Today's Headlines
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Today's Headlines

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Higher Education

Harvard releases searing reports on antisemitism, Islamophobia. ‘I am sorry,’ president Alan Garber says.

The reports found that both Jewish students and Arab and Muslim students said their peers viewed them with suspicion, leading them to play down their identities. Continue reading →

Politics

Healey vowed more gubernatorial mercy. Those convicted of murder wait to hear if that means them.

Governor Maura Healey is weighing a state board's recommendation that she commute the sentences of four men convicted of murder. Continue reading →

Money, Power, Inequality

‘It’s all bullying.’ Amid immigration crackdown, Mass. businesses worry about their workers.

Foreign-born workers are being detained, deported, and stripped of protections, threatening the restaurants, nursing homes, and tourist destinations that depend on their labor. Continue reading →

K-12

‘Missed opportunity’: Some Boston schools’ promises unfulfilled as state improvement plan expires

A much-publicized improvement plan for the city’s schools, meant to avoid state receivership, is due to expire at the end of June. Continue reading →

World

Canada’s new leader faces big challenges related to Trump and beyond

In 2012, when Mark Carney left Canada to helm the Bank of England, he said he was going to where “the challenges are greatest.” Those now facing him as Canada’s prime minister are significant. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Trump rallies supporters in Michigan to mark 100 days in office

The rally had the feel of a festival. Hawkers sold T-shirts and hats that read, “Trump 2028.” Continue reading →

Nation

FBI, national security agencies using polygraphs for ‘leak’ hunts

National security agencies in some cases use polygraph tests to determine the source of leaks to the news media. Continue reading →

Nation

Police say driver likely did not target after-school camp in crash that killed 3 kids and 1 teen

Three young children and a teenager were killed after a car barreled through a building used for a popular after-school camp. Continue reading →

The World

World

Common chemicals in plastic linked to over 350,000 deaths from heart disease

A set of chemicals found in food packaging, plastics, and lotions and shampoos has been linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths from heart disease, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal eBioMedicine. Continue reading →

World

China says it won’t ‘kneel’ to US, urges countries to resist bullying

China on Tuesday vowed it would “never kneel down” in the face of President Trump’s tariff pressure, painting itself as a champion for the international community. Continue reading →

World

A contender for the papacy in the mold of Francis

Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle is often called the “Asian Francis” for his ability to connect with the poor and his criticism of the Church's “harsh” stance toward gay people, divorced people, and unwed mothers. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OpEds

Hillsdale College refuses federal funding. It makes me a better teacher.

The college doesn’t accept a penny from the government, nor does it ask students to report their race or ethnicity on application forms or anywhere else. This principled position has created opportunity. Continue reading →

Editorials

Harvard’s not Hillsdale. That’s a good thing.

The small Michigan college, which refuses federal funds, has been cited as a model Harvard could emulate. But they aren’t comparable. Continue reading →

Columns

Trump’s first 100 days: So much losing

The president has shed support and goodwill, even on issues that won him the election. Continue reading →

Metro

K-12

‘Really disheartening.’ Newton School Committee, mayor clash over school fiscal woes

The Newton School Committee is pushing for more money than what the mayor says the city can afford. Continue reading →