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What Really Happened to Tom O’Brien’s Mayoral Run?
On a Monday morning this past March, Tom O’Brien was in his office at HYM Investment Group checking his emails when his phone rang. It […]
The ChatGPT Generation: How Students Are Actually Using AI (And What Educators Are Learning)
This cover story is part of our annual September “Top Schools” package. On the penultimate day of school just before summer break, I’m standing in […]
The Rise of ‘Elite Speak’: Why Do Smart People Sound So Dumb?
The realization that a large number of well-educated, well-meaning Bostonians had lost the ability to talk like regular people crystallized for me recently, after […]
Does Boston Still Drink?
It’s Saturday night, 7 p.m. to be precise, and the temperature is going down faster than the $1 oysters at Vialé. Wind whips through my […]
The Rise and Fall of Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson
The call came before dawn. Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson had just stepped out of the shower when her phone flickered to life with […]
Greek Tragedy: A Drowning at Dartmouth College
The night’s humiliation came with a shopping list. Last July, the newly minted sophomore brothers of Dartmouth College’s Beta Alpha Omega fraternity watched their phones […]
March Madness: The Northeastern Professor Vs. the Sports Betting App
Even if he didn’t realize it, Richard Daynard had taken a risk. On a warm Friday night, the Northeastern University law professor stood in the […]
This Bike Lanes Story Isn’t Really About Bike Lanes
For decades on Brighton’s Western Avenue, neighbors and others in the know have flocked to Big Daddy’s Pizza & Sub Shop for massive slices of […]
The Chilling Case of Nathan Carman’s Deadly Fishing Trip
This story is an excerpt from Casey Sherman’s forthcoming book Blood in the Water, published by Sourcebooks and out April 8. In the early evening […]
Our Top 10 Most-Popular Stories of 2024
Below you’ll find the 10 most-popular longform stories we published this year, a handy list of things to (re-)read that includes Boston’s in-depth coverage of […]
The Greater Boston Eviction Crisis Will Hurt You, Too
Morning light spilled over Boston as Noreli Vasquez unlocked the black front door of her brick walkup near Maverick Square in East Boston. Tired after […]
The Boston Bierhaus That Burned Down. Twice.
It was a total loss from the start. On June 24, Boston fire crews rushed over to Jacob Wirth, a restaurant on Stuart Street about […]
Inside the New World of Luxury Kids’ Parties, Where Parents Are Plus-Ones
Forget the Met Gala—today’s soirees of the century are where VIPs still raid their parents’ closets for couture. From bubble artists to custom teepees to […]
The Betrayal of Sandra Birchmore
Growing up in Stoughton, Sandra Birchmore idolized police officers. She dreamed of becoming one herself someday and longed to enroll in the town’s Police Explorers […]
From Heartbreak to Hope: A Maine Father’s Unlikely Journey, One Year After the Lewiston Massacre
Arthur Barnard sits alone in his car just outside a vacant, low-slung building on the edge of the Androscoggin River in Lewiston, Maine. Not so […]