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Boston Globe
5 days ago
- Business
- Boston Globe
Senator Warren, a longtime Powell critic, defends Fed chair amid Trump attacks
Advertisement According to a report from Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up On Wednesday, Trump confirmed that he discussed the 'concept of firing' Powell with lawmakers, but had no plans to do so. 'When [Trump] said he was going to [fire Powell] back in [the spring], Just weeks after Trump sent a headquarters in Washington D.C. Advertisement '[Trump is] suddenly interested in how much the Fed has spent on plumbing and painting to repair a 90-year-old building. That smells a lot like pretext,' Warren said. During an those remarks, defending Powell and explaining why Trump shouldn't fire him. 'I certainly have policy differences with Powell, but I also believe in the independence of the Fed,' Warren told CBS on Wednesday. Warren, who 'When Donald Trump says that he's going to fire the chairman of the Federal Reserve, which he has said many times over the past few months, the markets respond pretty badly to that,' Warren said. 'Because they say that it takes away the independence of the Fed — that's something that would cost all of us.' 'I have a lot of policy disagreements with Jerome Powell but he's independent and he gets to make those policy decisions on his own,' she added. As the top Democrat on the committee that oversees financial agencies, Warren has Trump, who appointed Powell during his first term, has spent months pressuring him to lower interest rates and insulting him with derisive nicknames, most recently calling him 'Too Late.' Advertisement Speaking at a 'I see this economy very much like I did when I was ringing the alarm bell before the 2008 crash, and that is there's a lot of risk building up in this. If Donald Trump doesn't change direction he's going to blow up this economy,' Warren said. Alyssa Vega can be reached at
Boston Globe
14-07-2025
- General
- Boston Globe
Most teens — girls especially — see college as key to jobs and life skills, AP-NORC poll says
Advertisement The survey also found that many teens think it will be harder for them to achieve major life milestones, like Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up For Ry-n Uyeda, 17, the biggest concern about college is the prospect of being away from her home in Waianae, Hawaii. Uyeda is already taking college-level courses in high school and hopes to play softball at a university on the West Coast. Uyeda said she wants to develop time management skills and endurance to handle the pressures of being a student-athlete, but she hopes the college experience does not change who she is. 'I want to remember where I came from and the values that I've learned from here,' said Uyeda, who attends Waianae High School. 'Going to a new place with new people in a new environment, I just want to still be myself.' Advertisement Seven in 10 teenage girls in the survey said it was at least 'very' important to them to graduate from college, compared with 54 percent of teenage boys. The disparity reflects a growing gender gap in college degree completion. In 1995, young men and women were equally likely to hold a bachelor's degree. Since then, a gap has emerged, with 47 percent of US women ages 25 to 34 completing a bachelor's degree compared with 37 percent of men, according to Teens raised in households with higher incomes and parents who went to college themselves are also more likely to view higher education as important. Jalena Crawford, a 16-year-old high school junior, said she hopes to attend Grand Canyon University or Arizona State University to become a professional American Sign Language interpreter. She said her plans have been encouraged by relatives with college degrees, and it would be 'weird' not to consider higher education. 'I didn't really start thinking about college until I started liking ASL. I was trying to figure out what I was going to do,' Crawford said. Most teens see a college education as a vital step for their future career prospects, although they see other benefits as well. About seven in 10 teenagers said completing college is 'extremely' or 'very' important for getting good jobs, and about six in 10 teenagers said a degree is valuable for learning necessary life skills. About half of teens see college as key to either becoming a more informed member of society or forming their personal identity, according to the survey. Advertisement Teenagers have many of the same life goals as adults, such as But few teenagers believe those goals have gotten easier to achieve for their generation compared with their parents. About seven in 10 teenagers believe owning a home has become harder to achieve for them compared with their parents, according to the poll. Just over half of teenagers say it's become more challenging for their generation to raise a family. About half say that about having a good standard of living, having a successful career, or traveling the world. Fewer, about four in 10, say it's grown harder to graduate from college or be able to pursue what they enjoy. Evarist Bego, 22, graduated earlier this year from the University of Southern California with a joint degree in business and film. He said he recalls wanting to go to college and then work his way up in his chosen industry, but 'that's just not how it works anymore.' It's harder than he anticipated to find a job, which he said may be partly due to the creative industry he chose. He sees mostly temporary positions, like internships or fellowships. 'So many jobs that I see are entry-level, but then they require three-plus years of experience. I have interned in school, I had some experience, but it's not enough,' he said. The AP-NORC poll of 1,060 teens ages 13-17 was conducted April 30 to May 14, using a sample drawn from NORC's probability-based Advertisement
Boston Globe
14-07-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Live tracker: Follow along with the Red Sox selections on Day 2 of the MLB Draft
Witherspoon was the first college pitcher drafted by the Sox since 2017 and the highest taken since Boston chose Roger Clemens (1983) and Matt Barnes (2011) at No. 19. With a fastball that sits at 96 miles per hour, the 20-year-old junior was one of the most dominant arms in the country. He went 10-4 with a 2.65 ERA, 32 percent strikeout rate, and 6 percent walk rate for the Sooners. Advertisement First round competitive balance pick, No. 33 overall: Marcus Phillips, Tennessee RHP Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up The 6-4, 245-pound Phillips, selected in the competitive balance round, transferred to play for the Volunteers, where he converted from a two-way player to focusing solely on the mound. His fastball touches 101, and he also features a sharp, hard slider. In his first year as a starter in 2025, Phillips — who puzzles batters with a low arm slot — went 4-5 with a 3.90 ERA and 27 percent strikeout rate. One evaluator likened him to a righthander version of Red Sox 2024 draftee Brandon Clarke. Second round compensation pick, No. 75 overall: IF Henry Godbout, Virginia With a pick received as compensation for Nick Pivetta's departure in free agency, the Red Sox chose junior Henry Godbout, who hit .309/.397/497 with eight homers last season. He puts the ball in play (8 percent strikeout rate) and shoots line drives all over the field with modest power, but the Sox are hopeful they can help him tap into more power and that he can play second and short. Advertisement Third round pick, No. 87 overall: RHP Anthony Eyanson, LSU Eyanson — who transferred from UC San Diego for his junior year — went 12-2 with a 3.00 ERA for the national champions, posting a 34 percent strikeout rate and 8 percent walk rate. Eyanson showed the ability to command pitches. He works with a low-90s fastball that can touch 98, but also has a bat-dodging slider with sharp vertical break, a bigger curveball that he uses against lefties, and a changeup. MLB Draft: Boston Red Sox Day 2 selections Round 4, 118 Round 5, 148 Round 6, 178 Round 7, 208 Round 8, 238 Round 9, 268 Round 10, 298 Round 11, 328 Round 12, 358 Round 13, 388 Round 14, 418 Round 15, 448 Round 16, 478 Round 17, 508 Round 18, 538 Round 19, 568 Round 20, 598 Matty Wasserman can be reached at
Boston Globe
13-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Are you fluent in ‘Algospeak'? Social media has spawned its own vocabulary and syntax, and a new book argues that we should all pay attention
He began writing a blog called Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up For now he's a full-time content creator whose work has him on TikTok all day for research, and as of this week, a debut author. Aleksik's book, ' Advertisement 'I'm looking at other people's videos,' says Aleksik. 'I'm looking at my own videos. I'm thinking about how my language is being affected by these platforms. And the more I started thinking about that, the more I began to realize algorithms are really driving everything.' And the algorithms that decide which videos we see and which words we hear (and don't hear) remain obstinately opaque not only to those of us who consume content but also to its creators. All of which makes Aleksik's book both entertaining and somewhat worrying. 'It's happening faster than ever,' he adds, 'because these algorithms are here and because they amplify memes and trends, because they create in-groups that feel like they're speaking to their audience. And I'm hoping people look at this book and more critically think about the language that they're using and more critically think about Adam Aleksik will read at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, at And now for some recommendations…. In ' Advertisement ' If you follow every twist and turn of Southern true crime stories — looking at you, Murdaugh family murder fans! — you really should check out ' Kate Tuttle edits the Globe's Books coverage. Kate Tuttle, a freelance writer and critic, can be reached at
Boston Globe
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Game 96: Rays at Red Sox lineups and notes
Related : The Rays will counter with Drew Rasmussen, followed by Joe Boyle as Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Here is a preview. Advertisement Lineups RAYS (50-44): TBA Pitching: RHP Drew Rasmussen (7-5, 2.82 ERA) RED SOX (50-45): TBA Pitching: RHP Hunter Dobbins (4-1, 4.10 ERA) Time: 7:10 p.m. TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7 Rays vs. Dobbins: Matt Thaiss 0-2 Red Sox vs. Rasmussen: Wilyer Abreu 0-2, Jarren Duran 2-8, Romy González 0-1, Trevor Story 2-2, Abraham Toro 0-4, Connor Wong 1-1, Masataka Yoshida 0-1 Stat of the day: The Red Sox have reached 100 runs in a 12-game span for the first time since August 2005. Notes: Over his last 13 games since June 27, Roman Anthony is batting .382 with a .960 OPS. … This will mark Dobbins's first start against the Rays. … The Red Sox are five games above .500 for the first time since Aug. 30, 2024. … Ceddanne Rafaela is batting .343 with a 1.132 OPS with 10 doubles, six home runs, and 17 RBI in his last 22 games. … Rasmussen is 1-0 with a 2.84 ERA in four career starts against the Red Sox. Advertisement Follow Andrew Mahoney
