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August 18, 2019

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Immigrant students learn hard lessons about racism at a historically white school in Maine

Perspective

How drug ads drive up health care costs

Newly approved drugs are intensely marketed to consumers, perhaps before the drugs are ready for prime time.
photo essay

Photos of New England’s favorite country fairs

As harvest time arrives in New England, old-fashioned festivals fill the calendar.
Connections

Dealing with a suddenly empty nest

Like the finches camped out on our porch, we needed to let our kids fly.
Dinner With Cupid

Blind date: ‘I honestly thought to myself, “Wow, this girl is way out of my league”’

Cooking

Recipes: Banh Mi and pork skewers on your backyard grill

Style Watch

In Sudbury, a redesigned space hits just the right note

Past Issues

Catch up on our 2019 features here

Love Letters

She won't tell her pal she's dating someone

Miss Conduct

How to deal with gawkers

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Aug. 19-25

On the Block

For sale: There’s room at the top in these Randolph and Norwell homes

Comments

Letters to the editor of the Boston Globe Magazine

August 11, 2019

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The essential guide to buying and consuming pot in Massachusetts

A look at the 22 shops now open in MassachusettsThe most common questions budtenders hear in marijuana shops
Perspective

I was unintentionally uninsured, thanks to the Mass. Health Connector

School Dismissed

Somerville won $10m to open a new school and it all went downhill from there

Two MIT friends had a big idea and national and community support. Why did their plan fail?

July 28, 2019

Your Home | Family Living

This delightfully designed home makes life easier for a child with mobility challenges

Your Home | The Guide

Is your kids’ clutter driving you crazy? These six tips can help.

Overwhelmed with mountains of toys, games, gear etc.? Be organized, be ruthless, and be a good role model.
Your Home | Family Living

Stuck in college mode with your decor? A Roslindale couple gets a grown-up look.

Your Home | Family Living

Father and daughter infuse their Cape Cod cottage with cozy coastal appeal

Your Home | Family Living

A designer creates her dream home. (And it can withstand young kids.)


Top stories on BostonGlobe.com

  1. Barack and Michelle Obama are reportedly buying a Martha’s Vineyard mansion
  2. Patriots safety Patrick Chung indicted on cocaine charge
  3. ‘Disconnected from other folks,’ seniors grapple with a loneliness epidemic
  4. How a Holliston photographer captured the moment Bruce Springsteen became rock ’n’ roll’s ‘future’
  5. OddFellows, Brooklyn’s finest — and most peculiar — ice cream, comes to Chestnut Hill
  6. Red Sox go down swinging after costly decision
  7. It’s time for a Red Sox reset
  8. Former State Police union chief, lobbyist arrested by FBI; alleged bribery plot uncovered
  9. Don’t get all PC about my truth
  10. Suspended game meant logistical challenges for Red Sox
Losing Laura

Help was just a few feet away

How could a woman be left to die outside an emergency room?
Globe Magazine

The 37 best new restaurants in Boston and the suburbs

Dozens of inventive new spots to try, including fast-casual and top picks north, west, and south of the city.
Top Spots to Live

What are the top places around Greater Boston to buy a home?

The 16 communities seeing the biggest leaps in house prices north, south, and west of Boston, plus in the city itself.

Top spots to live 2019: Boston neighborhoods

I’m from the North Shore and moved to a foreign land: the South Shore

Top spots to live 2019: South of Boston

Top spots to live 2019: West of Boston

Top spots to live 2019: North of Boston

Five tips for first-time home buyers in the Boston area

July 21, 2019

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‘I got lucky, man.’ Dennis Eckersley on surviving his tough times

The outspoken Red Sox broadcaster and Hall of Famer talks about how he has handled life's curveballs. By Chad Finn
Garden Party

Can you make a vegetarian meal on the grill? Let local chefs show you how

Cooking

Recipes: Three refreshing salads to beat the heat

July 14, 2019

Cover story

Sharks on Cape Cod: Just how scared should we be?

What to do if you spot a shark: Answers to 6 safety questions
photo finish

Scenes from the last weekend of horse racing at Suffolk Downs

Perspective

Come on Boston, let’s pick up the pace on building bike lanes

July 7, 2019

Magazine

Learning to love the world’s ugliest building

Cover story

15 things to love and 11 things to loathe about Boston

Perspective

Could private buses solve Boston's commutes?

June 23, 2019

Alex & Leo Update

This boy came to Boston for healing. You won’t believe his life now

zombie buildings

Why have these buildings sat empty for years and even decades?

Dream Course

A golf fanatic picks the 18 best holes to play in New England

Your Home | Summer Living

On the coast of Maine, designing a casual, livable place to retire

A Maine lake house gives three generations both togetherness and privacy

Trees made them fall in love with this house in Milton

Millennials decorate their Newport home with a touch of beachy glam

2018 Bostonians of the Year

Meet the 2018 Bostonians of the Year: Ayanna Pressley and Alex Cora

The flutist who sued the Boston Symphony Orchestra for equal pay

The teenager who leads the local fight for gun law reforms

Best-selling author Celeste Ng speaks out on sexual harassment and racism

Aly Raisman isn’t done fighting for sexual assault survivors

The ordinary people who rushed to help when catastrophe struck the Merrimack Valley

The scientists who helped build the basis for immunotherapy

The Massachusetts politicians who actually got something big done: Paid family leave

Ayanna Pressley: ‘The American people are looking for us to act and to be bold’

Alex Cora talks about his dad’s influence, and the pivotal moment in the World Series

2018 Women & Power

10 of Massachusetts’ top women executives share their tips for success

The 2018 Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts

5 ways to erase the gender gap at work

How the 2017 Women’s March woke ‘the old girls’ network’

How to be a good male colleague in the age of #MeToo

How female breadwinners (really) make it work

Why women fall into the negative feedback trap

The bottom line on women in the corner office