How educators and parents are talking with kids about the real story of Thanksgiving

Fueled by a national outcry over racial injustice and building on decades of work by indigenous educators, teachers and parents across New England are aiming to reframe Thanksgiving by focusing on the people who lived here long before the Europeans arrived.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
What does an empty chair mean at Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving is one of life’s markers, a way to track our progress or decline each year, to see how much children have grown or elders aged. It measures milestones, and provides painful reminders of its losses. There is no getting around those empty chairs.

‘Ma’am, step away from the turkey, please’: Thanksgiving police blotter
With Mayor Walsh threatening a crackdown on gatherings of more than 10 people, the police blotter after the holiday might have a little more zing this year.

Last-minute ways to help food banks and pantries this Thanksgiving

If you can’t smell Thanksgiving dinner, you shouldn’t be there, expert says

How to cook a perfect turkey for Thanksgiving

Supreme Court backs religious challenge to NY coronavirus restrictions

The Supreme Court late Wednesday barred restrictions on religious services in New York that Gov. Andrew Cuomo had imposed to combat the coronavirus. The 5-4 ruling was the first in which the court’s newest member, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, played a decisive role.

After admitting mistake, AstraZeneca faces difficult questions about its vaccine

AstraZeneca has acknowledged a key mistake in the COVID-19 vaccine dosage received by some study participants, adding to questions about whether the vaccine’s apparently spectacular efficacy will hold up under additional testing.

Mass. begins work on contact tracing app, but will it matter?

White House weighs pardon blitz ahead of Trump’s exit
When President Trump pardoned Michael Flynn on Wednesday, he did more than wipe clean the record of his first national security adviser, who had twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. He also bolstered the hopes of a wide array of clemency seekers that he might deliver a wave of pardons and commutations before leaving office.

US will appeal order barring expulsions of migrant childrenTrump utters one falsehood after another as he calls into Giuliani event in Pennsylvania

Missing pregnant teen from New Bedford believed to be found dead in Florida
Thirty-six days after Jalajhia Finklea vanished from her home in New Bedford on the eve of her 18th birthday, authorities on Wednesday announced they found what is presumed to be her body in Florida.

Family and friends mourn loss of four fishermen after Coast Guard ends search for vessel that sank off Provincetown

The US Coast Guard decided to end its search for the Emmy Rose, a fishing vessel that sank Monday some 20 miles off the coast.

There was so much more to Diego Maradona than his brilliance with a soccer ball

Maradona, who died Wednesday at age 60, played his last game for Argentina at Foxboro Stadium during the 1994 World Cup.

Naples’ mayor begins process to rename stadium for Maradona

Harvard student from Miss. is first Black man elected student body president

As the nation stands at a crossroads on race and faces a resurgent pandemic, the first Black man elected student body president at Harvard College wants to build a culture that is inclusive of all students while addressing the challenges of teaching and learning online.

The Salvation Army’s annual Red Kettle Campaign will look and sound different this holiday season

The Salvation Army’s Massachusetts Division predicts it will only collect half of the $2.6 million it raised in 2019. To combat this year’s challenges, the group is doubling down on its effort to attract digital donations.

Now more than ever, families need help from Globe Santa

Opinion

The Mayflower Compact turns 400

An imperfect founding document still holds lessons for a divided nation.

Waltham hasn’t delivered on its promise for Fernald

David M. Shribman

A different kind of Thanksgiving

Biden takes his cue from Muhammad Ali as he copes with a dope

Rahm Emanuel doesn’t deserve a job in Biden’s administration

A BEAUTIFUL RESISTANCE

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt

Jeneé Osterheldt
Candace McDuffie’s Beautiful Resistance
The Boston culture critic released her book, “50 Rappers Who Changed the World,” last month, but has long been a journalistic force.

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A Beautiful Resistance -- what's ahead

Trailer for the next episodes of "A Beautiful Resistance" with Jeneé Osterheldt.

Patriots
Former Patriots assistant coach Markus Paul dies
Paul, 54, was taken to the hospital after experiencing a medical emergency at the team’s facility.

PATRIOTS
What Kliff Kingsbury has to say about his relationship with Bill Belichick and the Patriots
Kingsbury's Cardinals are in town this week, and he'll face off against his first NFL coach for the first time.

alex speier
What happened to Andrew Benintendi? And can he rebound from it?
The downturn in his performance, as measured by analytics, has been alarming since he burst on the scene.

Rocky the Christmas tree stowaway owl returns to the wild
Rocky the stowaway owl is back in the wild. The tiny Saw-whet owl was named Rockefeller after it was found by a worker setting up the holiday tree at Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center.

Wendlandt confirmed to Supreme Judicial Court, will be first Latina to serve on state’s highest bench
Dalila Argaez Wendlandt, a state appellate court judge who holds two mechanical engineering degrees, will become the first Latina to serve on the Supreme Judicial Court after unanimously clearing a state panel Wednesday.

Oven fire closes Table Talk Pie factory in Worcester on Thanksgiving Eve
The fire closed the Table Talk factory at 120 Washington St. Wednesday. But production of apple, blueberry and other pies will continue at another Worcester facility as well as one in Shrewsbury, the company said in a statement.

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‘I can’t be late for Thanksgiving anymore. I have no excuse’: What’s a high school coach to do when there’s no game?
Usually, these coaches would get home and everyone would already be eating. But due to the pandemic, there will be no annual rivalry games. And they may have to get involved with chopping vegetables.

Families scramble to navigate risks of Thanksgiving visits to senior living sites
Despite safety restrictions and a resurgent virus, loved ones will be doing their best to connect with pandemic-weary residents of senior living facilities for Thanksgiving.

Oven fire closes Table Talk Pie factory in Worcester on Thanksgiving Eve
The fire closed the Table Talk factory at 120 Washington St. Wednesday. But production of apple, blueberry and other pies will continue at another Worcester facility as well as one in Shrewsbury, the company said in a statement.

Harvard student from Miss. is first Black man elected student body president

Last-minute ways to help food banks and pantries this Thanksgiving

Naples’ mayor begins process to rename stadium for Maradona
The mayor of Naples started the formal process to rename the San Paolo stadium for Diego Maradona on Thursday.

Boston College men’s basketball team puts a scare into No. 3 Villanova before succumbing

Former Patriots assistant coach Markus Paul dies

Penguin Random House to buy Simon & Schuster
The biggest US book publisher is about to get bigger. ViacomCBS has agreed to sell Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House for more than $2 billion in a deal that will create the first megapublisher.

After admitting mistake, AstraZeneca faces difficult questions about its vaccine

INNOVATION ECONOMY

For this VC firm, risk taking is a safe bet

Supreme Court backs religious challenge to NY coronavirus restrictions
The Supreme Court late Wednesday barred restrictions on religious services in New York that Gov. Andrew Cuomo had imposed to combat the coronavirus. The 5-4 ruling was the first in which the court’s newest member, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, played a decisive role.

White House weighs pardon blitz ahead of Trump’s exit

Trump pardons Michael Flynn, ending case his Justice Dept. sought to shut down

Rocky the Christmas tree stowaway owl returns to the wild
Rocky the stowaway owl is back in the wild. The tiny Saw-whet owl was named Rockefeller after it was found by a worker setting up the holiday tree at Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center.

Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh comes to Arsenal Yards, and Detroit-style pizza arrives in Natick

Locked up abroad: One traveler’s experience inside South Korea’s mandatory 14-day quarantine

Doorstep Market curates locally made products
The online market's creators say they're using local expertise to chose the best of the best products.

What Boston sounded like in 1980

The Cape Cod the summer people overlook

In Rhode Island, a happy Thanksgiving in spite of COVID-19
Novice and veteran cooks alike are finding ways to celebrate the holiday without gathering together.

Rhode Islanders on unemployment to get extra $200 a week during two-week economic ‘pause’ to stem spread of COVID-19

What to expect from Gov. Raimondo’s COVID-19 press conference today

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If you’re willing to see, the walls have something to say

In Worcester, Che Anderson speaks the language of establishment and the streets. As deputy cultural development officer and founding director of the POW! WOW! Worcester mural festival, Anderson understands cans of spray paint are a revolution of representation. He, along with colleagues Erin Williams, Gloria Hall, and Tina Zlody, are among the many who’ve helped transform Worcester into a city of art.

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On the Street

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation

This time, Quincy Center’s revival looks legit

Revere was going through a revival before COVID-19. Can it stay on track?

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I knew getting prostate cancer at 48 would change me. I had no idea how much
For the past year, Mark Shanahan has been working on Mr. 80 Percent, a six-episode podcast miniseries about his experience with prostate cancer. It’s a deeply personal, sometimes harrowing, often funny story about a disease that affects millions of men. The heroes are his doctors and family, who put up with some appalling behavior. You’ll hear from both.

The virus’s tale
Track the coronavirus pandemic in Massachusetts to its roots and you find a story driven by heroics, ingenuity, error, pain, and a hard question: How could a state famous for health care excellence have suffered such a vast loss of human life?

Last Words: Is death the great equalizer?
Quite the contrary, a Spotlight investigation shows. Death exposes in high relief the layers of inequities, in race and income, care and opportunity, that shape life down to its final hours. It is a truth the pandemic has only underscored — one hard to see, because it is so much easier to look away.

Comfort Zone

Amid the anxiety, a Globe photographer finds scenes of kindness, patience, hope

These pre-Thanksgiving scenes, captured by a Globe photographer, show how Boston is carrying on.

Deck the storefronts with Boston’s favorite performing arts groups

Boston BID's "Stage Windows" initiative puts performing arts groups to work in Downtown Crossing.

IN THE FAMILY WAY

Three ways to have a safer, saner (and fun) Thanksgiving

A party planner, a psychologist, and an infectious disease expert talk turkey.

Knitting your way to a peaceful state of mind

Knitting has proven benefits for heart, mind, and soul. Here's how to get started.

Cooking | Magazine

Recipes: Two winter salads and savory scones featuring kale

Three recipes from Christopher Kimball's Milk Street.

A Thanksgiving 2020 menu: Smaller but still sumptuous

The most table-focused holiday on the American calendar will never be more homey than it will be this year.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

The Boy Scouts’ dishonor

Boston lays the groundwork to end family homelessness

Laurence H. Tribe and Joseph R. Grodin

Let’s hear it for the judges for dismissing Trump’s lawsuits

The Iran nuclear deal is dead. Let it stay that way

A student debt bailout would be unjust

IDEAS | JOHN G. TURNER

The Pilgrims would agree: Cancel Thanksgiving this year

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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.

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.

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.

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?

Top Places to Work

The 2020 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

Top Places to Work

As these workers faced off with COVID-19, their employers had their backs

Dinner With Cupid

Blind date: ‘It was awesome to see date night attire for the first time in months’

Recipes: An update on the classic Thanksgiving turkey dinner

sports

Cam Newton likes what he sees from latest generation of mobile QBs, including Kyler Murray

Patriots’ Julian Edelman still not ready to practice

Taking a closer look at the NFL’s Thanksgiving Day matchups

metro

Daniel Cordier, French Resistance hero, dies at 100

Oven fire closes Table Talk Pie factory in Worcester on Thanksgiving Eve

Harvard student from Miss. is first Black man elected student body president

Nation

Trump administration denies planned mine near Alaska fishery

NRA reports alleged misspending by current and former executives to IRS

Experts say don’t go overboard on the sanitizing

World

Pope calls Uighurs ‘persecuted,’ prompting pushback from China

Darwin notebooks reported stolen from Cambridge library

Outcry in France after police clear Paris migrant camp

politics

White House weighs pardon blitz ahead of Trump’s exit

Trump pardons Michael Flynn, ending case his Justice Dept. sought to shut down

Biden pleads for unity in Thanksgiving eve speech

business

Penguin Random House to buy Simon & Schuster

After admitting mistake, AstraZeneca faces difficult questions about its vaccine

For this VC firm, risk taking is a safe bet

lifestyle

Rocky the Christmas tree stowaway owl returns to the wild

Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh comes to Arsenal Yards, and Detroit-style pizza arrives in Natick

Locked up abroad: One traveler’s experience inside South Korea’s mandatory 14-day quarantine

marijuana

Boston approves new marijuana stores near Boston College and Berklee, overriding objections from schools

Dozens of workers at Brookline marijuana dispensary forced to quarantine, limiting orders

Legal marijuana in Rhode Island? What a difference a massive budget deficit can make

opinion

MassGOP’s ground-level approach will serve state party well

A different kind of Thanksgiving

The Mayflower Compact turns 400

food & dining

6 things to know in New England beer this week

At his newest restaurant, Avi Shemtov mixes Southern barbecue with Israeli spice

Recipe: If you love to make pies, you’ll enjoy rolling and filling this flaky dough for apple hand pies

travel

Locked up abroad: One traveler’s experience inside South Korea’s mandatory 14-day quarantine

Can a Biden presidency help bring tourists back to the US? The travel community is feeling buoyed by the prospect

Here’s one skier’s approach to a most unusual winter

Books

A stubborn optimist

Fiction set in a near-waterless future in Cynan Jones’s ‘Stillicide’

Reading for humor, company during insomnia

Movies

‘The Crown’s Gambit’? ‘The Queen’? Whatever. Watch these 10 recent movies instead

‘Zappa’: celebrating a musical father of invention

‘Uncle Frank,’ on Amazon, presents a different sort of American beauty

Television

A look at year-end lineups for ‘Saturday Night Live’

Will ‘One Day at a Time’ return from 2nd cancellation?

Whether it’s Joe Biden or Tom Brady, we can applaud an understudy who makes it to the top

music

ONCE Somerville to close because of losses attributed to COVID

The Cabot turns 100 with a birthday concert and an invite for everybody

Boston classical groups among Grammy nominees

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet kicks off its streaming season with a taste of Forsythe

The multitalented Debbie Allen comes to Netflix with two holiday-themed projects

‘The Trump Presidency’ reviewed: Time to close the curtain on this dismal drama

globe local

Now more than ever, families need help from Globe Santa

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and it’s not going to be a typical one for most of us

Coping stones fall at Sacred Heart Church in Jamaica Plain

Obituaries

Daniel Cordier, French Resistance hero, dies at 100

Diego Maradona, soccer legend who led Argentina to 1986 World Cup title, dead at 60

New York City’s first Black mayor, David Dinkins, dies at 93