Fifty years ago, rising soul sensation Franklin Lynch was shot dead by police at Boston City Hospital. The killing of an unarmed man, and its cover-up, inspired Boston’s Black community to invent a new form of civic justice. Why doesn’t anyone remember?

Funds from Boston’s philanthropies flow overwhelmingly to white-led organizations. Here’s how 19 of Boston’s most successful business leaders of color are determined to change that, one dollar at a time.

How the city’s iconic water-going buses have managed to stay afloat in a dried-up tourism season.

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Traces of the fires out west have cast a haze over the region.

With the risk of infection lurking in every encounter, local singles are increasingly swearing off random hook-ups. Are we about to enter a new Victorian era—or is something else afoot?

We’ve still got schools at the top of the class.

The Broad Institute’s Alina Chan believes COVID-19 could have escaped from a Chinese lab. What if it’s not as wild a theory as the world’s preeminent scientists say it is?

He’s recovering from the attack and “will be back at work in the coming days.”

Because that’s where we are right now.

As the weather changes, we shouldn’t change our instincts to gather outdoors.

The MBTA says an increase is on the table as it seeks to solve its pandemic-era budget woes. It shouldn’t be.

We went straight to the source and asked.

Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone on how his city is charting its own course during the coronavirus crisis.

Our annual ranking of the best public high schools in towns or districts within, or partially within, 495.