Comedy is in the eye of the beholder. This wasn’t funny. ABC canceled the wildly popular reboot of the “Roseanne” show after its namesake, Roseanne Barr, tweeted out a stunningly tasteless and […]
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Posted inEnvironment
Harbor-wide dikes get thumbs down
A NEW ANALYSIS SUGGESTS incremental, shore-based initiatives are more practical and cost-effective in addressing sea level rise in Boston than harbor-wide dikes or barrier systems. The study addresses a debate […]
Posted inEducation
At UMass Amherst, admission easier for out-of-state applicants
THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST has been so aggressive in recruiting out-of-state students that it’s now easier for those students to gain admission than it is for in-state students, according […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Episode 99: Bus renaissance underway?
Buses aren’t as sexy as new Orange Line cars or the extension of the Green Line into Somerville and Medford. But they are a lot cheaper to buy and much […]
Posted inTransportation
Bus renaissance underway?
Buses aren’t as sexy as new Orange Line cars or the extension of the Green Line into Somerville and Medford. But they are a lot cheaper to buy and much […]
Posted inThe Download
The Codcast: Bus renaissance underway?
Buses aren’t as sexy as new Orange Line cars or the extension of the Green Line into Somerville and Medford. But they are a lot cheaper to buy and much […]
Posted inOpinion
Getting the CA, NJ perspective on millionaire tax
AS MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS weigh a ballot initiative to raise the tax rate on personal income over $1 million, the experience of other states can provide important insights about the likely […]
Posted inOpinion
MBTA’s unfair rail fares need to change
EVERY DAY, more than 100,000 people ride the commuter rail in and around Boston, headed not just to work, but also to shop, spend time with family and friends, make […]
Posted inUncategorized
Globe sues ex-employee over sex harassment claims
THE BOSTON GLOBE filed suit Friday against a former reporter and editor to compel her to release the full text she said the paper’s editor, Brian McGrory, sent to her […]
Posted inEducation
The Mount Ida Rorschach test
TWO MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGES announced plans to close this year. The demise of Atlantic Union College in Lancaster went virtually unnoticed. The closure of Mount Ida College in Newton has created […]
Posted inNews Analysis
‘A surprisingly good idea’ from the T
THE MBTA may finally be starting to get it. After years and years of running weekend commuter rail trains that very few people ride, the T this week decided to […]
Posted inThe Download
‘A surprisingly good idea’ from the T
The MBTA may finally be starting to get it. After years and years of running weekend commuter rail trains that very few people ride, the T this week decided to […]
Posted inUncategorized
Ex-reporter threatens Globe with more revelations
A FORMER REPORTER and editor who accused Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory of sending her an unwanted sexually suggestive text is hinting she has more to reveal about the culture […]
Posted inEducation
Tracing Latino educational inequality
MASSACHUSETTS IS FALLING FAR SHORT when it comes to educating Latino students, with a four-year college graduation gap between white and Latino students that is the 37th worst in the […]
Posted inGambling
Casino notes: MGM seeks later ‘last call’
THE MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION is treading cautiously with a request from MGM Resorts to serve alcohol until 4 a.m. on the gambling floor of its soon-to-open Springfield casino. MGM is […]
Posted inPolitics
NFL owners yield to Trump, bottom line
In the end, the megamillionaire NFL owners decided to take a knee. Not a knee of protest or principle, as some of their employees pursued last season, but a knee […]
Posted inThe Download
NFL owners yield to Trump, bottom line
In the end, the megamillionaire NFL owners decided to take a knee. Not a knee of protest or principle, as some of their employees pursued last season, but a knee […]
Posted inEducation
Report rips Boston record with ‘off-track’ high school students
A DECADE AFTER a report found that one of every five students in Boston Public Schools had fallen “off track” to graduate from high school, a new study finds that […]
Posted inEnvironment
Some Mainers question hydro-electricity line for MA
MAINE, JUST LIKE NEW HAMPSHIRE, seems to be having some second thoughts about a transmission line selected by Massachusetts to carry hydro-electricity from Quebec into New England. Four key lawmakers […]
Posted inUncategorized
Globe execs probing McGrory text allegations
THE BOSTON GLOBE’s top officials told staffers on Wednesday that they are investigating allegations that editor Brian McGrory sent an inappropriate text to a former reporter but so far have […]
Posted inEnvironment
Baker makes bold bet on offshore wind
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION placed a bold bet on the economic and environmental benefits of offshore wind Wednesday, selecting one company to build an 800 megawatt wind farm off the coast […]
Posted inThe Download
Conflicted about McGrory accusations
Wednesday’s Boston Globe had a story inside Metro about noted Harvard economist Roland Fryer being investigated for sexual harassment. It was not an unusual story for the paper to cover, […]
Posted inEnvironment
NH court OKs novel pipeline financing approach
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SUPREME COURT took a very different stand than its counterpart in Massachusetts on Tuesday, ruling that electric utilities in the Granite State could tap their ratepayers for […]
Posted inUncategorized
Globe editor accused of sending sexually suggestive text
A FORMER REPORTER for the Boston Globe is claiming Brian McGrory, the paper’s current editor, sent her an unsolicited, sexually suggestive text. Hilary Sargent, who started at the Globe in […]