Ian Prasad Philbrick

When Democrats get in trouble, they’ve often turned to southern saviors. Will they again? - The Boston Globe As Democrats seek a path back to power, some think the party should look southward.

From Carter to Bill Clinton, Democrats out of power have repeatedly turned to Southerners to rescue the party’s brand and electoral fortunes. Today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point asks whether it might do so again, with insights from @thirdwaymattb.bsky.social‬ www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/04/n...

This top consulting firm is using AI to revolutionize its business. I saw it in action. - The Boston Globe I met Lilli in the firm’s Boston offices. It does research, makes slideshows, and talks back.

For part 2 of my @bostonglobe.com Starting Point series about how companies are using AI in practice, I visited McKinsey's Boston offices to meet Lilli, the multitalented AI platform transforming how the century-old consulting firm works www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/31/n...

7 summer stories you might have missed - The Boston Globe With the season already half over, here are a few overlooked Globe stories to remind you what it’s all about.

Depending on how you count, summer is already halfway over. With the help of @bostonglobe.com colleagues, today’s Starting Point lists some overlooked summer stories that will inspire you to maximize what's left www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/n...

I discovered Tom Lehrer in high school. His transgressive black humor hooked me. - The Boston Globe Lehrer, who died Saturday, was a Harvard-educated math prodigy whose satirical music was everything my nerdy teenage self craved.

I got hooked early on Tom Lehrer’s deft, subversive musical satires of midcentury America. Today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point is a tribute to Lehrer, who died Saturday at 97 www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/29/n...

Believe it or not, the Karen Read saga isn’t over. Here’s a guide to the ongoing legal wrangling. - The Boston Globe The latest on the O’Keefe family’s suit against Read, Michael Proctor’s efforts to get reinstated, and other loose threads.

Karen Read’s criminal trial may be over, but she and others still face proceedings -- legal and otherwise -- related to the case. Today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point has a guide www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/28/n...

The other ‘Jaws effect’: A wave of shark science and conservation - The Boston Globe 50 years on, the novel and film get criticized for maligning sharks. But they also raised a generation of marine biologists and environmentalists.

“Jaws” often gets criticized for stoking public fear of sharks. But as today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explains, the movie and the novel it’s based on also inspired a legion of scientists and conservationists whose work has helped protect the animals www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/25/n...

Come for the explainer on how Piaggio uses AI to help train its robots, stay for the robots that look and act like your own personal R2-D2. Here’s a behind-the-scenes photo of one of the little guys following me around www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/24/n...

‘We’re able to explore more behaviors a lot more quickly’: How one local robotics company uses AI - The Boston Globe Piaggio Fast Forward, based in Charlestown, shows how AI technology is changing the way businesses operate.

Companies across Greater Boston are using AI to change how they do business. To see what that looks like in practice, I visited a local robotics firm and wrote about it for today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/24/n...

A lawyer work stoppage has frozen Massachusetts’ criminal courts. Here’s what’s behind the chaos. - The Boston Globe Bar advocates, demanding higher pay, have stopped taking new cases. It’s not a new problem.

A lawyer work stoppage has effectively frozen Massachusetts’ criminal justice system. Today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explains the dispute — and why it's been an issue for decades www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/23/n...

Here are a few reasons why Trump’s Jeffrey Epstein controversy may end up hurting him politically — and why it may not - The Boston Globe Trump has survived so many scandals that it’s become hard to keep track, but the specifics of the Epstein controversy may make it harder for him to dismiss.

Will the MAGA infighting over Jeffrey Epstein hurt Trump politically, or will it slowly fade away just as many previous Trump scandals have? Today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explores both possibilities www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/21/n...

A Haverhill man died after police piled on top of him. Here’s what we know and don’t know. - The Boston Globe Here’s what witnesses and the authorities have said after police officers piled atop a Haverhill resident they said was acting “erratically.” He later died.

A Haverhill man died last Friday after police officers who say he’d been acting erratically piled on top of him. Today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explores the many unanswered questions about the incident www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/16/n...

After the Gabriel House fire, here’s how to help keep your loved ones in assisted living safe - The Boston Globe Find the right facility, ask questions about safety, and visit often.

After a deadly fire at an assisted living facility in Fall River, today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point offers some guidance about how you can help keep your loved ones in assisted living safe www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/15/n...

The shakedown presidency: Trump is using the power of his office to get his way - The Boston Globe He’s threatening his foes, helping his friends, and promoting his businesses. So far, it’s mostly working.

Call it the shakedown presidency: Trump is threatening his foes, helping his friends, and promoting his businesses. And so far, it’s mostly working, today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explains www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/14/n...

Feathered raptors and swimming spinosaurs: Hollywood is catching up with dinosaur reality - The Boston Globe A new generation of movies, documentaries, and more are updating the prehistoric creatures’ popular image.

Come for the cool dinosaur facts, stay for the sneak preview of how Boston’s ‪Museum of Science‬ is thinking about renovating its popular dino exhibits 👀 www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/11/n...

Feathered raptors and swimming spinosaurs: Hollywood is catching up with dinosaur reality - The Boston Globe A new generation of movies, documentaries, and more are updating the prehistoric creatures’ popular image.

A new generation of movies, documentaries, and more are updating how the public sees dinosaurs. Today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explains, featuring insights from @formorphology.bsky.social and @drneurosaurus.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/11/n...

When Massachusetts battled the scourge of measles — and won - The Boston Globe Decades ago, the state led the US effort to end measles. But the virus is making a comeback.

Decades ago, Massachusetts led the US’s effort to eradicate measles. But as today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explains, the virus is now making a comeback around the country www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/10/n...

Inside the Globe’s new Best of the Best list - The Boston Globe A peek at our colleagues’ favorite doughnut shops, record stores, and neighborhood restaurants in Greater Boston.

My @bostonglobe.com colleagues have just published their latest Best of the Best list, a ranking of hundreds of their favorite Boston-area restaurants, bookstores, things to do, and more. Today’s Starting Point offers a preview www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/09/n...

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Massachusetts barred tenant-paid broker fees. It’s part of a wider war on ‘junk fees.’ - The Boston Globe The state’s new rule is about more than just housing; it dovetails with broader efforts to make life more affordable.

Massachusetts’ new rule barring tenant-paid broker fees is about more than just housing. As today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explains, it’s also part of a wider crackdown on “junk fees,” both in MA and around the country www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/08/n...

How Trump’s immigration policies target Mass. - The Boston Globe How stepped-up ICE raids, the targeting of foreign students, and Trump's other changes to immigration policy are playing out in Massachusetts.

The Trump administration’s stepped-up ICE raids, targeting of foreign students, and other changes to immigration policy have hit Massachusetts hard. Today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explains: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/02/n...

The Revolutionary War was more brutal than you probably learned in school - The Boston Globe On the 250th anniversary of Bunker Hill, it’s worth revisiting the horrors and anxieties of the conflict that birthed America.

250 years ago today, a woman named Faith Trumbull Huntington witnessed the Battle of Bunker Hill — and later took her own life. As today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explains, it’s a hard reminder of the Revolution’s brutal toll on both soldiers and civilians www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/17/n...

Trump turned 79 this weekend and will be 82 at the end of his term. How old is too old? - The Boston Globe Trump, Biden, and an aging Congress are fueling a public debate over elderly politicians’ fitness for office.

Trump, Biden, and an aging Congress are fueling a public debate over elderly politicians’ fitness for office. Today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explains, with insights from @erictopol.bsky.social and more www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/16/n...

Women are poised to inherit trillions in the coming decades. Will it give them more power too? - The Boston Globe The great wealth transfer will disproportionately benefit American women, but it won’t solve gender inequality on its own.

American women are poised to inherit trillions in wealth in the coming decades. Today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explores whether it will also give them more power, with insights from @josiecox.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/12/n...

Decades after a tense N.H. protest, nuclear energy has become a rare bipartisan issue. Here’s why. - The Boston Globe The technology is bringing Democrats and Republicans together, but for different reasons. And challenges to expanding it remain.

Decades after environmental activists protested a New Hampshire nuclear power plant, Democrats have become more supportive of nuclear, joining Republicans. Today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explains why, featuring insights from @fhcamb.bsky.social‬ www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/11/n...

How our photographer captured the image that summed up the Celtics’ dispiriting season - The Boston Globe Globe photographer Danielle Parhizkaran describes capturing Jayson Tatum’s season-ending injury.

A picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes the story behind one merits a few more. Today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explains how a Globe photographer captured an agonizing image that summed up the Celtics’ painful season www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/06/n...

What’s going on with measles, bird flu, and COVID? Here’s a guide to the latest. - The Boston Globe We sort through the case numbers, the good news, and the confusion.

DC drama has overshadowed some big developments on federal Covid vaccine policy, the bird flu outbreak, and the state of measles cases in the US. Today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explains what’s changed and why it matters www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/05/n...

Some corporations are pulling back from Pride. Boston LGBTQ+ organizations are trying to adapt. - The Boston Globe Trump's policies and public backlash have some groups questioning corporate allyship.

As companies pull back from sponsoring Pride events, some in Boston are shying away from partnerships with LGBTQ organizations. For today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point, I spoke with @allshewrotebks.bsky.social ‪and others about how they’re adapting www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/04/n...

What your stress dreams about high school and college say about education — and you - The Boston Globe Test-anxiety dreams can last well into adulthood. They reflect more than just the nerve-racking parts of school.

Some graduating seniors are about to join the ranks of those who (like me) still get test-anxiety dreams years after high school and college. Today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explains what they say about the education in the US — and about us www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/02/n...

Taking a look at a lot of summer books lists - The Boston Globe We compared a dozen lists of what to read this season (but of course the Globe’s is the best).

For today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point, I perused a bunch of lists of new books coming out this summer to figure out which titles are getting the most buzz. The result is a shortlist of 12 that you should consider putting in your beach tote this season: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/30/n...

75 new books to add to your summer reading list - The Boston Globe Whether you’re looking for a romance novel to toss into your beach bag or something more mysterious to read on the lake house dock, this list of 75 books has something for every kind of reader.

Proud of the @bostonglobe.com Summer Reading package that we launched this morning. Created by humans, for humans. 75 books! Something for everyone, I hope. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/30/a...