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Stealing a moment of joy We can get back to the departing president and his deadly lies in a bit. Let’s just take a second here to mark a new beginning, and to hope. By Yvonne Abraham Globe Columnist,Updated January 16, 2021, 2:20 p.m. Email to a Friend Excuse me while I take a break from fury to celebrate. We can get back to He Who Must Not Be Named and the white supremacist insurrection he sparked in a bit. Lord knows, it’s impossible to ignore the terrifying events of Jan. 6 at the US Capitol for long: Every day makes clearer how violent it was, how much worse it could have been...

By Carrie Jung, WBUR Reporter January 14, 2021 Sydney Chaffee: Many questions to decide Just after sunrise last Thursday, the four high school humanities teachers at Codman Academy in Dorchester logged into Zoom. They were developing a game plan for how to guide high school students through a conversation about the Jan. 6 riot in Washington, D.C. Even in this virtual space, the energy was high and the mood was urgent. They were trying to work through many questions. What words should they use to describe the people who entered the Capitol? Is it okay to show the picture of the man...

Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), comforts Rep. Susan Wild, (D-Penn.), while taking cover as protesters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Just after sunrise Thursday, the four high school humanities teachers at Codman Academy in Dorchester logged into Zoom. They were developing a game plan for how to guide high school students through a conversation about Wednesday’s riot in Washington, D.C. Even in this virtual space, the energy was high and the mood was urgent. They were trying to...

By Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff January 7, 2021 Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff The late Dr. Jack Geiger and Sandra Cotterell, CEO of the Codman Square Health Center. 2015 Bill Walczak photo When the trailblazing physician Dr. Jack Geiger died at his Brooklyn home last Monday at the age of 95, his passing prompted strong reactions in the Boston medical community, where he helped pioneer the neighborhood health center movement decades ago. Together with Dr. Count Gibson, Dr. Geiger founded the first health center in the nation on Columbia Point in 1965, establishing what is today the Geiger-...