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Best of Boston 2025: Arts & City Life

We’re gonna need a bigger magazine.


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How the Karen Read Case Turned a Neighborhood Bar Into a True Crime Landmark

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The Rise of ‘Elite Speak’: Why Do Smart People Sound So Dumb?

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Does Boston Still Drink?


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Uber’s Surge Pricing Makes People Mad—Again

A death on the Red Line gave Uber’s critics cause to complain.

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Even Harvard Students Failed the 1964 Louisiana Literacy Test

Watch them sweat as they try to complete it.

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Aereo’s Shutting Down Its Boston Office

The company couldn’t recover from its Supreme Court loss.

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Letter to Posterity from Boston to Be Included in Time Capsule

What should we tell the future?

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The Results of Our Election Prediction Challenge Are In

Eight super-geniuses won.

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Throwback Thursday

On the eve of JFK’s election in 1960.


In This Section

The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston

The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston

We crunched the numbers to come up with our annual guide to the top-performing schools in the region.

The 150 Most Influential Bostonians

The 150 Most Influential Bostonians

Through countless conversations and a year’s worth of observation, we’ve found leaders who don’t just ride the wave of the zeitgeist—they create it.


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Bruins Show Some Love to a Young Fan

Fist bumps all around.

‘Based God’ Says He’ll Bring Lecture Series to MIT

MIT doesn’t have anything on the books, though.

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Charlie Baker Will Be the Next Governor of Massachusetts

Martha Coakley conceded…eventually.

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The Pattern of Electing a New Governor

It’s becoming clear that voters seem to want one thing when given an open race: change.

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What Now, Scott Brown?

The former Massachusetts senator lost his race in New Hampshire.

The Karen Read Case

The Karen Read Case

The Fractured, Surprising, and Sobering Truth About Kids and Smartphones

The Fractured, Surprising, and Sobering Truth About Kids and Smartphones

A special report on our Tiktok-scrolling, Snapchat-loving, sleep-deprived teens—and what to know to keep kids safe.


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Here Are Your Statewide Election Results

The state’s first gubernatorial election in eight years is a nail-biter.

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New MBTA Buses Have Real-Time Security Cameras

Peekaboo, T police can see everything you do.

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Why You Should Watch the Gateway Cities

Both for total votes and margin of victory.

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BPS Administrators Want to Arm School Officers With Pepper Spray

City leaders want to have a serious talk, first.

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