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The Rise of ‘Elite Speak’: Why Do Smart People Sound So Dumb?

Told someone lately that you’d “circle back”? Bemoaned all the “emotional labor” you’re doing? Corporate jargon and academic buzzwords have created an almost impenetrable dialect in educated circles. Given the current political reality, is it time for, well, a pivot?


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Does Boston Still Drink?

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The Rise and Fall of Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson

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The Chilling Case of Nathan Carman’s Deadly Fishing Trip


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A great new program reminds me why, on the whole, Boston is lucky to have its Mayor for Life.

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Because the outcome of these matches will be your preview to the next mayor’s race.

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These houses to are to new generations what Victorian restorations were to their parents.

MBTA Prepares To Throw In Towel Ahead Of Winter

Plus: Occupy Bostoners totally not like Occupy Oaklanders, hard knocks for Ivy legacies?, plus more of today’s news.

MBTA Prepares To Throw In Towel Ahead Of Winter

MBTA Prepares To Throw In Towel Ahead Of Winter. Apparently still mortified by last year’s performance, the T has announced its intention to cancel a […]


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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.


Occupy Bostoners Totally Not Like Occupy Oaklanders

Occupy Bostoners Totally Not Like Occupy Oaklanders. After a night of broken windows, fires, and riot police from the Californian campers, reps from the Boston […]

Hard Knocks For The Ivy League Legacies?

Hard Knocks For The Ivy League Legacies? Okay, look — we realize it’s got to be trying sometimes, being the kid of highly accomplished educational […]

Sal DiMasi Gets Thanksgiving After All

Sal DiMasi Gets Thanksgiving After All. With his incarceration date pushed back from the 16th to the 30th, the convicted former Speaker of the House […]

How Dollar Stores Really Make Their Buck

How Dollar Stores Really Make Their Buck. The uber-discount shops have done quite well for themselves in the down economy — but anyone who thinks […]

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Mitt Romney: Con Artist?

Mitt Romney: Con Artist? That’s what some liberals (and conservatives) (and, really, the Mittster himself) are saying/eluding to: That Mitt Romney will say or do […]

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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Raj Rajaratnam Heading to the Clink in Massachusetts

Raj Rajaratnam Heading to the Clink in Massachusetts. Despite speculation, the former hedge fund manager, sentenced last month to 11 years for insider trading, will […]

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Q+A: Jennifer Nassour, Former Mass. GOP Chairwoman

She endorses Mitt Romney, talks closeted Republicans, and more.

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Harvard Goes Lady Gaga

The university is one of the partners in the newly launched Born This Way Foundation.

First-Year Harvard Students Stage Walk-Out of Econ Class

First-Year Harvard Students Stage Walk-Out of Econ Class. In a letter to economics professor Greg Mankiw, the students wrote: “We are walking out today to […]

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