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2020 Feature Archive
December 27, 2020
Globe Magazine
Dave Barry’s year in review: 2020, what can we say . . .
Globe Magazine
Diagnosed with cancer at age 8, Mateo Goldman needed something like a miracle. He got two
Perspective | Magazine
My COVID anxiety has evolved into a persistent funk. Now what?
Connections | Magazine
The writer who walked these woods before me
December 13, 2020 | Bostonians of the Year
Globe Magazine
2020 Bostonians of the Year: The Front Line
The Social Justice Advocates
The movement against racism is broad and deep. Here are some of the people making change happen.
The Role Model
The Celtics’ Jaylen Brown is a leader in the NBA and outside it
The Hunger Fighters
Erin McAleer and Project Bread: Relentless in the battle against food insecurity
The COVID Scientists
Ashish Jha: Speaking out for science and for public health in the pandemic
The COVID Scientists
Lindsey Baden: Taking action on multiple fronts against COVID-19
The COVID Scientists
Galit Alter: Connecting scientists to speed up the COVID-19 fight
The Community Leaders
Gladys Vega and La Colaborativa: Working in the eye of the storm in Chelsea
The COVID Scientists
In just two weeks, Stacey Gabriel helped set a new COVID-19 testing standard
Connections | Magazine
A school nurse finds the pandemic has her missing her sweet ‘frequent fliers’
November 29, 2020
Globe Magazine
The origin story of the 2008 Boston Celtics’ Big Three
Globe Magazine
Germany has lessons about containing the damage of COVID-19. It’s not too late for us to start listening
Perspective | Magazine
The Americans with Disabilities Act is 30. Why do we still have so much work to do to improve access?
Connections | Magazine
After I served my prison sentence, I tried to stay in touch with my former cellmates
November 22, 2020 | Top Places to Work
The 2020 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts
HubSpot: No. 1 on list of largest companies in Massachusetts in 2020
Enterprise Bank: No 1 on the list of large employers in Massachusetts for 2020
Aqueduct Technologies: No. 1 on the list of medium-size companies in Massachusetts
P.J. Spillane Co.: No. 1 on the list of small companies in Massachusetts for 2020
How these companies are digging deep to address racial inequity at work — and beyond
When forced to furlough employees, these companies had one goal: Bring everyone back
A funny thing happened while I was working from home
Getting creative to help workers whose kids are stuck at home
Has the pandemic changed the workplace forever? CEOs look to the future
10 employees share why they love their jobs
How companies are working to keep morale high when everything else is falling apart
November 15, 2020 | Holiday Style
Globe Magazine
20 ideas to rescue the holiday spirit with family and friends in 2020
Globe Magazine
Recipes: 5 home-baked treats designed to travel
Globe Magazine
28 gift ideas from New England stores and makers
Perspective | Magazine
I haven’t bought a Chinese-made product in 30 years. Here’s how
Connections | Magazine
How strangers honored my uncle, who went M.I.A. in Vietnam, for years
November 8, 2020 | Women & Power
Women & Power
The 2020 Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts
Women & Power
What 2020 taught female leaders about managing through a crisis
Women & Power
How these female business leaders successfully pivoted when the pandemic hit
Women & Power
Five ways the pandemic can ultimately make the workplace better for women
Women & Power
How 5 of the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts are engineering pivots
Women & Power
What could young women accomplish if they got leadership training sooner?
Perspective | Magazine
How Black women are undermined at work — and what to do about it
Connections | Magazine
‘If I were a boy, I would sail the seven seas,’ my daughter sang at 7. Had I already failed her?
October 4, 2020 | The Education Issue
METCO schools are at the intersection of the pandemic and racism
Five ways you can help kids learn better in online school right now
Will my kid learn anything this school year? Experts take on the most worrisome questions
Why learning pods could be worse for public schools than the pandemic
Let the Columbus statue go. We should be celebrating Sacco and Vanzetti
September 27, 2020 | Mr. 80 Percent
Globe Magazine
I knew getting prostate cancer at 48 would change me. I had no idea how much.
Perspective | Magazine
A tidal wave of evictions is forming. It’s not too late to stop it
September 20, 2020
Your Home | Relaxing Retreats
Stay-at-home design: Bright gathering spaces and moody nooks for study and work
Your Home | Relaxing Retreats
Optimizing a home for serenity doesn’t mean it has to be boring
Your Home | Relaxing Retreats
Interior design tricks that brought calm to a chaotic open floor plan
Globe Magazine
How the pandemic is changing what Boston-area home buyers want
Perspective | Magazine
The myth of Native American extinction harms everyone
Connections | Magazine
‘My best civic education was watching people come to our garage to vote’
September 13, 2020 | Fall Travel
Fall Travel | Magazine
A socially distanced father-daughter adventure in New Hampshire’s White Mountains
Fall Travel | Magazine
Seven easy New England bicycle trails that the whole family will love
Fall Travel | Magazine
Ten (mostly) outdoor museums to take in some art and history this fall
Connections | Magazine
A bumbling birder wings it with his sons
August 30, 2020 | Your Financial Future
Six smart ways to manage your money through the pandemic economy
How to find the right kind of financial coach for you (even if you’re on a budget)
Can anyone afford to retire in Massachusetts?
The looming economic crisis for America’s seniors
Five tips for managing a 401(k) during the pandemic’s turbulence
August 23, 2020
Globe Magazine
A math problem stumped experts for 50 years. This grad student from Maine solved it in days
Globe Magazine
As an underage teen, she was exploited by a sexual predator online. Then he came after her in the real world
Perspective | Magazine
Suffragists fought bias and a pandemic to vote. A century later, we owe it to them to do the same
Connections | Magazine
Though my sisters have been gone for years, I always say, ‘I have two sisters’
August 9, 2020
Globe Magazine
Photo essay: The 1975 battle for civil rights on Carson Beach
Globe Magazine
Racing the clock to stop drug-resistant superbugs
Perspective | Magazine
History tells us creativity gets unleashed in desperate times. No wonder DIY is back.
Connections | Magazine
‘For a few weeks every summer, we were beach neighbors’
July 26, 2020
Your Home | Design Refreshers
Transforming an old Berkshires barn into a contemporary home
Your Home | Design Refreshers
Dressing down a stuffy formal home to be bright, light, and easy
Your Home | Design Refreshers
‘I can’t believe this came out of it’: A Provincetown guesthouse gets reinvented as a single-family
Perspective | Magazine
The political battle over masks is making us lose the war on COVID-19
Connections | Magazine
‘I spend summers at a camp teaching “weird” teens that they’re cool'
July 19, 2020
Globe Magazine
Growing up Black in all the wrong places
Globe Magazine
‘Daddy, I’m bored.’ If you’re a parent, you’re hearing that a lot these days. It’s a good thing
Globe Magazine
How a suspicious fire saved America’s first homeless shelter for women
Perspective | Magazine
Young people believe activism can help. But voting? That’s a different story
Connections | Magazine
A barber for decades, my grandfather loves other people’s stories. I love his
June 21, 2020 | The Gratitude Project
I’m inspired by nonprofits helping people, especially in communities of color
At the Pine Street Inn and beyond, our dedication to helping homeless people endures
Keith Lockhart: Now, as ever, I marvel at musicians’ ability to unite us
COVID-19 showed the resilience of young people, teachers, and caregivers
Michael Dukakis: Thank you to the people keeping public transportation running
All across the country, health care workers save lives and show deep compassion
Monica Cannon-Grant: Activists are essential workers fighting for a more just America
Grocery store workers, know that you are making a difference
A Nobel Prize winner on how to thank medical researchers and health care workers: Wear a mask
To Obi. And Yonny. And all the people at the heart of restaurants
Ayanna Pressley: ‘Our communities are facing a crisis within a crisis, trauma layered upon trauma’
Grateful for our community organizations, coming together for change
June 14, 2020 | What About Summer?
Globe Magazine
Five ice cream shops in Greater Boston that deliver
Globe Magazine
How to plan a perfect picnic
Globe Magazine
Seven tips for planting a flourishing container garden
Globe Magazine
Boston area bartenders share cocktail recipes you can make at home
Globe Magazine
Summer vacation plans fall through? Don’t forget camping or renting an RV
Globe Magazine
Explore these less-traveled spaces at 8 Boston area parks and open spaces
Perspective | Magazine
What too many white people still don’t understand about racism
Connections | Magazine
When our gentle dog died, our source of comfort during the pandemic was gone too
June 7, 2020 | Healthy Living
Globe Magazine
Welcome to Burnout Nation, where stress makes everything not OK
Globe Magazine
How to recognize the signs of burnout from stress
Globe Magazine
I could really use a robot companion right about now
Globe Magazine
The Japanese art of tidying up is nice. But what we need in a pandemic is the Japanese way of finding balance
Perspective | Magazine
As telemedicine takes hold, what are doctors like me missing?
Connections | Magazine
Babe: The zucchini that stole our hearts
May 31, 2020 | Summer Travel
Globe Magazine
Here’s how New England hotels and resorts are getting ready for summer travelers
Globe Magazine
Eight free apps for modern-day naturalists
Globe Magazine
Yellowstone is doing just fine without us, thank you very much
Globe Magazine
Escape to these hidden lakes of New England
Globe Magazine
A few ways New Englanders have tried to ward off pests throughout history
Perspective | Magazine
What if the lockdown is worse than the disease?
Connections | Magazine
My COVID-19 infection gave me an unexpected gift
May 10, 2020
Globe Magazine
The ‘fourth trimester’ and plight of new mothers during a pandemic
Globe Magazine
12 ideas to honor a special 2020 graduate in your life
Globe Magazine
He long dreamed of publishing a poetry book. A year after his death, he is.
Connections | Magazine
Driving with Daisy: My turn to teach the rules of the road ahead
May 3, 2020
The Great Divide
Boston Latin and the biggest test of their young lives
Globe Magazine
Impossible coronavirus decisions and the price tag on human life
Perspective | Magazine
How to get your teenager to open up to you, especially now
Connections | Magazine
‘At the very end, there is no one else’: Saying goodbye to patients, over and over
April 19, 2020 | Top Spots to Live
Top spots to live in Greater Boston in 2020
Yes, people are still buying and selling homes during coronavirus. Here’s how.
Real estate professionals on how coronavirus has changed what they do
Top spots to live 2020: Boston neighborhoods
Top spots to live 2020: North of Boston
Top Spots to Live 2020: West of Boston
Top spots to live 2020: South of Boston
April 5, 2020
Globe Magazine
75+ things to do while coronavirus has you stuck at home
Globe Magazine
Five of the world’s best museums you can visit from your phone or computer
Globe Magazine
Can’t leave home? These 10 VR adventures take you around the world
Globe Magazine
Six ways to get kids involved with cooking, while stuck at home
Globe Magazine
Activities for kids: Tell a silly story, play some games, and learn some jokes
Globe Magazine
The race to develop a coronavirus test in a New Hampshire hospital
Perspective | Magazine
What the US will be like after we conquer the coronavirus
Connections
Coronavirus has brought my neighbors closer together
March 29, 2020
Your Home | Smart Solutions
Ideas to reinvigorate a ranch house, with inspiration from Framingham
Your Home | Smart Solutions
Check out how they live large in a 520-square-foot condo
Your Home | Smart Solutions
Bringing a modern sensibility to a vintage Portsmouth house
Globe Magazine
Curing hospitals’ addiction to the fossil fuels that make people sick
Perspective | Magazine
Hey you! Your bad recycling is costing all of us money!
Dispatches From the Edge
Apocalypse preppers, survivalists, and homesteaders aren’t that worried by coronavirus
A week that coronavirus changed everything, too fast and too slow
12 small business owners on how coronavirus has affected them
Why we closed: The MFA, ICA, and Gardner Museum directors on their difficult coronavirus decision
How religious leaders are keeping faith during coronavirus, even from a social distance
I have clinical anxiety. If the coronavirus scares you, this might help
My 46-hour hunt for toilet paper
At risk populations: ‘What helps is feeling like you’re not going it alone’
6 voices from college: Alone in a dorm, what a coronavirus diagnosis feels like, and more
‘I have literally lost 11 pounds in the last week’: Trying to keep restaurants afloat during coronavirus
Can AI predict a coronavirus infection before doctors even do a test?
8 songs to wash your hands by (that aren’t Happy Birthday)
March 15, 2020 | Spring Travel
Globe Magazine | Travel
A women-only adventure tour through the Andes of Peru
Globe Magazine | Travel
A Tucson local’s guide to Arizona’s hippest city
Globe Magazine | Travel
Big deals at 8 of New England’s best inns and resorts
Perspective | Magazine
When will we admit that college isn’t the only path to success?
Connections | Magazine
Giving up our landline, but not the memories we owe to it
March 8, 2020 | Spring Arts Preview
Problak paints the Boston we often don’t see
Spring Arts Preview
40+ arts events around New England (some free!) you won’t want to miss
Spring Arts Preview
Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’ is turning Concord into a must-see destination
Perspective | Magazine
An Equal Rights Amendment for women is our best hope to safeguard legal protections
February 23, 2020 | The Parenting Issue
Parenting | Magazine
To raise healthy eaters, break those rules you learned as a kid
Parenting
Six reasons to send kids to overnight summer camp (that are good for parents)
Parenting | Magazine
How much can parents really control how their kids turn out?
Perspective | Magazine
Parents’ obsession with raising happy kids is a big problem
Connections | Magazine
Sign language connects my children to their grandmother
February 9, 2020
Book Excerpt
Amid Irish potato famine, a ship from Boston embarked on history’s first humanitarian mission
MISS CONDUCT
What I’ve learned about how we treat each other from 15 years as Miss Conduct
Your Home | Makeovers
Putting off a move to the suburbs, a young family remakes a Back Bay condo
Your Home | Makeovers
Renovating a Westwood home, guided by simplicity
Your Home | Makeovers
Best grandparents ever? This couple remade their home to welcome their adult children and grandkids
Your Home | Makeovers
A Somerville gut rehab transforms an unremarkable home into a picture perfect neighbor
PERSPECTIVE
Why burned-out doctors despise electronic health records
January 19, 2020
After 17 lawsuits, 27 years in court, a judge rules in Beverly neighbors’ feud
GLOBE MAGAZINE
My teenager brought an ‘infant simulator’ home from school, and I think I’m a grandma now
Eight historic Massachusetts wedding venues for your big day
10 questions to ask a wedding venue before you commit
Perspective | Magazine
Politicians not listening? Flexing your consumer muscle can get results.
Connections | Magazine
I love her. Her husband? Not so much.
January 12, 2020
How could my wife have Alzheimer’s? She was only 56.
Globe Magazine
Signs of early-onset Alzheimer’s: When not to worry, and when to see a doctor
Perspective | Magazine
#MeToo is necessary. It’s also freaking men out
Connections
In my soccer league, the women are here to play
Resolutions You Can Keep