Joe Dwinell

6 days ago | bostonherald.com | Joe Dwinell

Martin Richard will never be forgotten in Boston. He was “a young boy whose spirit moves us to this day,” said Gov. Maura Healey. Her words were echoed by everyone who spoke at the groundbreaking for The FieldHouse+ yesterday. It’s a $70 million rec center being built by the Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester with millions in state, federal, and private funding. All the politicians were in attendance, but their politics were put aside for a project that honors forever young Martin.

1 week ago | bostonherald.com | Joe Dwinell

A peeved President Donald Trump posted today Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s “termination” can’t come “fast enough” after the European Central Bank cut interest rates. The Wall Street Journal reported Powell could even be dismissed by Trump. “Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough!” Trump wrote this morning on his Truth Social feed, adding that Powell “is always TOO LATE AND WRONG.”Trump continued to goad Powell as “Too Late” as tariff trade talks heat up in DC.

2 weeks ago | bostonherald.com | Joe Dwinell

A tale of cunning manipulation written during a plague, with actors keeping the audience gripped with every nod and slash, makes “Othello” otherworldly. Denzel Washington, in the titular role, and Jake Gyllenhaal, as the scheming Iago, give William Shakespeare’s classic new life. Molly Osborne, as Desdemona, the innocent recipient of Iago’s psychological torture, almost steals the show with her lithe portrayal of Othello’s doomed wife.

2 weeks ago | bostonherald.com | Joe Dwinell

Boston-bred Teamsters President Sean O’Brien said if the Trump tariffs bring back “good-paying, middle-class jobs,” it’s worth all the pain because it will benefit future generations. O’Brien, three years in as the head of the 1.3 million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters, added that he’s fed up with Democrats who have “lost the working class” and just “sit on the sidelines and throw rocks.”The nation needs ideas and a bipartisan government, he said.

3 weeks ago | bostonherald.com | Joe Dwinell |Grace Zokovitch

The state’s top federal prosecutor is threatening the city’s DA with felony charges if he goes after an ICE agent for grabbing an illegal immigrant mid-trial. She also has harsh words for the Boston judge in the case. It’s all contained in the documents for readers to see here only in the Boston Herald, with the pointed letter to DA Kevin Hayden first:  Originally Published: April 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM EDT