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The Community Health Partners' Mobile Health Unit team administered vaccines to counselors at Camp Winadu on Tuesday afternoon in Pittsfield. CHP's mobile health team makes stops all over the county, focusing on the vaccine hesitant population.

Million dollar COVID vaccine lotteries grab attention, but cheaper, targeted approaches may be just as successful

While big-payoff sweepstakes have boosted turnout, other much lower-cost and low-key approaches can also be effective, researchers say.

See today’s new COVID-19 data from Mass.

Part 6: The case for prosecuting Donald Trump
Saving American democracy for the long run requires a clear condemnation of the Trump presidency. That means making clear that no one is above the law.

A BEAUTIFUL RESISTANCE | Jeneé Osterheldt
Juneteenth and the meaning of Black liberation in Boston
As we celebrate the freedom of enslaved people in America, we consider what it means to be Black and free.

Coach’s SafeSport suspension is 14th sexual misconduct punishment in Massachusetts youth hockey

No Olympic development sport in Massachusetts has had more individuals in its ranks sanctioned for sexual misconduct than ice hockey.

Police arrest 1 of 2 in Austin mass shooting that wounded 14

Police have arrested one suspect and are searching for another after a mass shooting on a crowded downtown Austin street left 14 people wounded early Saturday, two of them critically.

Gas explosion in northern China kills at least 12

At least 12 people were killed and 39 seriously injured Sunday after a gas line explosion tore through a residential neighborhood in central China.

Peter Abraham | BLUE JAYS 7, RED SOX 2
Nick Pivetta struggles in yet another rough outing for Red Sox starters, but its too early to worry
Red Sox starters have given up 27 earned runs on 40 hits over only 22 2/3 innings in the last five games.

NESN’s Jerry Remy ‘doing much better’ after leaving Friday’s Red Sox broadcast and being admitted to hospital

Fifty years later, Pentagon Papers still speak loudly about war and government untruths

Matty Pugdashian, a pug, rested following their breed judging at the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Tarrytown, N.Y.

Photos: From bulldogs to greyhounds, pooches compete in the Annual Westminster Dog Show

Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting

BLIND SPOT

An 11-month Globe investigation found that people nationwide are dying in crashes caused by drivers who should have had their licenses suspended. One in 10 US drivers has at least one offense — from speeding to vehicular homicide — that isn’t reflected on their driving record.

Nine key takeaways from the investigationSee the full projectCheck out more Globe investigations

Summer reading 2021 📚

Here’s your official summer reading list

These are the 70 best books of the season to pop into your travel bag.

After charming leaders, Queen Elizabeth sits back for parade
The 95-year-old monarch sat on a dais to watch the ceremony that despite ongoing social distancing restrictions did not disappoint on the pomp and pageantry front. If she was tired after meeting G-7 leaders, including U.S. President Biden, on Friday evening, it didn’t show.

City Council candidate participated in controversial counseling sessions for Boston students
Kelly Bates described herself as a guest speaker for the Boston Student Advisory Council's Re-evaluation Counseling events and said she no longer teaches the therapy.

Tenants, activists rally to preserve affordable housing at Jamaica Plain apartment complex
As residents fear becoming homeless, group urges new owners to sign a contract with the city.

Girl in critical condition after nearly drowning in pool at Methuen home
The girl was transported to Holy Family Hospital and was then taken by helicopter to Tufts Medical Center, where she remains in critical condition, the district attorney’s office said.

Trans Resistance activists stage second annual alternative to Boston Pride
Saturday's event is unfolding as Trans Resistance MA sees its influence expand, and Boston Pride grapples with a boycott fueled by accusations that the organization is not inclusive.

Man, 19, shot in the neck in Woburn

The victim, a 19-year-old Woburn man, was shot in the neck and was dropped off at the hospital by a person known to him about 3:15 p.m., police said. Police said the man’s injuries are non-life-threatening.

Opinion

Future-proofing the presidency

Donald Trump brought our democracy to the brink and exposed its weak spots. Here’s how to thwart the next American tyrant.

Two of the author's students learn the waltz in class, before the pandemic.

IDEAS | ERIC FISHMAN

Grieving a school year unlike any other

A banner unfurled at the Miami Marlins game Tuesday.

The next insurrection

From the left: The author's parents the night they met in 1963, and the author (top right) and her older sisters in undated photos found in her father's wallet.

IDEAS | JEANNE BONNER

Stealing memories

Movie stills from the film "Blue Hill Avenue."

IDEAS | GREG LEE JR.

The unheralded movie that brought Boston alive for me

Recommended reads

Dedham teen pulled from pool at graduation party has died
Alonzo Polk, the 17-year-old who was pulled from a pool during a Dedham high school graduation party last weekend, has died after nearly a week in the hospital, his family and police said Friday.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

New Boston exam school admission requirements might include entrance test and ZIP code allocations

With its cochairs at odds, a Boston School Committee task force failed to reach consensus Friday night on the fate of the entrance test for the city’s exam schools, after a heated debate erupted over what role test scores should have in admission decisions.

Duxbury High football team used antisemitic audibles since 2010 in practice, investigator reports

A summary of a 56-page investigative report released in the wake of a scandal involving the Duxbury High football team’s use of antisemitic play calls also found that coaching staff failed to model appropriate behavior for the student-athletes over the past several seasons.

A Scituate home is for sale, and it’s just steps from the water — literally

The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home has 1,674 square feet of space, and it’s listed for $929,999.

‘It should send shock waves to the White House’: Backlash over FDA approval of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug is spreading

A Harvard Medical School professor who resigned from a US Food and Drug Administration advisory panel over approval of a controversial Alzheimer’s treatment called the agency’s decision “perhaps the worst” drug authorization in its recent history.

metro

Jim "Mudcat" Grant was the first Black 20-game winner in the major leagues and a key part of Minnesota's first World Series team in 1965.

Mudcat Grant, American League’s first Black 20-game winner, dies at 85

Remembered as a leading right-hander of his time, Jim "Mudcat" Grant was also known for his intriguing nickname, his second career singing and dancing at nightspots, and his book profiling outstanding Black pitchers.

Black businesses and community celebrated in Nubian Square block party

Tenants, activists rally to preserve affordable housing at Jamaica Plain apartment complex

Sports

Donovan Mitchell (left) passes as Kawhi Leonard defends during the second half at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Clippers down Jazz, close series lead to 2-1

Kawhi Leonard and Paul George carried the Clippers to a 132-106 victory.

BOSTON CITY LEAGUE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT

Latin Academy closes door on East Boston, heads to Boston City League baseball title game

Nick Pivetta struggles in yet another rough outing for Red Sox starters, but its too early to worry

business

Biogen Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm.

The week in Business

Winning auction bid to fly in space with Jeff Bezos: $28 million

What meat, clothing and five other everyday items tell us about inflation

politics

Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election were examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company Cyber Ninjas at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix in May.

Inside the bizarre Arizona audit fueled by Trump’s false claims of election fraud

Biden to name Pulse Nightclub a national memorial

Garland confronts long-building crisis over leak inquiries and journalism

Living Arts

The roses neared their annual peak this week at the James P. Kelleher Rose Garden in Boston.

Rejoice, because there are rose gardens nearby

He was terrible to me, but his friends love him

Series renewal warrants second look at ‘Starstruck’

education

Kelly Bates, photographed in 2012, is running for a Boston City Council at-large seat. She says she has benefited from Re-evaluation Counseling and was a guest speaker at RC sessions with high school students on Boston Public Schools' student advisory council.

City Council candidate participated in controversial counseling sessions for Boston students

THE GREAT DIVIDE

New Boston exam school admission requirements might include entrance test and ZIP code allocations

BU graduates had identities stolen while buying caps and gowns

rhode island

Providence designer Jess Abernethy, in black, smiles to the crowd at the end of her runway show at the StyleWeek Northeast fashion show at the Capital Grille in Providence on June 10, 2021.

R.I. fashion designer Jessica Abernethy returns to the runway

Rhode Island’s pandemic state of emergency extended through July

Elorza visits homeless encampment in Providence, pledges compassionate solution

Newton

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Special Projects

A BEAUTIFUL RESISTANCE

The pride I carry with me

This June, A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Pride Month and LGBTQ+ joy as told to Jeneé Osterheldt.

See the full projectFollow @abeautifulresistance on Instagram

On the Street

The MBTA commuter rail overpass frames the mural “The Stories of Lynn” by David Fichter, Yetti Frenkel, and Joshua Winer in Central Square.

North of Boston, an old industrial city gets a second look

A bicyclist made his way across Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner.

Known for its diversity, Fields Corner now must make room for development

A man repacked the food he got from a food pantry on Broadway in Chelsea. Chelsea has been one of the places in Greater Boston hardest hit by the pandemic.

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength

See more from our business series ‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

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Bold Types
Globe reporter Janelle Nanos sits down with leaders in the city’s business community to talk about their career paths, work and accomplishments, and visions for Boston’s future.

Boston Globe launches ‘Fresh Start’ initiative: People can apply to have past coverage about them reviewed
Similar to “right to forget” programs that have cropped up across the country, the undertaking is meant to address the lasting impact that stories about past embarrassments, mistakes, or minor crimes, forever online, can have on a person’s life.

Boston Globe Spotlight Report
Boston’s hospital chiefs moonlight on corporate boards at rates far beyond the national level
Hospital chiefs and trustees defend this as boosting public-private partnerships, but critics say these board positions — some paying millions of dollars — raise troubling issues of conflict of interest and hospital priorities.

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Comfort Zone

DAD'S DAY OUT
Step away from the house and into the fun zone with one of these father-friendly outings
We have some ideas for what to do with dad this Father’s Day.

BOOKS
The Boston Lit Crawl pops up in Central Square
Mingle with poets, writers, and scientists at this roving party in Cambridge.

Podcast
Ibram Kendi’s new podcast, ‘Be Antiracist,’ encourages listeners to help build a ‘just and equitable society’
"It’s about each of us entering these conversations not only with an open mind but also in openness to transform ourselves."

MURRAY WHYTE
At twilight, Mass MoCA’s new Skyspace becomes a roller coaster for the eyes
James Turrell's "C.A.V.U." reserves its best show for dawn and dusk.

MUSIC
BSO announces March dates at Carnegie Hall
Tuesday's announcement also nods to the 2021-2022 season at Symphony Hall.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Eddie Collantes wore an American flag around his shoulders at a debate-viewing party hosted by conservative Latino organizations last fall in Miami.

The political myth that demography is destiny

Merrick Garland, US attorney general, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office building in Washington,DC on June 9.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Garland wants to protect the rule of law from politics. This isn’t how to do it.

Reginald Adams, center, with his creative team, in front of his 5,000-square-foot mural, titled “Absolute Equality,” in Galveston, Texas, on May 5, 2021. The mural partly depicts, at right, a Union general issuing the June 19, 1865 order that led to the freeing of enslaved people in Texas. The mural marks the spot where it happened.

Imari Paris Jeffries, Liz Walker, and Jeffrey L. Brown

Juneteenth should be a national holiday

A pumpjack in the Permian Basin of Texas.

IDEAS | JOHN MULLIKEN

Big Oil gets clean and the world stays dirty

Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has probably dealt a fatal blow to the For the People Act after he said he won’t back the bill because it has no Republican support.

So long, democracy — we hardly knew ye

An image from photographer Joe Wallace’s "Portraits of Dementia" project to capture the humanity of people living with the condition. The subjects of Wallace’s photographs have ranged in age from 29 to 100. Find more images and details at portraitsofdementia.com.

IDEAS | KAT MCGOWAN

The real breakthrough for dementia: smashing the stigma

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We know a lot about Covid-19. Experts have many more questions
More than two dozen virologists, epidemiologists, and others responded to STAT's question about what they still most wanted to know.

Cement Head’s last fight: He was denied parole six times — until he was about to become a Covid-19 statistic
In lawyers' view, the Department of Correction was trying to make it seem like it had fewer Covid-19 deaths on its hands than it really did.

Troubling podcast puts JAMA, the ‘voice of medicine,’ under fire for its mishandling of race
Critics say editors have asked authors to scrub the term racism from their articles even as they publish others that include racist notions.

Despite resistance, researchers investigate the possibility of a new mental health disorder
Many researchers say the study of sluggish cognitive tempo, which is still in its early stages, can’t yet support a formal diagnosis.

Scenes from "Blue Hill Avenue."

‘The best Boston movie no one’s ever seen’: ‘Blue Hill Avenue’ at 20

Searching for a summer of Black joy in a season of dread

This 17-pound cat specializes in interrupting the writer’s deadlines at inopportune moments.

I’ve been working at home with cats. Will I ever be fit for the office again?

Rib-Eye Steaks With Rosemary and Pomegranate Molasses.

Recipes: A Father’s Day feast of rib-eye steak and more

sports

Dustin Johnson blasts out of the sand on the 12th hole Saturday, the 2020 Masters champion sitting 1 over for his third round in Ridgeland, S.C., when weather halted play.

Chesson Hadley up 4 shots late in rain-delayed third round of PGA Tour stop

Jean Segura’s single against Yankees gives Phillies third walkoff win in a row

Nick Pivetta, Red Sox get pummeled by Blue Jays in another tough outing for a starter

metro

Kelly Bates, photographed in 2012, is running for a Boston City Council at-large seat. She says she has benefited from Re-evaluation Counseling and was a guest speaker at RC sessions with high school students on Boston Public Schools' student advisory council.

City Council candidate participated in controversial counseling sessions for Boston students

Lakota spiritual leader, activist Leonard Crow Dog dies

What Black liberation means to me: Athena Vaughn

Nation

A visitor looks over a display with the photos and names of the 49 victims that died at the Pulse Nightclub.

Victims of Pulse Nightclub massacre remembered 5 years later

Police arrest 1 of 2 in Austin mass shooting that wounded 14

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

World

Iran's governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Kazem Gharib Abadi, left the closed-door nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria, Saturday.

EU talks up hope of breakthrough at Iran nuclear meetings

Biden tries to rally G-7 nations to counter China’s influence

Did Biden give Boris Johnson a $6,000 bike and get a Wikipedia printout in return? Not exactly.

politics

The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library in Austin displayed one of a half-dozen known original sets of the Pentagon Papers, portions of which were leaked 50 years ago this week by military analyst Daniel Ellsberg.

Fifty years later, Pentagon Papers still speak loudly about war and government untruths

Go green or go bipartisan? Biden’s big infrastructure choice

President Biden to urge G-7 leaders to call out, compete with China

business

Travelers walked through the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on May 21.

US air travelers top 2 million in one day for first time since pandemic’s beginning

‘It should send shock waves to the White House’: Backlash over FDA approval of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug is spreading

Apple reaffirms privacy stance amid Trump probe revelations

lifestyle

Love Letters

Looking for the right woman

MIDA arrives in Newton, and the Trina’s Starlite team docks on Plum Island

A cabin on a lake for $50 a night, or a posh inn at $250 a night? Scoping out the best way to experience Vermont

marijuana

Philip Smith, the cofounder of Taunton-based Freshly Baked, made the first legal delivery of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts Monday to his own home. Jenny Roseman, his partner and the company's other cofounder, was the inaugural customer.

Taunton microbusiness makes state’s first-ever recreational marijuana delivery — to founder’s house

Marijuana legalization prompting police K-9 retirements

5 things to know about Rhode Island’s latest cannabis bill

opinion

A banner unfurled at the Miami Marlins game Tuesday.

The next insurrection

Stealing memories

Grieving a school year unlike any other

food & dining

The Ploughman's Platter at The Gallows restaurant, which is ending its 11-year run in the South End.

MIDA arrives in Newton, and the Trina’s Starlite team docks on Plum Island

How to eat at a restaurant

Tell us: Where are your favorite places to get lobster rolls?

travel

Lake Willoughby in Westmore, Vermont.

A cabin on a lake for $50 a night, or a posh inn at $250 a night? Scoping out the best way to experience Vermont

14 New England outdoor adventures to add to your bucket list

A visit to Thacher Island, where tragedy and beauty meet

Books

Here’s your official summer reading list

Aaron Lecklider on the queer activists who came before

A novel set in Havana, a new set of poets laureate for Massachusetts, and the return of the Nantucket Literary Festival — with a virtual Juneteenth panel

Movies

Ellen Burstyn in "Queen Bees."

What if ‘Mean Girls’ went to a rest home? That’s ‘Queen Bees’

In ‘Luca,’ Pixar’s latest, it’s a story about fish out of water — literally

‘In the Heights’ reaches the top

Television

Russell Tovey (pictured at a London awards show in 2019) will join the "Starstruck" cast in season 2 in an as-yet unannounced role.

Series renewal warrants second look at ‘Starstruck’

For her next act, Annie Murphy took the road that led from ‘Schitt’s Creek’ to Worcester

‘We Are Lady Parts’ delights as it defies stereotypes

music

Keith Lockhart conducts the Boston Pops at 2019's Fourth of July concert at the Hatch Shell. This year's concert will be performed live at Tanglewood, followed by fireworks from Boston Common.

The Boston Pops to stage Fourth of July concert at Tanglewood

Springfield Symphony musicians to raise their instruments in protest

A forecast for the hottest songs of summer

Theater/Dance

John Mulaney sold out 21 August shows at the Wilbur Theatre last week. Underscoring the theme of a fresh start, Mulaney has titled his new show “From Scratch.”

Everyone loves a comeback story. John Mulaney has 21 sold-out shows to prove it.

American Repertory Theater’s 2021-2022 season to feature a pre-Broadway revival of ‘1776’

Say Chekhov had a 100-year-old computer, and people were trapped inside. What would that look like?

globe local

Marchers chanted during the Trans Resistance MA March + Vigil for Black Trans Lives in Boston on June 12, 2021.

Trans Resistance activists stage second annual alternative to Boston Pride

Seeking to improve accessibility and safety, DCR unveils plan for parkways

In a post-COVID world, there’s a craving for outdoor dining to stay on the menu

Obituaries

Jim "Mudcat" Grant was the first Black 20-game winner in the major leagues and a key part of Minnesota's first World Series team in 1965.

Mudcat Grant, American League’s first Black 20-game winner, dies at 85

Lakota spiritual leader, activist Leonard Crow Dog dies

Robert Katzmann, US judge with reach beyond the bench, dies at 68