Shirley Leung
Business Columnist and Associate Editor at The Boston Globe
Business columnist and associate editor at @BostonGlobe. Host of @GlobeOpinion podcast "Say More." @GBH @BosPublicRadio contributor
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1 day ago |
bostonglobe.com | Shirley Leung |Hilary Burns
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 5 episode of the “Say More” podcast. Shirley Leung: I’m Shirley Leung. Welcome to “Say More.” With the moving of tassels and tossing of caps, the school year has come to a close at Harvard University and what a tumultuous year it has been. President Donald Trump has gone to war with the nation’s most elite university. The White House has canceled a sweeping array of grants and contracts worth billions of dollars with no plans to let up.
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2 days ago |
bostonglobe.com | Shirley Leung
But racism wasn’t the only crisis gripping the country in those days. There was also COVID-19. And when the face masks started to come off in 2022, McCreary saw how society was ready, even eager, to move on from both Floyd and the pandemic. A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. It was a familiar, vicious, cycle for Black America — progress, followed by painful setbacks.
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3 days ago |
bostonglobe.com | Shirley Leung
Good morning. I’m Shirley Leung, a Globe business columnist, guest-writing Starting Point to explain what makes the latest Market Basket family feud different than the last one. (Ian Prasad Philbrick will be back tomorrow.)But first, here’s what else is going on:Will this be another summer of protest for Market Basket employees and customers?
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4 days ago |
bostonglobe.com | Jon Chesto |Shirley Leung
With the Trustees, music was a part of the bigger job. Now, as executive director of Passim, one of the country’s most prominent folk music venues, it’s his entire job. He oversees a $1.5 million annual budget with 10 full- and part-time administrative staffers, as well as a roster of around 40 part-time servers, teachers, and event workers — with shows and classes happening almost every day of the year.
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4 days ago |
bostonglobe.com | Shirley Leung
Meet Boston‘s Hilina Ajakaiye may be stepping into a new national role, but she’s not stepping away from Boston. While the not-for-profit organization is based in Alexandria, Va., Ajakaiye is establishing a Boston presence to give the group a footprint here. The base for her newly-created role will be at 100 Summer Street, not far from her old digs at Meet Boston. Staying in Boston also allows her to maintain her roles at local nonprofits, including as board chair of the Rose F.
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Mayor Wu’s pregnancy felt like business as usual. That’s progress. https://t.co/n7jhiKTife via @BostonGlobe