More women are going into trades in Mass.

Also: Dr. Fauci's winter pandemic predictions; meet the first openly nonbinary person elected in Mass. [Donate ❤️]( [View in Browser](  November 8, 2021 🌞 Sunny, with a high near 64. Good Morning Boston, If you want to smile, [these heartwarming photos]( of loved ones reuniting as the U.S. reopens to international travel really did the trick for me. But first, be sure to read what's happening in our own backyard today: - The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear a lawsuit today that aims to stop Boston from removing tents in the area around Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard. The city says the tents are a public health crisis, and that it's connecting people to shelters and treatment centers. The ACLU disagrees and says the city is displacing people without offering them adequate alternative housing. - Mass Save has announced a plan to better align with the state's new law requiring that greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 be at least 50% lower than 1990 emissions, with net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. It's a three-year plan, with the greatest focus on driving emissions reductions, but[some senators aren't impressed](. - A new clinic for veterans is [now open]( in Worcester. The 48,000-square-foot community-based outpatient clinic is on the campus of the UMass Chan Medical School, and features 65 exam, consultation and procedure rooms. There's also a pharmacy and specialty care options like radiology, physical therapy and caregiver support. - By the numbers: More people in Massachusetts are getting their booster shots. State health data show more than 631,000 people have gotten their third jab, and more than 4.7 million residents are fully vaccinated. It seems to be helping the infection rates. The state is averaging about 1,200 new daily infections, which is down about 10% from a month ago. - PSA: Boston's 28 bus, which runs between Roxbury and Mattapan, will be free through the end of the year. The pilot program was set to end after three months, but there's enough federal relief money left to extend it an extra month. - Endangered North Atlantic right whales have been spotted off the coast of Maine! This is exciting because there are less than 350 left in the world. Ships are being asked to avoid the area or move slowly through at least the end of next week. P.S.– It's getting dark much earlier now, so our multi-platform editor (and friend of the newsletter) is posing an important question: "What are you doing to push away the blahs and the sads?" [Reply to her Twitter thread here.]( Meagan McGinnes Senior Editor, Newsletters [Follow](  Support the news  The Rundown ['I can build my future now': Why more women in Massachusetts are going into trades]( More women have been going into the trades in Massachusetts, citing good pay, job satisfaction, and changing cultural norms. [Read more.]( ['I can build my future now': Why more women in Massachusetts are going into trades]( More women have been going into the trades in Massachusetts, citing good pay, job satisfaction, and changing cultural norms. [Read more.]( [Worcester community activist on being first openly nonbinary person elected in Mass.]( Councilor-elect Thu Nguyen spoke with WBUR's Morning Edition about their campaign experience and city hall priorities once they take office in January. [Read more.]( [Worcester community activist on being first openly nonbinary person elected in Mass.]( Councilor-elect Thu Nguyen spoke with WBUR's Morning Edition about their campaign experience and city hall priorities once they take office in January. [Read more.]( [Blocked for now, Biden's vaccine-or-test rule for workers faces uncertain future]( The Biden administration says it will defend its rule requiring some 84 million workers to get vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. More than two dozen states have sued to stop it. [Read more.]( [Blocked for now, Biden's vaccine-or-test rule for workers faces uncertain future]( The Biden administration says it will defend its rule requiring some 84 million workers to get vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. More than two dozen states have sued to stop it. [Read more.]( [Live Nation, a company behind Astroworld, has a long history of safety violations]( Live Nation is the biggest live-events company in the world. Court records and federal citations show that the company was already linked to 200 other deaths and 750 injuries before Friday's tragedy. [Read more.]( [Live Nation, a company behind Astroworld, has a long history of safety violations]( Live Nation is the biggest live-events company in the world. Court records and federal citations show that the company was already linked to 200 other deaths and 750 injuries before Friday's tragedy. [Read more.]( [What Dr. Fauci sees coming for the pandemic this winter]( The country's top infectious disease doctor says he is looking for "a level of control" over COVID-19 that would make it less disruptive to society — and he again stressed the importance of vaccination. [Read more.]( [What Dr. Fauci sees coming for the pandemic this winter]( The country's top infectious disease doctor says he is looking for "a level of control" over COVID-19 that would make it less disruptive to society — and he again stressed the importance of vaccination. [Read more.]( Anything Else? - We finally have [more information]( about a missing Massachusetts teen who disappeared after a party nearly 40 years ago. State investigators say they found pieces of Judy Chartier's car and human remains in the Concord River in Billerica last week. - Some leaders in the state’s film industry are trying to lower the field’s carbon emissions, grow the green economy and even position Massachusetts as a [leader in green film production](. - "Manufactured cynicism" is infecting our politics, writes Steve Almond [in this commentary](. By failing to call out the modern Republican Party’s animating principle of militant obstructionism, the news media is deep in the business of stoking division in our politics. What We're Reading 📚 - Ugh fine let's talk about milk ([The Why Axis]( - Can Progress on Diversity Be Union-Made? ([The New York Times]( - Danvers fights efforts to expose high school hockey team’s alleged misconduct ([The Boston Globe]( Tell Me Something Good [A girl was rescued by police after she used a distress signal popularized on TikTok]( A campaign called the "Signal for Help" spread across social media in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic as a way for domestic abuse victims to seek help using a nonverbal cue. [Read more.]( [A girl was rescued by police after she used a distress signal popularized on TikTok]( A campaign called the "Signal for Help" spread across social media in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic as a way for domestic abuse victims to seek help using a nonverbal cue. [Read more.]( Before you go: [It's happening!]( 😎 Forward to a friend. They can sign up [here](. 📣 Give us your feedback: newsletters@wbur.org 📧 Get more WBUR stories sent to your inbox. [Check out all of our newsletter offerings.]( Support the news   Want to change how you receive these emails? 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