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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

Longform

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

News

Does Boston Still Drink?


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Latest Stories

Candidates for Governor Talk About Their Ties to the Arts

Charlie Baker likes punk concerts, and Coakley gave up tap dancing.

News

Elizabeth Warren Only Sort of Not Running for President

The answer is still no. Or is it?

News

New Globe Poll Shows Charlie Baker Soaring

But a pro-Martha Coakley group’s poll says the race is tied.

News

An Ace In the Hole

How Ace Barnes became the first dog ever to report for duty with the Lynnfield Police Department.

News

Go Forth and Seek the Hubway Unicorn Bike

Hubway asked its riders to help design a new “unicorn” bike, and now they’re releasing the winner into the wild.

News

Part of the Real-Time Green Line Tracking Is Here

The MBTA rolled out “phase one” of a much larger project. Enjoy.


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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.


News

We’re Waiting for the Democrats to Come Home

The governor’s race is getting down to the wire.

Ouija Board Expert Is More Afraid of the Red Line Than Ghosts

Robert Murch is an expert in all-things Ouija.

News

The Aquarium Closed Down After a Pipe Burst

Don’t worry—no cute animals were harmed.

News

People Should Repurpose the Old Red and Orange Line Trains

Diners? Churches? Resorts? Anything is possible.

News

A ‘Controversy’ About Islam in the Curriculum

One Revere parent tells reporters he’s upset.

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.


An Ode to the MBTA

A new book of poems explores the neighborhoods served by T buses.

News

The Globe Swings and Misses

A story on Martha Coakley’s campaign is straight from the Herald playbook.

News

New Red and Orange Line Trains Are Coming

And they’re going to be built in Massachusetts.

‘Arts Matter’ Campaign Will Hit Candidates with Artistic Messages

MASSCreative is doing their own canvassing for the election.

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