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The Week in Ideas 7/1
Which is the real Korea?: Sheila Miyoshi Jager on the dramatic differences between North and South Korea and how those differences help us understand...
North Shore Pride Parade and Festival in Salem tomorrow
The second annual North Shore Pride Parade and Festival will take place tomorrow in Salem, MA. The parade will kick off at noon on Margin...
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Meet the Mayoral Candidates: Keeping First Night alive
Can the mayor of Boston save First Night? And what would Boston be without music and ice sculptures at the turn of the new year? This month, the nonprofit...
(June 28, 2013, 09:17 PM)
Meet the Mayoral Candidates: Making cycling safer
The city of Boston has a big choice ahead. On September 24, voters will go to the polls for a primary election, winnowing down a field of 12 on...
(June 26, 2013, 12:49 PM)
Would you live in a micro-apartment? (And for how much?)
When it comes to living space, how minimalist would you go? Boston is one of many cities poised to join the micro-apartment bandwagon.
(June 25, 2013, 08:18 AM)
With vote to lift ban on gay youth, change in Boy Scouts is coming from inside
By Michelle D. Holmes GRAPEVINE, Texas — The Boy Scouts of America’s lifting the ban on openly gay youth Thursday came 12 years after I received this charge: "Change will...
(May 23, 2013, 06:54 PM)
Critics quick to attack Obama administration, but its inquiry into AP was justified
By Juliette Kayyem As the controversy over the Department of Justice’s leak probe into the phone lines of Associated Press reporters grows, it’s important to separate legitimate concerns about the...
(May 15, 2013, 01:17 PM)
Police and FBI working together is the least the public expects — not something to brag about
By Lawrence Harmon This morning’s update to the press on the Boston Marathon offered little in the way of new details — or comfort for that matter. The central message...
(April 16, 2013, 12:54 PM)
Menino helped move Boston past old fault lines of race and religion
By Ray A. Hammond When he came to office in 1993 Thomas Menino, may have understood better than many that Boston had to change. He was, after all, a member...
(March 29, 2013, 02:48 PM)
Menino watched over the city's finances
By John Eade The mayor was always concerned about the little things in the city. I remember getting calls from him at 11pm because a thought had woken him up,...
(March 29, 2013, 09:49 AM)