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One Massachusetts town is putting its Native American logo to a vote. Residents say the debate is tearing the town apart.

In this 27,000-person suburb north of Boston, the question of whether to eliminate Wakefield Memorial High School’s Native American Warrior logo has morphed from a school committee discussion into a full-fledged and vitriolic political campaign.
As Quincy and Braintree remove Native American mascots, critics say more must be done

1,831 confirmed cases, 8 deaths, and 79,086 vaccinations: See today’s new COVID-19 data from Mass

The DPH said 36,466 people were estimated to have active cases of the potentially deadly virus, and 698 confirmed coronavirus patients were in the hospital.
More COVID-19 vaccine news

Vaccine requirements spread in US, sowing concern on overreach

TARA SULLIVAN
Hideki Matsuyama raises his fists while donning the green jacket after his Masters victory.
In his native Japan, Hideki Matsuyama’s milestone victory is a major achievement
The 29-year-old became the nation’s first male golfer to win one of golf's four marquee events, and the first Asian man ever to win the Masters.

Hideki Matsuyama holds on to make history with Masters championship

Developers are hedging their bets in a six-way mayoral race

Campaign finance reports filed over the last week show a number of prominent Boston builders donating to four, five, and ― in one case ― all six of the major candidates.

Bruins acquire defenseman Mike Reilly from Ottawa

The 27-year-old Reilly has 19 assists in 40 games this season with Ottawa.
A police officer speaks with Caron Nazario during a traffic stop on Dec. 20, 2020, in Windsor, Va.

Virginia governor orders probe of traffic stop where Black Army officer was held at gunpoint

On Sunday, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam said that he is directing Virginia State Police to investigate a traffic stop during which two police officers held an Army second lieutenant at gunpoint in the southeastern part of the state.
Caron Nazario was held at gunpoint during a traffic stop and was afraid to get out of his car. ‘You should be,’ police said.
From left, Fatema Sumar, her daughter Safya Sumar, and family friend Lisa Wang, 18, all of Lexington, attended the rally on Boston Common.

Young Asian Americans speak out about racism, call on educators to add Asian American studies to curricula

“The American histories taught in our schools are simply not complete without including the contributions, struggles, and treatments of Asian Americans,” Hua Wang, an organizer of the rally said.
Opinion: Acknowledging anti-Asian discrimination is the first step toward ending it
Elizabeth Hayden, the wife of Jim Hayden, who died on United Airlines Flight 175 on Sept. 11, 2001.

A 9/11 victim’s name to live on at Stonehill College where a seed of peace will blossom in his memory

A $2 million gift from the woman Jim Hayden loved will be used to establish an endowed chair in his memory at Stonehill’s newly formed Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Social Justice.
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FAMILY FUN

Siasconset Beach on Nantucket

This Mass. beach is one of the best in the world, according to Condé Nast Traveler

Can you guess which one?
Mass Audubon will run online versions of nature activities during school vacation week.

Mass Audubon turns nature (and spring vacation week) inside out

Kids ages 5 to 8 can explore nature via Mass Audubon's virtual program.
Don Knotts, right, in "The Incredible Mr. Limpet."

The Globe staff’s favorite kids movies

What was your favorite movie when you were a kid? Here are some of ours.
Nibble Kitchen is part of Bow Market in Somerville.

10 kid-friendly patios for April vacation dining

Burgers, empanadas, fries, and beer for the grown-ups.

A person confronts a police officer near the site where a family said a man was shot and killed by local law enforcement, Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
Minnesota police shoot, kill man after traffic stop incident
The family of a 20-year-old Minnesota man told a crowd that he was shot by police Sunday before getting back into his car and driving away, then crashing the vehicle several blocks away. The family of Daunte Wright said he was later pronounced dead.

Joe Verdone (right) offered cooling relief with his garden hose for runners climbing Heartbreak Hill in Newton during the 2012 Marathon.
Indigenous activists call on Marathon organizers to change date
“The Boston Athletic Association clearly did not consult with all stakeholders,” said Jean-Luc Pierite, who heads the board of directors for the North American Indian Center of Boston. “The BAA should consult with the Indigenous Peoples Day committees in the eight cities and towns and reschedule based on their concerns.”

DraftKings CEO Jason Robins’ personal wealth has been estimated at $1.2 billion.
DraftKings, thriving in the pandemic, now sees better odds of success
Nearly a year after its debut as a publicly traded company, DraftKings’ share price has more than tripled, the company’s value exceeds $24 billion, and its 40-year-old chief executive is a newly minted billionaire.

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey embraced Shirley Brown (center), whose mother, Delois, was shot and killed while sitting on her front porch on Olney Street Saturday.
‘Someone took her life for no reason.’ Family mourns grandmother who was shot to death in Dorchester
Delois Brown, 73, was seated on the front porch of her home at 19 Olney St. when she was struck in the chest by a stray bullet when a suspect shot 11 times into a crowd of people gathered in front of the house her daughter, Shirley Brown, 48, said Sunday.

Kevin Paul Dupont | On hockey
Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said he was able to offer his opinion on what he'd like the team to do at the trade deadline. "As far as I’m concerned, we’re coaching the guys that are here.”
It doesn’t take an analytics expert to see the Bruins will need help — any help — at the trade deadline
With injuries mounting among its defensemen, backline help is much needed, but the Bruins could use some help to punch up their anemic 5-on-5 scoring.

Pressure is on Charlie Coyle to produce

This file photo released Nov. 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, shows centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran.
Blackout hits Iran nuclear site in what appears to be Israeli sabotage
A power failure that appeared to have been caused by a deliberately planned explosion struck Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment site Sunday, in what Iranian officials called an act of sabotage that they suggested had been carried out by Israel.

Opinion

EDITORIAL

Boston’s hospitals should put patient trust first

The city’s health care goliaths should bar presidents and CEOs from serving on the boards of drug and health care companies.
An Apple store in Munich, Germany.
IDEAS | GABRIEL NICHOLAS

Be wary when Big Tech says it’s defending your privacy

A bigger House with smaller districts wouldn't be a panacea for everything that ails American politics. But it could help — including by fixing the problem of the Electoral College.
JEFF JACOBY

Supersize the House

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Bruce Springsteen, Marie Kondo, and the power of subtraction

A gay pride rainbow flag flies with the US flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan.
IDEAS | KALLE OSKARI MATTILA

Words failed me in Finnish, so I came out in English

Recommended reads

Earl Ransom, right, and his son, Jackson, pulled rocks from the bucket of their tractor as they work to repair ruts in the driveway brought on by the advent of mud season on the family's organic dairy farm called Rock Bottom Farm in Strafford, Vt.
Black farmers seek to put down new roots in New England
Black farm ownership has always been rare in New England, but the number of farmers of color here appears to be growing. In Vermont, for example, movements from Brattleboro to Lake Champlain have begun attracting and encouraging Black farmers and other farmers of color.

A ‘center of gravity’ throughout the pandemic: Meet the woman behind the state’s COVID-19 response

In charge of one of the most ambitious initiatives in state history, Marylou Sudders is one of the most powerful leaders in Massachusetts, yet hardly a household name.
Kevin Cullen

The obsession with the British royal family is absurd

Television networks paid an inexplicably disproportionate amount of attention to the passing of Prince Philip, in the US and in Britain. Even the BBC has been flooded with complaints from British viewers.

‘People are buying houses left and right’: More people are moving to Vermont amid the pandemic

The pandemic spurred as many as 5,000 additional people to spend last summer in Vermont, according to a state estimate, many of them seeking refuge from hot spots and urban congestion that made them more susceptible to the virus. Now, many want to stay permanently.

Boston Public Garden used to have baby alligators — yes, alligators — and people fed them rodents

Great Floridian beasts these were not. But the alligators were, as you’d expect, quite a spectacle in often-chilly New England.

metro

A medication abortion, approved only in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy, requires taking a dose of mifepristone, followed 24 to 48 hours later by a dose of misoprostol.

TelAbortion, with medication through the mail, comes to Massachusetts

The FDA requirement that a patient pick up the medication in person from a health provider is being waived here for the first time as part of a study.

Young Asian Americans speak out about racism, call on educators to add Asian American studies to curricula

How did a police union boss survive allegations of sexual abuse? We deserve to know

Sports

Defenseman Mike Reilly is headed to Boston.

Bruins acquire defenseman Mike Reilly from Ottawa

The 27-year-old Reilly has 19 assists in 40 games this season with Ottawa.

EMass football: Brockton’s Devonte Medley headlines Players of the Week

Depleted Bruins can’t keep Capitals in check in an 8-1 loss

business

This file photo released Nov. 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, shows centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran.

Blackout hits Iran nuclear site in what appears to be Israeli sabotage

DraftKings, thriving in the pandemic, now sees better odds of success

Developers are hedging their bets in a six-way mayoral race

politics

Supporters of then-President Donald Trump chanted, "Latinos for Trump!" during a campaign rally at Phoenix Goodyear Airport in Goodyear, Ariz., in October.

Trump’s improved performance with Latino voters in 2020 was powered by a surprising source: women

Trump addresses GOP as power to shape national debate wanes

By 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court lifts restrictions on prayer meetings in homes

Living Arts

Adobe Stock
ESSAY | MARK SHANAHAN

After a year of hiding away, a return to normalcy feels ... abnormal

COMFORT ZONE

How a Massachusetts makeup artist built a TikTok empire

Bowen Yang steals ‘SNL’ playing the iceberg that sank the Titanic

education

School buses left after dropping students off at the Mattahunt elementary school in Mattapan in mid-December.

How many coronavirus cases have been reported in Mass. schools? Check our map

Coronavirus cases are rising among children and teens in Mass. Here’s a closer look at the numbers

The pandemic has upended college admissions with more surprises and more wait lists

rhode island

Dr. Susan Duffy, MD, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Hasbro Children's Hospital, poses for a photo in the hospital's healing garden in Providence, R.I., on April 9, 2021. The hospital has seen a decrease in ER visits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
RI HEALTH

Emergency room visits for kids are down during the pandemic. But that’s not entirely good news

RI BUSINESS

Local artists partner with popular gift shop to help struggling restaurant workers in R.I.

RI BUSINESS

Consumer health care costs will not change with Lifespan-CNE merger, Brown University president says

Newton

Newton police report five house break-ins Friday night

video

Comfort Zone

WELLNESS
Open to anybody feeling overwhelmed, Chelvanaya Gabriel's Creative Dialogue Series focuses on recovery through nonverbal expression.
Artist creates a space for healing on Zoom: ‘You’re stepping into resilience just by showing up’
Open to anybody feeling overwhelmed, Chelvanaya Gabriel's Creative Dialogue Series focuses on recovery through nonverbal expression.

MUSIC
A Lexington 10th-grader named Phoebe, at right, wrote "We Are Proud to Be Asian" after the murders of six Asian women in Atlanta last month.
Lexington teen’s ‘We Are Proud to Be Asian’ song inspires weekend rally at Boston Common
An original music video will also be released at the event on Sunday.

IN THE FAMILY WAY
Nibble Kitchen is part of Bow Market in Somerville.
10 kid-friendly patios for April vacation dining
Burgers, empanadas, fries, and beer for the grown-ups.

BOTTLES
Travis Roy greets supporters at the Travis Roy Foundation Whiffle Ball Tournament in 2013.
Breweries team up for a Travis Roy tribute beer
Dorchester Brewing Co. and Worcester’s Wormtown Brewery come together to brew a beer called “24,” and $1 from every beer sold will be donated to the Travis Roy Foundation.

Robert Eagle shares a backstage laugh with the Lennon Sisters — (from left) Kathy, Mimi, and Janet — before a Mother's Day concert on the Reagle stage in 2014.
Reagle Music Theatre founder Robert J. Eagle to retire after 52 years
The Waltham theater's namesake reflects on a half-century of memories.

Special Projects

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.
See the full projectFollow @abeautifulresistance on Instagram

On the Street

A man repacked the food he got from a food pantry on Broadway in Chelsea. Chelsea has been one of the places in Greater Boston hardest hit by the pandemic.

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength

A mural on the side of the Mayor Bill Carpenter Garage in Brockton.

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation

Evening light sets upon stores and restaurants on Hancock Street in Quincy Center.

This time, Quincy Center’s revival looks legit

See more from our business series ‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

More

PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST
The Globe launches Project Takeout, an effort to help restaurants make it to the other side of this pandemic.
Get takeout. It’s your civic duty.
Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.

Boston Globe launches ‘Fresh Start’ initiative: People can apply to have past coverage about them reviewed
Similar to “right to forget” programs that have cropped up across the country, the undertaking is meant to address the lasting impact that stories about past embarrassments, mistakes, or minor crimes, forever online, can have on a person’s life.

Boston Globe Spotlight Report
Boston’s hospital chiefs moonlight on corporate boards at rates far beyond the national level
Hospital chiefs and trustees defend this as boosting public-private partnerships, but critics say these board positions — some paying millions of dollars — raise troubling issues of conflict of interest and hospital priorities.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

Big dreams for transit need a dose of reality

A bus with doors on both sides pulls into a station in Indianapolis.
IDEAS | Julia Wallerce and Ari Ofsevit

Let’s board buses on both sides now

Producer, actor, filmmaker, and author Tyler Perry is 2,674 on Forbes' list of billionaires.
Kimberly Atkins

Why the racial wealth gap hitting Black American billionaires matters

The Biden administration announced in March that Gene Sperling, a former top economic official in the last two Democratic presidential administrations, will oversee the rollout of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that President Biden signed into law.
RENÉE LOTH

GOP lawmakers’ rejection of Biden’s $1.9 trillion rescue plan doesn’t add up

The US capitol building on Dec. 25, 2019 and surrounded by a security fence on Jan. 8, 2021.
EDITORIAL

Keep the US Capitol open to the public

Bystanders watch as demonstrators march against anti-Asian violence in New York City on March 27.
IDEAS | NOAH Y. KIM

The power and the perils of an Asian American political awakening

STAT

Road ahead illo
The Road Ahead: Charting the pandemic over the next 12 months — and beyond
In this project, STAT describes 30 key moments, possible turning points that could steer the pandemic onto a different course or barometers for how the virus is reshaping our lives.

Ahoskie Mayor Weyling White, left, and Hertford County Magistrate Deborah Morrison, right, pose for a portrait on railroad tracks that divide the predominantly White and predominantly Black parts of town in Ahoskie, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (Photo © Landon Bost 2020)
From a small N.C. town to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S. health care
The racial bias can produce huge differences in assessing patients’ need for special care to manage conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, or depression, a STAT investigation found.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 12: People walk through the snow and sleet in Manhattan on February 12, 2019 in New York City. New York City, in a winter that has been light on snow this season, is expected to receive two inches of snow before the storm moves later this evening. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Covid-19’s wintry mix: Dry indoor air helps the virus spread
The worry is not just that people might mingle more closely inside, but that the air they breathe will make the virus more dangerous.

Boston, MA -- 06/04/2020 -- Yoldana Desir displays a photograph of her late sister, Marie Deus, who died of Covid-19, after contracting it as a food service worker at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Kayana Szymczak for STAT)
In the Covid-19 death of a hospital food worker, a microcosm of the pandemic
The hospital's first employee to die of Covid-19 was a kitchen worker named Marie Deus — and her illness sparked a question. Why weren't bedside clinicians getting sick at the highest rates?

magazine
The writer logs into her Emerson classes from home in Chicago.
College & COVID

I’ve never set foot in the college that I attend 1,000 miles away

The Little River flows through the Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge in Wells, Maine.
Perspective

Terry Tempest Williams: We have to bridge our divides. My uncle reminded me how to begin

MISS CONDUCT

Can you invite people to a shower if they're not invited to the wedding now?

Muhammara.
Cooking

Recipes: A weeknight meal that makes the most of Middle Eastern ingredients

sports

Hideki Matsuyama raises his fists while donning the green jacket after his Masters victory.

In his native Japan, Hideki Matsuyama’s milestone victory is a major achievement

Martin Truex Jr. outlasts teammate Denny Hamlin to win again at Martinsville

When the going got tough, the Celtics got going

metro

Joe Verdone (right) offered cooling relief with his garden hose for runners climbing Heartbreak Hill in Newton during the 2012 Marathon.

Indigenous activists call on Marathon organizers to change date

One Massachusetts town is putting its Native American logo to a vote. Residents say the debate is tearing the town apart.

How a WWII veteran from Lynn made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame

Nation

A person confronts a police officer near the site where a family said a man was shot and killed by local law enforcement, Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)

Minnesota police shoot, kill man after traffic stop incident

Virginia governor orders probe of traffic stop where Black Army officer was held at gunpoint

1,831 confirmed cases, 8 deaths, and 79,086 vaccinations: See today’s new COVID-19 data from Mass

World

A cloud of volcanic ash hovers over Kingstown, on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent, Saturday, April 10, 2021, a day after the La Soufriere volcano erupted.

More volcanic eruptions on Caribbean island of St. Vincent

Rise of variants in Europe shows how dangerous the virus can be

Blackout strikes Iran nuclear facility. Was it sabotage?

politics

Marine recruits during a ceremony at Parris Island, S.C., in February 2020. Defense Department officials acknowledge that rooting out far-right extremist thinking from a military of 1.3 million active-duty troops will be an uphill slog.

After Capitol riot, Pentagon announces new efforts to weed out extremism among troops

Gaetz faces House ethics probe; federal investigation widens

‘Do you have to go a little crazy to stop the ones that are crazier?’ Virginia’s governor’s race is a window into the GOP’s turmoil

business

SPACS offer a shortcut to the stock market. But some experts worry that their rapid rise may not be sustainable.

It’s a big loud acquisitions mania, and no one knows how it will end

Companies discuss halting donations and investments to fight voting bills

Companies discuss halting donations and investments to fight voting bills

lifestyle

Love Letters

Should I do more kissing with my hot friend?

Lexington teen’s ‘We Are Proud to Be Asian’ song inspires weekend rally at Boston Common

10 kid-friendly patios for April vacation dining

marijuana

Stem founder Caroline Pineau stands inside her unfinished Haverhill marijuana store in 2019.

Marijuana store sues Haverhill, saying steep ‘impact’ fees are not justified

New York legalizes recreational marijuana

Prominent executive at NETA parent company fired after husband opens competing marijuana store

opinion

The underpass where people used to assemble to enter the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam was nearly empty in this Feb. 4 file photo, as the museum had been closed as part of government measures to limit the spread of COVID-19,

‘Viewing history through contemporary lens’ is a valuable yet delicate endeavor

Boston’s hospitals should put patient trust first

Supersize the House

food & dining

Cuban sandwich at Deep Cuts Deli.

At Deep Cuts Deli, music and sandwiches exist in perfect harmony

8 things for diners to get excited about this spring

Chocolate lovers are going to want to make The Dean’s List

travel

Siasconset Beach on Nantucket

This Mass. beach is one of the best in the world, according to Condé Nast Traveler

Move over, Austin: These towns are weirder

Bike camps for girls, a whimsical glass exhibit in Vermont, and getting ready to ride the rails

Books

Taking on the Sacklers in ‘Empire of Pain’

A novel about theater and life in ‘Good Company’

Hanif Abdurraqib on reading poetry, becoming a poet

Movies

Don Knotts, right, in "The Incredible Mr. Limpet."

The Globe staff’s favorite kids movies

Netflix scores streaming rights to new top Sony films

Famous producer, infamous boss

Television

Niecy Nash (pictured at an LA gala in December 2019) hosted this year's virtual GLAAD Media Awards. which streamed on YouTube.

GLAAD Media Awards honor TV shows, movies, and more

Whale secrets, superheroes, sitcoms, and a ’Sesame Street’ salute: 10 family-friendly TV picks for spring

Hunter Biden discusses new memoir, laughs off Trump criticism on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’

music

BSO violinist Lucia Lin, photographed at home in Brookline, initially set out to create a pandemic project. Her "In Tandem" series evolved into something much more.

With a new series, BSO’s Lucia Lin insists: ‘Classical music is not Eurocentric’

Taylor Swift rereleases ‘Fearless’ with six tracks from the vault and plenty of contributors

Tanglewood’s 2021 season looks almost normal

Theater/Dance

From left: Michael Knowlton, Rachel Cognata, and Kadahj Bennett in the online production of Idris Goodwin's "Hype Man: a break beat play."

‘Hype Man’ returns, this time online, and it’s even more compelling

Erica Rhodes gets her laughs at the drive-in

Neil Diamond musical will have a pre-Broadway premiere at the Colonial in 2022

globe local

Elizabeth Hayden, the wife of Jim Hayden, who died on United Airlines Flight 175 on Sept. 11, 2001.

A 9/11 victim’s name to live on at Stonehill College where a seed of peace will blossom in his memory

It’s time to embrace your outdoor space

‘Learn how to garden with nature, and not fight it all the time’

Obituaries

Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark in 1974.

Ramsey Clark, former attorney general and rebel with a cause, dies at 93

Australian portrait photographer June Newton dies at 97

Ray Lambert, D-Day survivor, WWII torch bearer, dies at 100