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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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The $100 Million Challenge

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.

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Can the Duck Boats Recover from a Summer with No Tourism?

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

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Behind the Byline with Rowan Jacobsen

Learn more about Boston magazine’s writers and editors, and how they approach their work.

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Those Aren’t Clouds: The West Coast Wildfire Smoke Has Reached Massachusetts

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

The End of Casual Sex?

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?

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Where Massachusetts Colleges Placed in the 2021 U.S. News & World Report Rankings

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


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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Science or Censorship?

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?

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WCVB Reporter Ted Wayman “Is Doing Well” After He Was Stabbed on the Job

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

Guides

Five Places to Scream into the Void around Boston

Because that’s where we are right now.

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When the Temperature Drops, Boston Needs to Stay Outside

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

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It’s Never Been More Clear: Fare Hikes Won’t Save the MBTA

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

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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Want to Know Why Some T Workers Aren’t Wearing Face Masks?

We went straight to the source and asked.

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The Interview: Joseph Curtatone

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

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The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston

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

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The New Look of Higher Ed

In a time of major upheaval, what does the future hold for higher learning in Boston? Five hometown college and university leaders peer into their crystal ball—and what they see might surprise you.

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