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Inside Boston’s Youth Mental Health Crisis
They are the words that no parent wants to hear from their child: I need help. I feel like I’m going to hurt somebody or […]
The New Race to Rule the Automile
Chris Chase was excited. Early last year, the Boston construction manager spied an email in his inbox from someone at Herb Chambers Ford of Braintree […]
Is This the End of the High School Varsity Jacket?
As the days become cooler and leaves start to fall, a wave of nostalgia washes over me as I watch my 16-year-old twin boys head […]
3 Million Fans Can’t Be Wrong…Can They?
The sun is still blazing at 6 p.m. on Redondo Beach, some 25 miles southwest of Los Angeles, when 19-year-old identical triplet brothers Chris, Matt, […]
Katherine Clark Is the Adult in the Room
The first sign that something was wrong came when her car was rerouted away from Democratic National Committee headquarters. A pipe bomb had been discovered […]
An Oral History of Wally’s Café
When Wally’s Paradise opened its doors in 1947, it wasn’t just serving up stiff drinks and smokin’ jazz to patrons—it was making history. After all, […]
On the Waterfront: An Oral History of the Boston Seaport
A largely uninhabitable industrial zone built on landfill during the 1850s, the Seaport spent most of the 20th century as a vast wasteland of parking […]
Massachusetts Has an Anti-Semitism Problem, and It’s Only Getting Worse
After a long day, Luna Bukiet was taking advantage of the peace and quiet that had settled over her home at the tail end of […]
An Oral History of the Last Real Bar on Martha’s Vineyard
Exhume an early-20th-century native of Martha’s Vineyard today, and they’d hardly recognize their island. The Gay Head Cliffs, the great ponds, and the beaches would […]
The Shark Attack That Changed Cape Cod Forever
Isaac Rocha sat in class trying to concentrate on his schoolwork, but his mind was somewhere else. It was a Friday afternoon in mid-September 2018, […]
DraftKings CEO Jason Robins Regrets Nothing
He fearlessly defeated half a dozen attorneys general and the federal government on his way to building a billion-dollar startup and the most powerful consumer tech company in town. But now that the battle is over, is Robins still the right man for the job?
Aw, Rats! Boston’s Rats Are in Charge. We Just Live Here.
They nest in our homes. They breed faster than rabbits. Make no mistake: Boston’s rats are in charge. We just live here.
How Liberal Professors Are Ruining College
Liberal professors in New England outnumber conservatives 28 to 1. Why that’s bad for everyone.
Brian Peixoto’s Final Appeal
Twenty years ago, an unreliable witness and questionable medical science branded Brian Peixoto a baby killer and sent him to die in prison. He’s still there, but is he innocent?
This Man Is a Sex Machine
How did Jon Gross, a middle-aged New England plumbing-supplies salesman, become America’s king of swingers?