Columnist

Kevin Cullen

A columnist for the Metro section, Cullen previously wrote for the Foreign desk and Spotlight team. He was a member of the 2003 investigative team that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal.

Latest stories

Whitey Bulger cooperated with FBI as early as ’50s

By Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy , Globe staff

New records show that in 1956 James “Whitey” Bulger revealed his accomplices in a bank robbery in order to protect his girlfriend at the time.

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Street’s win is society’s loss

By Kevin Cullen , Globe Columnist

Mariano Malave was turning his life around -- until the violence of the streets claimed it.

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Philosophy lessons

By Kevin Cullen , Globe Columnist

Those who sat in Howard Ziff’s class got their money’s worth. His war stories made student journalists want to become professional ones.

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The pulse of Red Sox Nation

By Kevin Cullen , Globe Columnist

A recent survey by a political polling firm found that while Jacoby Ellsbury is the team’s most popular player, fans hold Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz, and Adrian Gonzalez in much lower regard.