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Best of Boston 2025: Arts & City Life

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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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Crowdfunding Can Save Boston’s Beloved Businesses—Until It Can’t

What the failure of Great Scott’s investment campaign says about the future of Boston dives.

The Rise and Fall of Joe Kennedy’s Star-Studded Broadway Fundraiser

Here’s how theater kids, social media activists, and some Ed Markey stan accounts took down a Broadway concert fundraiser for the Mass. Congressman.

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Five Cross-Cultural Etiquette Tips for Doing Business in Boston

In a global economy, being woke is part of the work.

Here’s How the Fenway and Central Square Are Livening Up the Summer of Social Distancing

Lansdowne Street will belong to pedestrians and patios on game days, while Cambridge is putting an amphitheater in a  parking lot.

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Would You Take Weekly COVID Tests to Go to College?

That’s what the students at some of Boston’s top schools may need to do come fall.

Guides

Slice a Path to These Five Ax-Throwing Joints in Massachusetts

Need to unleash all your pandemic-related aggression? Swing by these spots for target practice (and maybe a beer).


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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.


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Moderna Therapeutics’ COVID-19 Vaccine Is Ready for the Final Testing Phase

The Cambridge company’s vaccine triggered an immune response in all 45 subjects in a recent trial.

What Should Cambridge’s Monument to Women’s Suffrage Look Like?

Here are the four finalists for an important new public art project—and how you can help choose the winner.

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What the Massachusetts Police Reform Bill Would Do

It passed after an all-nighter in the Senate, and aims to significantly shake up law enforcement in the state.

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Maura Healey Is Suing the Trump Administration Over the New Student Visa Rule

The Attorney General-led lawsuit deems the new ICE policy “cruel, abrupt, and unlawful.”

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In Light of the Pandemic, the City Hall Plaza Renovation Looks Smarter Than Ever

Work began this weekend on a major project to make it more inviting, at a time when it’s never been more clear how important public space is.

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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Lamont Price: Losing Live Comedy Wasn’t Just about the Jokes

Pandemic closures have hit the economy hard. But the financial impact is only part of what we lost.

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Why Is Baker Worrying about Those (Clearly Fake) “COVID-19 Parties”?

A wild rumor from Tuscaloosa made it all the way to the Bay State.

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U.S. Attorney: Ghislaine Maxwell Delivered Epstein Victims “Into a Trap”

The British socialite, who was rumored to be living in Massachusetts last year, was arrested in New Hampshire Thursday morning.

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Maura Healey to Phantom Fireworks: Stop Sending Ads to Mass. Residents

The AG’s office sent a cease and desist letter to the fireworks company Wednesday.

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