THE PANDEMIC shift to patio seating has been a lifeline for restaurants and many patrons are embracing open-air dining. But for people with disabilities, the nearly-overnight redesign of the cityscape […]
Outdoor dining mixed bag for those with disabilities
Posted inOpinion
Is it true no one wants to work anymore?
AMRHEINS RESTAURANT in South Boston recently posted a notice on its door advising would-be patrons that it was not to be held responsible for the sub-par dining experience awaiting them […]
Posted inEconomy
Nonprofits carried us through the pandemic
PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS have been lifted in Massachusetts. The crisis isn’t entirely over, but we can take stock of what has enabled us to come so far. And among the countless […]
Posted inRace/Racism
Rooney’s summer hiatus made permanent
BACK IN JUNE, Emily Rooney announced that Beat the Press on GBH was going on hiatus for the summer – “a first for us but a welcome break,” she said. […]
Posted inOpinion
Leaders need to stand on the side of science
AS PHYSICIANS on the frontlines of the COVID pandemic, we lived through the dangers, worries, and devastation of what COVID did to not only our patients, but also our health […]
Posted inHealth Care
Meet the state’s only Black home birth midwife
A BLACK WOMAN is nearly twice as likely as a White woman in Massachusetts to die during pregnancy or after childbirth, according to a 2014 report by the Department of Public […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Love in a time of COVID
During a normal summer, Honey Goodenough, a puppeteer, clown, and educator would be busy teaching and performing, with little time to spend online dating. And in 2019, Goodenough, having given […]
Posted inThe Download
Love in a time of COVID
During a normal summer, Honey Goodenough, a puppeteer, clown, and educator would be busy teaching and performing, with little time to spend online dating. And in 2019, Goodenough, having given […]
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Love in a time of COVID
DURING A NORMAL summer, Honey Goodenough, a puppeteer, clown, and educator, would be busy teaching and performing, with little time to spend online dating. And in 2019, Goodenough, having given […]
Posted inUncategorized
Some state workers get $2,000 bonus for pandemic work
AMID A PUBLIC debate over whether to award “premium pay” to public employees who worked in person during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Baker administration quietly inked deals to give thousands […]
Posted inUncategorized
Massachusetts population shifts toward cities
THE MASSACHUSETTS POPULATION has continued to migrate from the more rural western parts of the state to the dense Boston region over the last decade, according to new data released […]
Posted inEducation
Baker should protect all students with mask mandate
The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic, to protect it, and to furnish the individuals who compose it […]
Posted inOpinion
Don’t ship Emancipation Statue away
WHEN IT WAS unveiled in Park Square in December 1879, the Emancipation Group statue of Abraham Lincoln standing over a kneeling ex-slave was described by The Boston Globe as representing the “most […]
Posted inThe Download
Delta illustrates benefits, limits of vaccines
The worrying spread of the Delta variant has vastly changed the landscape around COVID-19 vaccines, putting renewed attention on getting everyone vaccinated while at the same time illustrating the limits […]
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Delta illustrates benefits, limits of vaccines
THE WORRYING SPREAD of the Delta variant has vastly changed the landscape around COVID-19 vaccines, putting renewed attention on getting everyone vaccinated while at the same time illustrating the limits […]
Posted inOpinion
Vaccine mandate worked for us
COVID CASES are once again on the rise. People are getting sick. People are scared. Businesses, including hospitals and healthcare providers, are returning to all-too-familiar protocols to again try to […]
Posted inOpinion
My spin on Mass General Brigham’s financial spin
MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM’S recent press release on its quarterly financial results masterfully blends positive numbers to impress current and future bondholders while obscuring how well the hospital system is doing […]
Posted inDrug Addiction
The ‘other crisis’ keeps on chugging along
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE PRELIMINARY DEPARTMENT of Public Health data show 1,038 people died of opioid overdoses in the first six months of this year, an estimated 5 percent decrease […]
Posted inThe Download
Boston teachers union takes lead in embracing vaccine mandates
JESSICA TANG says it only makes sense at this point based on the data and science. But that kind of logic isn’t always driving the COVID conversation, so the Boston […]
Posted inEducation
Boston teachers union takes lead in embracing vaccine mandates
JESSICA TANG says it only makes sense at this point based on the data and science. But that kind of logic isn’t always driving the COVID conversation, so the Boston […]
Posted inPolitics
IRS says Rep. Linsky owes $154,000 in taxes
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE INTERNAL REVENUE Service has filed a hefty lien against a state representative for nonpayment of taxes, but the lawmaker said Tuesday that he has already […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
PrEP must be available behind bars
IN AN EFFORT to reduce HIV transmission, the Biden administration released new guidance in July mandating that medical insurers provide free access to medication that prevents transmission of HIV. Although […]
Posted inUncategorized
Cape Cod’s housing Catch-22
MELANIE SMALL has been out of a home for about a month. She was living in a rental in Orleans with her 8-year-old daughter until her landlord sold the unit […]
Posted inHealth Care
Health care leaders back vaccine mandates
THREE OF THE state’s health care leaders urged employers to require their workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, saying the only real protection against the Delta variant of the disease […]