WITH PROTESTS AGAINST racial inequities roiling the country, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday issued an executive order declaring Juneteenth a paid holiday for state employees this year. Juneteenth – June 19 – is the date in 1865 that Union soldiers landed in Galveston, Texas, with the news that the Civil War had ended and the […]
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Juneteenth observances growing amid racial unrest
With protests against racial inequities roiling the country, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday issued an executive order declaring Juneteenth a paid holiday for state employees this year. Juneteenth – June 19 – is the date in 1865 that Union soldiers landed in Galveston, Texas, with the news that the Civil War had ended and […]
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Local police departments adopting 8 Can’t Wait
AROUND THE COUNTRY, and now in Massachusetts, police departments are adopting a set of policies that could potentially decrease violence inflicted by law enforcement. The “8 Can’t Wait” project seeks to have law enforcement adopt quick and definitive changes to their policies on use of force, which have been questioned in the wake of the killing […]
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Local police departments adopting 8 Can’t Wait
Around the country, and now in Massachusetts, police departments are adopting a set of policies that could potentially decrease violence inflicted by law enforcement. The “8 Can’t Wait” project seeks to have law enforcement adopt quick and definitive changes to their policies on use of force, which have been questioned in the wake of the […]
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News business in George Floyd upheaval
THE NEWS BUSINESS is going through its own George Floyd reckoning, as traditional ways of operating are being challenged and overturned in swift fashion. A week ago, the Philadelphia Inquirer ran a story by the paper’s architectural critic talking about the damage done to historic buildings during Floyd protests. The headline on the story, “Buildings Matter, Too,” […]
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News business in George Floyd upheaval
The news business is going through its own George Floyd reckoning, as traditional ways of operating are being challenged and overturned in swift fashion. A week ago, the Philadelphia Inquirer ran a story by the paper’s architectural critic talking about the damage done to historic buildings during Floyd protests. The headline on the story, “Buildings Matter, […]
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Rollins, Boston police union clash
Protests over the police killing of George Floyd have exposed a deep divide in the country on race issues. That schism is now playing out within Boston’s law enforcement community. Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, who took office a year and a half ago with a vow that it would not be business as […]
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What’s in a name?
BOSTON RED SOX OWNER John Henry says he is “haunted” by the fact that a street that abuts Fenway Park, Yawkey Way, is named after a man many consider to have been racist to the core — one Thomas Yawkey. So Henry is doing his level best to dehaunt himself. Under Yawkey’s ownership, the Red […]
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Did GOP strengthen Affordable Care Act?
Along with celebrating a major revamp of tax rates — which will generate a windfall for lots of companies and wealthy individuals like himself — President Trump is crowing about a provision in the Republican tax bill he is preparing to sign that repeals the penalty for not obtaining health insurance coverage. The tax legislation […]
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Cardinal sins
Celebrations of someone’s death are saved for the most heinous and reviled among the human population, but it is safe to say those who are sad about the passing of Cardinal Bernard Law will be far outweighed by those who will not mourn the death of the former head of the Boston See. Law died […]