A Boston-based flight attendant for American Airlines said she was barred from wearing a face shield because her managers told her it would make passengers uncomfortable. The flight attendant, who lives in Worcester, recently returned to the skies after a month of canceled flights, and she was nervous. She had just found out that, before she’d stopped flying, she was on a plane with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. So she decided to do everything she could to protect herself, and...

The people of Acadiana have spoken, and they’ve made their selections in the Times of Acadiana Best of 2020. Now we're revealing the businesses, shops and workers who made the list of finalists. Each Monday, we'll reveal more finalists from the voting in the Best Of contest. All of it will lead up to the announcement of the winners at the big party planned for September 16 and in a special Times of Acadiana winner's edition on September 17. Event tickets are available for purchase at...

Here they tell us in their own words After nearly three months, businesses that have had to scale back their operations to help stop the spread of COVID-19 are beginning the process of reopening their doors to customers. Over the next several weeks, The Boston Globe will be sharing the experiences of small-business owners, in their own words, as they try to get back to work. Bessie King and her mother, Julie, have run Villa Mexico Cafe in downtown Boston for 20 years. They have stayed open...

Zikre Haimanot is about to start a job at Drizly, the alcohol delivery platform, without ever setting foot in the company’s Boylston Street headquarters or meeting in person the managers who hired him. And for the next few months, at least, the software engineer’s office will be in his bedroom in Dorchester — as soon as Drizly sends him money to buy a desk and chair so he can stop coding from the floor. Despite the coronavirus pandemic that has unleashed a massive wave of unemployment as...

Hours before a union was set to hold a demonstration protesting what it described as the planned layoff of more than half of the approximately 1,000 janitors and security guards at Harvard University, Harvard announced that none of the workers would lose their jobs and that the June 28 deadline protecting their pay and benefits would be extended. The university did not provide a new date. On Monday, Service Employees International Union 32BJ said the university had informed the union it was...