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30 Bold, Bougie, Boston Gifts for Everyone on Your Nice List

From artisanal sweets and unique experiences to dazzling gems, designer bags, and electric rides, our guide to satisfying your friends and neighbors with these handpicked locally available presents.


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The New Boston University President Is a Renaissance Scholar’s Dream

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Could Sandra Birchmore’s Accused Killer Also Be Charged with Larceny?

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The Exit Interview: Jill Medvedow, Outgoing ICA Boston Director


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The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston

Our annual guide to the top-performing schools in the region.

Opinion

The Mascot Who Wouldn’t Disappear

Team sports icons are supposed to bring spirit and pride to the school community. But not in my town.

Longform

The Case of the Vanishing Dorm Crew

After 70 years, Harvard University is flushing its oldest—and most controversial—student employment organization down the toilet. But that’s only the beginning of the story.

News

How to Get Around without the Orange Line During the Shutdown

Thanks to a monthlong disruption starting August 19, you’ll need to plan ahead.

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News

Bill Russell Changed What It Meant to Be an Activist Athlete

The Boston Celtics legend leaves a legacy just as impressive off the court as on it.

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Newbury Street Will Go Car-Free for Six Straight Sundays Starting This Month

We love to see it. Keep it coming.


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The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston 2024

The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston 2024

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

Our 2024 Boston Power List

Our 2024 Boston Power List

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


News

One Reporter’s Foolproof TikTok Strategy: Let Boston Speak

His word-on-the-street videos have become a sensation online.

Q&A

Q&A: Dart Adams on Why Danish Rapper Sleiman’s Life Story Is One We Need to Hear

The Boston writer says Instead We Became Evil, which he co-wrote with the artist, breaks the mold.

Longform

Can This Woman Bring Tourists Back to Boston?

After the pandemic tanked tourism in this town, Martha Sheridan is now leading a multimillion-dollar effort to lure visitors everywhere from Nubian Square to the Freedom Trail. Is she revolutionary enough to get the job done?

Longform

Pointe of No Return

When multiple young women accused a Boston Ballet prima ballerina and her husband of subjecting them to sexual violence almost too lurid to believe, it made headlines around the world. Then the accused lashed back at their protégées with an eye-popping defense tailor-made for tabloids. Behind the curtain of Boston’s most outrageous ballet scandal.

News

Whales, the Newest Scourge of Seafaring Bay Staters, Are Not the Enemy

Fear not these blubbery beasts (but try to stay out of their way).

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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Opinion

Massachusetts Has a Public Beach Access Problem

One way to alleviate the problem: intertidal zone access.

News

Don’t Do It, Charlie: The Happy Hour Bill the Governor Shouldn’t Veto

It might really happen this time. Don’t get in the way.

Longform

Seeing Purple

The true-blue Democratic establishment has long had a lock on Massachusetts politics. Talk to voters, though, and you’ll hear stories of alienation and frustration over a whole range of issues. Inside the making of a purpling Massachusetts.

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News

Why Are We So Obsessed with the Orange Line Bridge Diver?

An act of sheer athleticism in the midst of a crisis has caught everyone’s attention.

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