Rebecca Ostriker
@rebeccaostriker.bsky.social
Deputy Op-Ed Page Editor at the Boston Globe. Former Spotlight Team investigative reporter, Arts Editor at the Globe.
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House of cards: How a real estate firm and Steward Health Care grew in tandem, in part by keeping Steward’s shaky finances secret
The Boston Globe Spotlight Team has spent months investigating this unusual partnership to lay bare another critical piece of the Steward saga.
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"It very much is all smoke and mirrors.” House of cards: How an Alabama real estate firm enabled Steward Health Care to grow and helped keep its shaky finances secret. A Boston Globe Spotlight report: apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/invest...
‘A shadow system.’ How a Harvard media lab allegedly serves as a side door into the US for well-heeled Chinese students. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/m... @bostonglobe.com
‘A shadow system.’ How a Harvard media lab allegedly serves as a side door into the US for well-heeled Chinese students. - The Boston Globe
Following a whistle-blower complaint, the US State Department launched an inquiry into a little-known multimedia lab at Harvard.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
‘A shadow system.’ How a Harvard media lab allegedly serves as a side door into the US for well-heeled Chinese students. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/m... @bostonglobe.com
How Massachusetts' most ambitious housing law in decades is tearing the peninsula town of Winthrop apart www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/b... @bostonglobe.com @andrewbrinker.bsky.social
How the state’s most ambitious housing law in decades is tearing this peninsula town apart - The Boston Globe
Many towns have been divided over the state's most ambitious housing law. But few as badly as Winthrop.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
How Massachusetts' most ambitious housing law in decades is tearing the peninsula town of Winthrop apart www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/b... @bostonglobe.com @andrewbrinker.bsky.social
Trump administration claims of 171 'high-level' Sinaloa Cartel arrests in New England were overblown. An investigation by @globespotlight.bsky.social found they arrested shoplifters and addicts. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/m... @bostonglobe.com
The DEA touted a Sinaloa Cartel takedown in New England. An investigation found they arrested shoplifters and addicts. - The Boston Globe
A Globe investigation found that the federal agency misrepresented the stature of its targets, claiming cartel ties at a time when the Trump administration is taking lethal military action against suc...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Trump administration claims of 171 'high-level' Sinaloa Cartel arrests in New England were overblown. An investigation by @globespotlight.bsky.social found they arrested shoplifters and addicts. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/m... @bostonglobe.com
So happy to win the Loeb Award for local reporting with my amazing @globespotlight.bsky.social colleagues! @bostonglobe.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
So happy to win the Loeb Award for local reporting with my amazing @globespotlight.bsky.social colleagues! @bostonglobe.com
The late, great @bostonglobe.com classical music critic Richard Dyer’s final gift to the Boston music community: an astounding library of 20,000-plus records, in a pay-what-you-can sale this weekend at his Cambridge condo. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/10/a...
October 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The late, great @bostonglobe.com classical music critic Richard Dyer’s final gift to the Boston music community: an astounding library of 20,000-plus records, in a pay-what-you-can sale this weekend at his Cambridge condo. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/10/a...
Sox fans wanted to beat the Yankees, but that’s nothing compared to how Canadians feel: “The nemesis here isn’t Bucky Dent. It’s Donald Trump. And among Canadians, the two men share the same deprecating middle name,” says David Shribman www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/06/o... @globeopinion.bsky.social
Trump’s shadow looms over Blue Jays-Yankees ALDS showdown - The Boston Globe
In Canada the term “Yankees” stands as shorthand for the citizens of the country that twice sent Trump to the White House.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Sox fans wanted to beat the Yankees, but that’s nothing compared to how Canadians feel: “The nemesis here isn’t Bucky Dent. It’s Donald Trump. And among Canadians, the two men share the same deprecating middle name,” says David Shribman www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/06/o... @globeopinion.bsky.social
The rowdy colonists you never heard of, and how they might have changed the world: Terrific take on Thomas Morton and a demented piece at the the Boston Public Art Triennial
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October 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The rowdy colonists you never heard of, and how they might have changed the world: Terrific take on Thomas Morton and a demented piece at the the Boston Public Art Triennial
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“If your civil rights are violated, there may be no one at the federal level left to call,” writes Jennifer A. Serafyn, former chief of the civil rights unit at the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. @globeopinion.bsky.social
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I led the civil rights unit at the US Attorney’s Office in Boston. Its dismantling leaves an alarming void. - The Boston Globe
If your civil rights are violated, there may be no one at the federal level left to call.
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October 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“If your civil rights are violated, there may be no one at the federal level left to call,” writes Jennifer A. Serafyn, former chief of the civil rights unit at the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. @globeopinion.bsky.social
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Reposted by Rebecca Ostriker
🧵 Nearly 250 patients have filed civil lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by Dr. Derrick Todd, a renowned doctor at top Boston hospitals. He also faces two criminal charges of rape.
A @globespotlight.bsky.social report found he could have been stopped earlier.
A @globespotlight.bsky.social report found he could have been stopped earlier.
Dr. Derrick Todd has been accused of abusing patients. He could have been stopped sooner.
Hundreds of women allege Dr. Derrick Todd sexually abused them over a decade. A Globe Spotlight investigation found the state’s medical establishment missed key warning signs.
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October 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🧵 Nearly 250 patients have filed civil lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by Dr. Derrick Todd, a renowned doctor at top Boston hospitals. He also faces two criminal charges of rape.
A @globespotlight.bsky.social report found he could have been stopped earlier.
A @globespotlight.bsky.social report found he could have been stopped earlier.
‘Yankees suck!’ The rise, fall, and healing power of Boston’s most famous chant, from the great @bethteitell.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/01/l... @bostonglobe.com
‘Yankees suck!’ The rise, fall, and healing power of Boston’s most famous chant. - The Boston Globe
Once Boston’s loudest battle cry, "Yankees suck!" has kind of lost its sting — and maybe become a wellness hack instead.
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October 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
‘Yankees suck!’ The rise, fall, and healing power of Boston’s most famous chant, from the great @bethteitell.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/01/l... @bostonglobe.com
The DOJ has begun to work on Trump’s enemies list, starting with Comey. But when it comes to actual bad actors—like Ralph de la Torre, who drove a hospital chain into bankruptcy, endangering lives, Pam Bondi can’t seem to find the time. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/26/o... @globeopinion.bsky.social
Trump targets faux criminals; Steward chief still unscathed - The Boston Globe
Justice Department can’t tell the good guys from the bad.
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September 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The DOJ has begun to work on Trump’s enemies list, starting with Comey. But when it comes to actual bad actors—like Ralph de la Torre, who drove a hospital chain into bankruptcy, endangering lives, Pam Bondi can’t seem to find the time. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/26/o... @globeopinion.bsky.social
“Bill Russell is a bridge,” writes daughter @karenkrussell.bsky.social of the newly named span connecting Boston and Charlestown. “His relationship with Boston was, in many ways, like a bridge itself. At its best, it was proud, glorious, and unifying.”
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Karen Kenyatta Russell: Renaming Charlestown Bridge after my late father Bill honors Boston, too - The Boston Globe
Karen Kenyatta Russell says the choice of Bill Russell’s name is fitting. His relationship with Boston was, in many ways, like a bridge itself.
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September 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
“Bill Russell is a bridge,” writes daughter @karenkrussell.bsky.social of the newly named span connecting Boston and Charlestown. “His relationship with Boston was, in many ways, like a bridge itself. At its best, it was proud, glorious, and unifying.”
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“As I was saying before I was interrupted”: Kimmel’s first words in his return echoed Jack Paar in 1960. “There have been two pivotal moments in the history of late-night television." With both "it didn’t take long for the tide to turn.”
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Jimmy Kimmel is returning. Here’s why he should just go solo. - The Boston Globe
The waning of network power may mean that the best way for stars to survive and thrive is by becoming individual brands.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
“As I was saying before I was interrupted”: Kimmel’s first words in his return echoed Jack Paar in 1960. “There have been two pivotal moments in the history of late-night television." With both "it didn’t take long for the tide to turn.”
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Boston Mayor Wu: “Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures....Unlike the Trump administration, Boston follows the law.” Meanwhile under Trump, “good news on our economy has been as hard to find as the Epstein list.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/19/m... @bostonglobe.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Boston Mayor Wu: “Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures....Unlike the Trump administration, Boston follows the law.” Meanwhile under Trump, “good news on our economy has been as hard to find as the Epstein list.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/19/m... @bostonglobe.com
"The entire time the man in the pink shirt was yelling, he held in his left hand a floppy parcel wrapped in paper. Call it Chekhov’s bun." @devrafirst.bsky.social on DC's pink-shirted hoagie hero, pitching a Subway like Pedro Martinez in the rough www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/l... @bostonglobe.com
Sometimes you just have to throw your sandwich - The Boston Globe
The Internet’s latest folk hero reminds us that food can be a powerful tool of protest.
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August 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"The entire time the man in the pink shirt was yelling, he held in his left hand a floppy parcel wrapped in paper. Call it Chekhov’s bun." @devrafirst.bsky.social on DC's pink-shirted hoagie hero, pitching a Subway like Pedro Martinez in the rough www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/l... @bostonglobe.com
A Boston luxury tower tale: "Nearly three years after the first tenants moved in, 40 percent of the 114 units remain unsold." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/11/n... @bostonglobe.com
Why Jon Cronin’s ritzy Seaport condos flopped - The Boston Globe
The St. Regis Residences Boston should have been a home run. Instead, the first-time developer whiffed.
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August 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A Boston luxury tower tale: "Nearly three years after the first tenants moved in, 40 percent of the 114 units remain unsold." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/11/n... @bostonglobe.com
"Starvation is an outrage and a scandal — and very often a crime. The unfolding famine in Gaza today is a massacre in slow motion," writes Alex de Waal. @globeopinion.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/07/o...
A massacre in slow motion: Israel is responsible for mass starvation in Gaza - The Boston Globe
Every day that Israel is forcing starving Palestinians to fight over crumbs, more children are dying at Israel’s hands.
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August 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"Starvation is an outrage and a scandal — and very often a crime. The unfolding famine in Gaza today is a massacre in slow motion," writes Alex de Waal. @globeopinion.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/07/o...
A top deputy to Everett's mayor faces second drunken-driving charge, his fourth arrest in two years. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/06/m... @bostonglobe.com
Everett city lawyer on leave after second drunken-driving charge. It’s his fourth arrest in two years. - The Boston Globe
"I’m going to prosecute you because I’m a lawyer," the assistant solicitor allegedly told the patrolman who gave him a field sobriety test.
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August 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A top deputy to Everett's mayor faces second drunken-driving charge, his fourth arrest in two years. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/06/m... @bostonglobe.com
“It seems to somehow turn back the clock,” said Dr. Bruce Yankner. New hope for Alzheimer’s: Groundbreaking Harvard study finds lithium reverses brain aging. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/06/m... @bostonglobe.com @kaylazar.bsky.social
New hope for Alzheimer’s: Groundbreaking Harvard study finds lithium reverses brain aging - The Boston Globe
The research suggests a new approach to preventing and treating the mind-robbing disease.
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August 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“It seems to somehow turn back the clock,” said Dr. Bruce Yankner. New hope for Alzheimer’s: Groundbreaking Harvard study finds lithium reverses brain aging. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/06/m... @bostonglobe.com @kaylazar.bsky.social
Opinion | Bernie Sanders on Israel and Gaza: "This is not military strategy. There is no military purpose to starving children. This is an effort to destroy a people. This is ethnic cleansing." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/01/o... @globeopinion.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov
US must end its complicity in Israel’s annihilation of Gaza - The Boston Globe
The tide is turning. Americans want this to end. They do not want to be complicit in an unfolding famine and daily massacres.
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August 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Opinion | Bernie Sanders on Israel and Gaza: "This is not military strategy. There is no military purpose to starving children. This is an effort to destroy a people. This is ethnic cleansing." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/01/o... @globeopinion.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov
Mass. agrees to acquire St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, a former Steward hospital, for $66 million by eminent domain. Investment firm Apollo had wanted about $200M. MPT had bought it for $189M. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/01/b... @bostonglobe.com
The state’s bill to wrest control of Brighton hospital equity firm is far higher than first expected - The Boston Globe
The state has reached a settlement with the investment firm that owned the Brighton campus of St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center.
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August 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Mass. agrees to acquire St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, a former Steward hospital, for $66 million by eminent domain. Investment firm Apollo had wanted about $200M. MPT had bought it for $189M. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/01/b... @bostonglobe.com
Love this: Renée Graham on her best celebrity story (it's Prince), her biggest journalistic regret, and 5 other answers to probing questions from @globeopinion.bsky.social colleagues
@marcelagarcia.bsky.social and Alan Wirzbicki. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/31/o...
@marcelagarcia.bsky.social and Alan Wirzbicki. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/31/o...
A columnist walks into another columnist’s newsletter… - The Boston Globe
This is what we came up with so that our readers can get to know us a little better.
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July 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Love this: Renée Graham on her best celebrity story (it's Prince), her biggest journalistic regret, and 5 other answers to probing questions from @globeopinion.bsky.social colleagues
@marcelagarcia.bsky.social and Alan Wirzbicki. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/31/o...
@marcelagarcia.bsky.social and Alan Wirzbicki. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/31/o...
Ozzy Osbourne, his Boston lawyer, and the bat that got its head bit off www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/m... @bostonglobe.com
Ozzy Osbourne, his Boston lawyer, and the bat that got its head bit off - The Boston Globe
Joseph Steinfield had never heard of Ozzy Osbourne before he saved a concert at Boston Garden in 1982.
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July 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ozzy Osbourne, his Boston lawyer, and the bat that got its head bit off www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/m... @bostonglobe.com
The Velvet Sundown, an AI phenomenon, recently generated a flurry of headlines as it became wildly popular on Spotify. Jon Garelick checked it out. “Yes, AI is making music. And who can tell the difference?”
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AI music? Give me the human touch. - The Boston Globe
The Velvet Sundown recently became wildly popular on Spotify. What does it sound like? Definitively generic. But try it for yourself.
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July 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Velvet Sundown, an AI phenomenon, recently generated a flurry of headlines as it became wildly popular on Spotify. Jon Garelick checked it out. “Yes, AI is making music. And who can tell the difference?”
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‘The brutal reality’: The typical single-family house in Greater Boston now costs $1 million, an all-time record. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/18/b... @bostonglobe.com
‘The brutal reality’: The typical single-family house in Greater Boston now costs $1 million - The Boston Globe
The all-time record prices put Greater Boston alongside New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Southern California.
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July 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
‘The brutal reality’: The typical single-family house in Greater Boston now costs $1 million, an all-time record. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/18/b... @bostonglobe.com