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Boston, We Have a Wealth-Gap Problem

Following the death of George Floyd, Lee Pelton’s essay “America Is on Fire” went viral. But for his latest mission—fixing the city’s shameful racial wealth gap—the recently installed president of the Boston Foundation knows it’ll take a lot more than words.


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Inside the Bunker with Michelle Wu

Personal Essay

Why I Left the Boston Ballet

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The Karen Read Case in Canton: The Killing That Tore a Town Apart


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Stop the Presses!

The Herald has news! Big news! Is it Mideast Peace? The birth weight of John Edward Thomas Moynahan? Howie Carr finding a fiver on the […]

What’s News

Your condensed guide to today’s daily papers. Get your Fast Pass ready: The Herald reports that tolls may be coming to roads that are currently […]

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Background Checks ‘Wholly Inappropriate’

Glenn Marshall’s dismissal as Tribal Council Chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag has occasioned plenty of hand-wringing over who knew what when about the disgraced Mashpee […]

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 […]

Spanning the Web

Taking you around the internet for your afternoon enjoyment. Are we being punk’d? MBTA General Manager Dan Grabauskas says that repairs being made to the […]

Best of Boston/Worst of Boston

We take a lot of shots around here at Globe columnists, but today we have to heap some praise on metro columnist Adrian Walker for […]


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The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston 2023

The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston 2023

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

Our 2023 Boston Power List

Our 2023 Boston Power List

This year's ranking reflects the city's changing dynamics: nearly half of the power players are women.

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Lethal Pigeons Revisited

Alan Lupo’s column in the Herald today reminded me that I haven’t heard back from City Hall on my proposed pigeon eradication project, which I […]

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Graduating Cum Laude from Romper Room

After a grueling admissions process, many young people in Boston are preparing to head to school this week. The parents of these children are full […]

Honest Advice for College Students

It’s that time of year again. Time for a new crop of fresh-faced teenagers to show up on our doorstep to begin their education at […]

Armageddon in the Bronx, or Just Another Series?

After weeks of hand-wringing, fate-tempting and a general feeling of anxiousness mixed with angst, it is finally upon us. Yankees-Red Sox. At the Stadium. Was […]

An Open Letter to Google

Dear Google, Hi. Boston here. You know, the city across the river from some of your offices. We were poking around the internet yesterday and […]

Marathon Bombings 10th Anniversary

Marathon Bombings 10th Anniversary

Our Top 20 Stories in 2022

Our Top 20 Stories in 2022

What you clicked on the most last year.


What’s News

Your condensed guide to today’s daily papers. Imagine how the kids in Dorchester feel: Governor Deval Patrick is “deeply disturbed” that a bullet from a […]

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 […]

“He put the helmet on and showed everyone his new vehicle.”

Like everyone else who’s ever ridden a bike in this city, I’ve been grousing for years about just how dangerous (7th item) Boston is for […]

Spanning the Web

Taking you around the internet for your afternoon enjoyment. We’ve still got their tea: Yet again, the area that used to house the Boston Tea […]

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