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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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Free To All, Not Free-For-All

We love the Boston Public Library. It was the first public library in America. Cute librarians work there. We can borrow the books we want […]

Fake Blood + Dark Park = Trouble

Hollywood has invaded our fair city, but it seems we’re not ready for our close-up. Last night, Charlestown residents taking a stroll through Paul Revere […]

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Iran Calling

We’ve loved talking on the phone since our mother let us babble at our doting relatives when we were toddlers. Now that we’ve matured, we […]

Praise the Lord

By now, you’ve surely heard: Pope Benedict XVI is skipping Boston. His first U.S. visit will feature just two “command performances” — one in Washington, […]

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What You Missed: Veterans Day Edition

We’d like to welcome those of you who had yesterday off back to work. While you were celebrating our veterans, we were tirelessly working to […]

What’s News

Your condensed guide to today’s daily papers. On the positive side, we can’t have a mortgage crisis without mortgages: Huge lending firms may stop issuing […]


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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.


The Last Word

Your long day of corporate drudgery is over. Get out and enjoy the city! Here are a few ideas to get you started, lovingly picked […]

The Big Baby Chronicles, Part I

Like the rest of you, we have quickly fallen for the new-look Celtics. It’s not just that they’re good, it’s that they are dispelling the […]

Spanning the Web

Taking you around the internet for your afternoon enjoyment. It’s official, Sox fans: Dustin Pedroia won the AL Rookie of the Year award, much to […]

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Boston Daily Waits For Our Rose

We didn’t know what to expect when we showed up at Felt on Saturday to audition for The Bachelor. Our best guess was that we […]

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If the Pats Go Undefeated and Nobody Sees It, Did It Really Happen?

We’re football fans here, so when we realized that we wouldn’t be able to watch the hated Colts play the admittedly awful Atlanta Falcons on […]

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.


The Pope Plays Yankee Stadium, Skips Fenway

We don’t usually question the Vicar of Christ, mainly because we’re nervous about being smote by God, not only did His Holiness choose to skip […]

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Metro beats Herald. Really.

The bad news for the Herald: It is no longer the city’s second-largest paper. The worse news: It’s been overtaken by the Metro, everyone’s favorite […]

Bernie and Phyl Heading Toward Sunset

Bernie and Phyl Rubin are like air—you don’t notice them until they’re not there. A few weeks ago, we realized the duo was fading into […]

Up Next: Martin the Singing Alligator?

We all know by now that the Rose Kennedy Greenway is the biggest waste of time and space since City Hall Plaza. But however poorly […]

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