic and political engagement in her hometown, Boston.... Read more
Editorials
Our friends and neighbors in South Boston have grown accustomed to disruptions and some measure of bad behavior from the hundreds of thousands of people who descend on “the town” each year for the St. Patrick’s Day-themed parade through their streets... Read more
Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar addressed an audience at the JFK... Read more
The huge median strip in Blue Hill Avenue looking south towards Mattapan Square. Seth Daniel photo
The Wu administration... Read more
The Mattapan trolley is once again in the center of a dispute, but this time it’s less about the World War II-vintage rolling stock’s past or future and more about the line’s... Read more
Gov. Maura Healey has had enough of Steward Health Care and its elusive CEO, Ralph de la Torre, who has brought the state’s health care system to a precarious tipping point. In a stinging rebuke made public on Tuesday, Healey sent de la Torre a letter... Read more
There’s more than a whiff of anti-immigrant nativism in the overblown reaction... Read more
Concerns continue to swirl this week about the viability of Carney Hospital, even as their corporate overlords at Steward Health Care claim they have a “significant financial transaction” in place to keep the Dorchester facility and its other... Read more
Are the state officials charged with running the Morrissey Commission serious about getting the public’s input as they study ways to improve the boulevard and Kosciuszko Circle? Judging from how it’s been run to date, the answer is: Not really.
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The newly seated Boston City Council made a unanimous decision last week to elect Ruthzee Louijeune to lead the... Read more
“Jesus” died last week.
Not the historic Jesus of Nazareth, the man who, Christians believe, died and then rose from his grave a few days later. I... Read more
The Industry Bar & Grill, a popular dining option in Adams Village, will serve its last cocktail and crab cakes on Thursday (Dec. 28). The 151-seat eatery and bar, which opened to much acclaim in July 2017, has been sold to a new owner, who will... Read more
And the award for the most overblown and ridiculous non-news story of the year goes to… you guessed it: the Boston holiday party story that quickly spread ‘round the world. The white grievance machine went into hyper-drive last week over a two-hour... Read more
Can city and state officials finally get coordinated — and stay focused— on finalizing and funding the improvements needed to modernize Morrissey Boulevard? Can they deliver a budget-ready package on deadline? Those are the key questions that a newly... Read more