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The U.S. surgeon general on Thursday urged Black leaders in Mississippi to get COVID-19 vaccinations and to ask others in their communities to do the same.

Dwight eisenhower. there is a whole period of restitution. there is a big burden to the incoming biden administration, and today is an important step one in that process. step two, though, is a lot of people talk about impeachment or the 25th amendment. i think a quicker effort would be a censure. im not one for doing this, but i actually now am. i think there has to be a moral clarity that what happened here, what was instigated by the president of the united states was wrong at every level, an...

When is enough enough? Were still doomscrolling through gloomy news about the coronavirus and the rest of your daily routine is probably something like mine while at home in the pandemic: Divided among streaming movies on Netflix, watching home improvement videos on YouTube and playing video games. All of these activities involve staring at a screen. There has to be more to life than this. With the new year upon us, now is a good time to take a breather and consider a digital detox. You could s...

Harvard’s graduate student union filed a grievance against the University and met with administrators earlier this month in response to Harvard’s decision to exclude 108 students in Population Health Sciences from the union’s bargaining unit. Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers filed the grievance on Dec. 3 against the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Public Health. Population Health Sciences is administered by GSAS but housed for practical p...

2020 in Plymouth, from the pad of Emily Clark Thanks to Pinehills housing trust PLYMOUTH – In January, Zoning Board of Appeals member Michael “Buster” Main and his wife, former Conservation Commission Chairman Gerry Hooker, known affectionately as Sweetpea, recounted how Pinehills Managing Partner Tony Green took the high road and responded to criticism of a lack of affordable housing with a wonderful offer. Ten years ago, they said Green and Pinehills President John Judge asked if Main w...

Wicked Local With Newton joining other cities and towns in rolling back the Reopening Massachusetts plan to a modified Phase Two, Step Two starting Dec. 18, in an email Mayor Ruthanne Fuller said she hopes these efforts will help reduce the impact of the regional surge of COVID-19. The city is also looking ahead to if and when its Health and Human Services Department will be involved in administering the vaccine, but Fuller said the state hasn’t made any decisions yet. “We do expect at some...

The COVID-19 surge across Boston is continuing and Mayor Martin Walsh said the city is focusing efforts on neighborhoods like Jamaica Plain that have a high volume of community spread ahead of the Christmas holiday as hospitalizations are on the rise. Last week the BPHC reported that of the 26,438 Jamaica Plain residents tested for COVID 11.1 percent were found to be positive–an increase of 110 percent from the 5.3 percent reported just after Thanksgiving. .The citywide positive test increase...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has notified the town of one hundred and forty-seven (147) additional confirmed positive cases of the virus in Winthrop and one additional death due to COVID-19 since our last report on Dec. 10. This brings the total up to 1,109 confirmed cases, with 196 in isolation, and  27 deceased. Winthrop joins Boston, and other nearby communities in rolling back to Phase Two, Step Two of the reopening plan. Returning to a modified Phase Two, Step Two require...

New measures are being taken to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and protect hospital capacity. In an effort to reduce the further spread of COVID-19 and its impact on Bostons health care system and essential services, Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced that effective Wednesday, December 16, the City of Boston will return back to a modified Phase Two, Step Two of the Reopening Massachusetts plan. Mayors and city leaders from Massachusetts are joining Boston in announcing similar restriction...

Boston, Area Communities Roll Back Reopening to Phase Two Dec 14, 2020 | Reprints | Print Boston is joining several area cities and towns in closing gyms, museums, private clubs and other businesses for three weeks in an effort to rein in the spread of COVID-19. Boston, Arlington, Brockton, Lynn, Newton, Somerville, and Winthrop have collectively declared they are rolling back their reopening phase to Phase Two, Step Two of the state’s reopening framework. The cha...