City Council, Gov. Baker have the power to force universities—Harvard, MIT, and Lesley—and hotels to provide better alternatives
COVID-19
GUARD YOUR GRILL: MAIL-ORDER MASK MAKERS HAVE MASS COVERED DURING COVID CRISIS
Your friend who was talking a little too fast or that jogger panting "excuse me" on the bike path might be the asymptomatic carrier you've been trying to avoid. Unfortunately, it's next to impossible for Boston area residents to buy proper surgical masks locally. And businesses where you would expect to be able to find cloth masks either aren't selling them to the general public—or aren't making them at all.
AUDIO: DRASTIC RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASES DEMAND FOR FOOD AID
Mass layoffs cause hunger as charities face declining volunteer numbers due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Listen for the current state of food insecurity in Boston.
SOMERVILLE: THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS… AND NEW FRIENDS
Plague Journal 1: It is at once a detailed narration of human dynamics within a quarantined and imperiled population, and a metaphor for the moral choices presented by human existence. For Camus, the plague is the human condition in which random death can be visited on any of us at any time, without reason, and regardless of our virtues.
LETTER: ARLINGTON DENTS DEMOCRACY BY DELAYING ELECTION WITHOUT PLAN
Arlington Select Board meeting made a mockery of what it means to have an open, transparent and democratic Town government
EDITORIAL: COVER YOUR FACES, MASSHOLES!
For a smart state, too many Mass residents are stupid when it comes to public health
MASSACHUSETTS WAS NOT READY FOR THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
But we can be ready for the next one
LETTER FROM STATE, CITY OFFICIALS PUSHES BAKER FOR MORE AGGRESSIVE ACTION ON COVID-19 CRISIS
36 signatories so far
INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF BOSTON
Help them fight COVID-19
COVID-19 CRASH COURSE FOR SMALL BIZ PAYROLL PROTECTION PLAN APPLICANTS
It is the third in a series of coronavirus bills and likely not the last, but so far it is the biggest and most misinterpreted.