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Families with missing loved ones like Nancy Guthrie face ambiguous loss. It freezes grief.
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (748+ words) Lynette Pino watched in February as news about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie seemed endless. But she decided she didn't want to get consumed by it. Pino has something in common with NBC "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie's family: Her son,…...
Could Massachusetts be the next target of Trump’s ‘war on fraud’?
4+ hour ago (917+ words) WASHINGTON " Massachusetts elected officials are once again on high alert. Conflicts with the Trump administration, after all, have become an exercise of muscle memory. There have been scraps over immigration, higher education, and energy, among many others. The likely next…...
One hidden impact of redistricting: A more polarized Congress
6+ hour, 33+ min ago (1092+ words) A large number of states are drafting new congressional districts in an unusual round of mid-decade redistricting. Democratic and Republican state leaders alike hope the efforts will give their party an edge in November's midterm elections. It remains to be…...
The questions Bostonians should be asking about White Stadium
9+ hour, 20+ min ago (202+ words) Andrew Zimbalist is professor emeritus of economics at Smith College. Read the counterargument by Michelle Wu, mayor of Boston, who says the long-term community benefits will far outweigh the initial upfront cost. My first question: What will the ultimate price…...
New White Stadium combines history, sports, and community
9+ hour, 20+ min ago (393+ words) Michelle Wu is the mayor of Boston. Read the counterargument by Andrew Zimbalist, professor emeritus of economics at Smith College, who questions the total cost and community benefits of the project. In its heyday, White Stadium was a treasured gathering…...
Kennedy Center’s noisy Friday: 2 lawsuits and an NSO director’s resignation
15+ hour, 18+ min ago (740+ words) The Kennedy Center plans to go quiet in four months but had a noisy Friday that involved it suing a jazz drummer while facing a lawsuit brought forth by a Democratic lawmaker - all in the backdrop of a resignation from…...
Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85
18+ hour, 7+ min ago (1049+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. " Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Ala., that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died. Bernard LaFayette, III, said his father died…...
How Trump’s mass deportation push, and the ICE violence it’s spawned, has sparked a protest music moment
19+ hour, 24+ min ago (600+ words) Hello Immigration Unmasked readers! If you'll humor me, I'd like to write about something a little different today. It has a little something to do with Bruce Springsteen, but more to do with tradition and the staying power of music....
‘They haven’t broken my will to protect my daughter’: Father testifies in R.I. grandparents visitation hearing
20+ hour, 48+ min ago (1067+ words) WARWICK, R.I. " A father who is trying to keep his late wife's parents away from his daughter testified Friday that he didn't believe they could be trusted if the Family Court granted them visitation. Scott Naso told Judge Felix Gill that…...
Reactions to Bernie Sanders and his effect on Vermont
23+ hour, 2+ min ago (485+ words) The first time I have heard the Bernie origin story (The Vermont Bernie Sanders Made," January 25). My brother moved to Burlington, Vermont, after college and my mother went to the Berkshires. They were both pulled by that post-hippie culture that…...