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The Boy Scouts' Half-Measure May Hasten the End of Discrimination

Dan Kennedy | Posted 05.24.2013 | Gay Voices
Dan Kennedy

With the BSA finally dragging itself into the late 20th century, can the 21st be far behind? The answer, I hope, is that the time to end discrimination has arrived. But it isn't going to be accomplished without a lot of strife.

A Plan of Action

D. R. Tucker | Posted 05.22.2013 | Black Voices
D. R. Tucker

I could not have imagined on Nov. 19, 1998, that within ten years, an African American would be elected president, and my ideological allies would respond with a rhetorical and political assault that made my own attacks on Judge Tauro look polite by comparison.

Boston Globe Sends Hundreds Of Donuts To Chicago Tribune

Posted 05.03.2013 | Media

One of our favorite journalism stories took another turn on Friday. The Chicago Tribune recently sent the Boston Globe dozens of pizzas to express...

Chicago Tribune Buys Boston Globe Pizza And Our Hearts Melt

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 04.22.2013 | Media

Finally, some Boston journalism news we can smile about. The Boston Globe proved both resilient and resourceful during the marathon bombing crisis,...

Dem Rep Scores Big Senate Endorsement

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics

Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) received a big boost Sunday morning in his bid to fill Secretary of State John Kerry's U.S. Senate seat. The Boston Globe...

Michael Calderone

Boston Globe Editor: Marathon Coverage Shows Why ‘Metro Papers Matter'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 04.16.2013 | Media

NEW YORK -- It’s been a tough few years for large metropolitan daily newspapers, amid layoffs, buyouts and declines in advertising. The Boston Globe...

2013 Boston Marathon Explosion Terror Attack

Michael Warbux | Posted 04.16.2013 | World
Michael Warbux

In times like this, it's amazing to see the first responders, the police, the paramedics, the runners and complete strangers helping. Faith in humanity restored.

Boston Reporters Share Chilling Accounts

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 04.16.2013 | Media

Reporters from the Boston media shared chilling stories about their experiences during the bombings of the city's marathon with other journalists on M...

May Dreamworks Get It Right

Sister Mary Ann Walsh | Posted 04.10.2013 | Religion
Sister Mary Ann Walsh

Word is that Dreamworks, a sub-studio of Disney, is about to make a movie on the Boston Globe's January 2002 investigative report on pedophilia and the Archdiocese of Boston. If Dreamworks practices moviemaking artfully, then grace might shine through.

Church Sex Abuse Scandal Heading To The Big Screen

Posted 04.03.2013 | Entertainment

DreamWorks announced plans this week for a big film with a controversial topic. The studio will tackle the Catholic Church's child sexual abuse scanda...

Longtime Mayor Reportedly Calling It Quits

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2013 | Politics

BOSTON, March 27 (Reuters) - Boston Mayor Tom Menino, a Democrat who has run the city for almost two decades, will not seek a sixth term, the Boston...

Boston Globe Staffers 'Scared' And 'Nervous' Over Sale

Posted 02.22.2013 | Media

The New York Times' announcement that it will sell the Boston Globe has Globe staffers "very nervous" and "scared," according to people at the newspap...

NYT Selling Boston Globe

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 04.22.2013 | Media

The New York Times Company announced Wednesday that it is selling the Boston Globe. Bloomberg was the first to report the news that the company is ...

Newsrooms Rent Out Extra Space

nytimes.com | CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY | Posted 01.22.2013 | Media

BOSTON -- Among the many changes that Christopher M. Mayer wanted to make when he became publisher of The Boston Globe in 2010 was to transform a part...

Aaron Swartz, Carmen Ortiz and the American System of Justice

Dan Kennedy | Posted 03.15.2013 | Technology
Dan Kennedy

Nothing good can come from Aaron Swartz's death. But at the very least it should prompt consideration of why such brutality has become a routine part of the American system of justice.

Romney: 'Some Gays Are Actually Having Children. It's Not Right on Paper. It's Not Right in Fact.'

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 12.26.2012 | Gay Voices
Michelangelo Signorile

We've witnessed many Mitt Romneys, but the one unearthed yesterday is perhaps the most vicious and cruel: a zealot who, as governor, became hellbent on stigmatizing the children of gay and lesbian parents, labeling them outcasts and causing them to suffer hardship throughout their lives.

How Scott Brown Found His Way

Boston Globe | Posted 08.05.2012 | Politics

WAKEFIELD — When Senator Scott Brown was 9 years old, his mother, a sometime cocktail waitress overwhelmed by caring for her two children, sent him ...

At Google, Interns Are ‘Superstars’

articles.boston.com | Posted 07.30.2012 | College

A few days before Google launched a major update of its mobile book application, engineer Eryn Maynard was handed a key piece of the upgrades — so i...

Taylor Swift Reportedly Caught In The Kennedy Feud

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 07.24.2012 | Celebrity

Is Taylor Swift causing friction in Camelot? Even if she is a famous multiple Grammy winner and button-cute, the singer apparently can't spend the ...

BOTH SIDES NOW: Will Romney Produce Long-form Tax Returns From His Bain Years?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 07.15.2012 | Politics
HuffPost Radio

2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgIf a candidate's slogan is "Believe in America," shouldn't he invest in America? And will GOP governors really turn down 100 percent funding to cover free riders at hospitals?

Obama: Romney Should 'Absolutely' Answer Questions On Bain Departure

The Huffington Post | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 07.14.2012 | Politics

President Barack Obama is calling on presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney to answer questions about when exactly he left private equity firm Bai...

Baseball Legend's Video Game Company Lays Off Entire Staff After 'Economic Downturn'

Reuters | Ros Krasny | Posted 07.24.2012 | Business

By Ros Krasny BOSTON (Reuters) - The troubled video gaming company run by former Red Sox baseball great Curt Schilling seemed on the ve...

Convicted Ex-State House Speaker Has Rare Form Of Cancer

AP | Posted 05.19.2012 | Politics

BOSTON -- A former Massachusetts House speaker who's in federal prison on a corruption conviction has been diagnosed with cancer. Debbie DiMasi, the ...

(Video) The Boston Globe Launches Live Video Sports Show

Andy Plesser | Posted 07.18.2012 | Media
Andy Plesser

BOSTON (via Skype Video) - The Boston Globe, which has been producing and streaming video clips for over five years, has launched it first regular l...

Community Remembers 3 Boston Students Killed In New Zealand Crash

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 05.14.2012 | College

Three Boston University students studying abroad in New Zealand died in a car accident when their minivan swerved off the road early Saturday morning....