Today's Headlines
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Saturday, November 22, 2025
Today's Headlines

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Higher Education

Former MIT scientist funded by Epstein made racist and sexist claims in private emails

Joscha Bach, an AI researcher, worked at the MIT Media Lab from 2014 to 2016. He was hired in large part because of Jeffrey Epstein’s donations. Continue reading →

Arts

Westbound on the Mass. Pike, a ‘Friendly’ reminder of bygone days

The origin story of I-90's most remarkable bush, which has flourished alongside the pike in Wilbraham for 50 years. Continue reading →

Vermont

As SNAP benefits resume, some Afghan immigrants who supported US war efforts are denied

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act cut off access to SNAP for 90,000 noncitizens who are in the country legally. Among them: Afghanis who assisted the US war effort. Continue reading →

Health

Harvard rebuffs calls to remove name of Sackler patriarch from campus buildings

Students and families of overdose victims have renewed demands to remove Arthur M. Sackler’s name from two campus buildings after a landmark legal settlement. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine faces ‘difficult choice’ over US plan to end war, Zelensky says

The 28-point proposal from the White House — which Ukraine has said was drafted without its involvement — would give Russia most of what it has asked for, including the surrender of Ukrainian territory and sharp limits on Ukraine’s military. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Supreme Court meets to weigh Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions, blocked by lower courts

The justices could say as soon as Monday whether they will hear Trump’s appeal of lower court rulings that have uniformly struck down the citizenship restrictions. They have not taken effect anywhere in the United States. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump’s all-but-forgotten border wall reaches an angry Laredo, Texas

For as long as the federal government has talked about a border wall, people in Laredo have opposed it. Continue reading →

Nation

After roar, Coast Guard reclassifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

It was unclear who had directed the attempt to reclassify such symbols as “potentially divisive” rather than hate symbols. Continue reading →

The World

World

Desperate search for missing Syrians leads to mass graves

The fate of the tens of thousands of missing Syrians is an open wound for relatives who spent years in pained silence, wondering what happened to their loved ones. Continue reading →

World

China offers panda totes, but no new commitments, at climate talks

As the world gathering headed into its final stretch, analysts said China was showing little interest in taking up the mantle of global climate leader. Continue reading →

World

She led Finland through COVID and Russian threats. But she’s famous for a shimmy.

Sanna Marin, Finland’s former prime minister, has written a memoir in which she said she has fought to build “a world where you can, yes, dance freely when the day’s work is done.” Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OpEds

Harvard’s Larry Summers problem began long before the emails

Twenty years ago, Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted that it lacked confidence in his leadership. Continue reading →

OpEds

Forget Trump’s myths: The real land theft is in Detroit, not South Africa

The story the nation should focus on is one far closer to home: Black homeowners in Detroit whose homes have been stolen through inflated property tax bills and foreclosures. Continue reading →

Letters

The disappearing Massachusetts middle class

Readers responded to "Squeezed," a series from the Globe's Money, Power, Inequality team. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

White Mountain Creamery, a Boston College favorite, passes the scoop to New City Microcreamery