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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’
December 6, 2020 | Winter Travel Preview
Family fun on our dog-sledding adventure in the forests of New Hampshire
Globe Magazine
What to expect on New England’s ski slopes this season of COVID
How to have a great (and safe) time in Florida if you’re considering a trip this winter
Perspective | Magazine
The support Black men deserve from each other
Connections | Magazine
I gripped a hunky guy’s bicep at Disneyland. He was not my husband.
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?
November 1, 2020 | The Medical Issue
Globe Magazine | The Medical Issue
I wrote about losing my wife to younger-onset Alzheimer’s. This is what helped me feel less alone
The Medical Issue
Why are Black Americans twice as likely to have Alzheimer’s or other dementias as white Americans?
Globe Magazine | The Medical Issue
These lifestyle changes may protect your brain from Alzheimer’s and dementia
The Medical Issue
5 advances in Alzheimer’s research and treatment that could make a difference
Globe Magazine | The Medical Issue
A DNA mystery: A woman was supposed to get Alzheimer’s by 50. Why didn’t she?
Perspective | Magazine
At-home care for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients is a national crisis. Here’s how to fix it
Connections | Magazine
As my mother’s memory worsened, the contents of her purse became as unrecognizable as the highlights of her life
October 25, 2020
Globe Magazine
‘In Bikelife, if you know how to ride it doesn’t matter how you look, there’s no discrimination’
Globe Magazine
An unsolved 1969 murder of a Harvard grad student. My decade-long quest for answers
Perspective | Magazine
Supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs is our best hope for jump-starting the economy
Connections | Magazine
We lost our dear friend to breast cancer. We wear her clothes and remember
October 18, 2020
Globe Magazine
Why the Broadway showman who dumped Babe Ruth from the Red Sox was smarter than we think
Your Home | Kitchens & Baths
A redesign takes this bathroom from locker room feel to bright, functional showpiece
Your Home | Kitchens & Baths
Home design: A supersized kitchen island fit for a family’s busy lifestyle
Your Home | KItchens & Baths
Home design: Carving out room for a bathroom in the attic and more space for family dining
Your Home | Kitchens & Baths
They wanted to fix a chilly bathroom, but wound up updating the house
Perspective | Magazine
When a COVID-19 vaccine finally arrives, the government must make people take it
Connections | Magazine
No longer neighbors, but sisters forever
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 16, 2020
Globe Magazine
The paper mill was everything to the people of Jay, Maine. Then it exploded
Feature
‘Wouldn’t backyard chickens be fun?’ you say. Be careful what you wish for
Perspective | Magazine
Trump is destroying the American dream for international college students
Connections
Eight years after my mother died, her friends finished the quilt she started
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
July 12, 2020
Globe Magazine
They’ve been granted parole. So why can it take years for them to get out of prison?
Globe Magazine
How Joe McCarthy (yes, that McCarthy) helped launch the Kennedy dynasty
Perspective | Magazine
Why words aren’t enough from companies claiming to support Black Lives Matter
Connections | Magazine
The author of ‘Wild Game’ breaks the treacherous hold of a family heirloom
June 28, 2020
GLOBE MAGAZINE
Inside the world of New England pigeon racing, where a win can bring $100,000
Globe Magazine
How can Boston’s bar scene possibly recover from the COVID-19 shutdown?
Globe Magazine
‘I cried in private’: The stress of being a doctor and parent working in a COVID-19 unit
Your Home | Summer Living
A traditional farmhouse on Martha’s Vineyard, with a very modern twist
Your Home | Summer Living
The challenge of building a dramatic home on Maine’s rocky coast
Your Home | Summer Living
A century-old Rhode Island cottage updated to look original
Perspective | Magazine
Showing up to my job as a doctor is not enough to help people suffering from injustice
Connections | Magazine
Who needs texting when a postcard really says it all?
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
‘This Old House’ contractor thankful for those bringing beauty to our plants, public spaces, and planet
Grateful for kind neighbors in the midst of COVID-19
To the photographers, and their subjects, raising millions for charity
Essential workers express their thanks to those who support them
Here’s a shout-out to you, essential Nantucket from author Elin Hilderbrand
The Rev. Liz Walker: Faith matters at times like this
Denis Leary: To the firefighters and rescuers who face whatever comes
Ken Burns: We must look at nurses, delivery people, and other essential workers with even greater respect
As the pandemic grew, another wave surged: compassion from strangers
Thank you for the empathy of ‘last responders’ at funeral homes and cemeteries
John Ratzberger: We have to stop using the term ‘blue-collar’ and start saying ‘essential’
Bill Russell’s hope for America: That this time will be different
Perspective | Magazine
Bill Russell’s hope for America: That this time will be different
I’ve been waiting my whole life for America to live up to its unfulfilled promise, Russell writes, because our lives depend on it.
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 17, 2020
Globe Magazine
The ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ author has a message for the Class of 2020
Globe Magazine
I lost both my parents in the COVID-19 era. How do I reopen my own life?
Globe Magazine
The 5 scariest ways scammers try to rip us off
Globe Magazine
How to report a scam and financial fraud
Perspective | Magazine
Good news in politics: The other side hates you less than you think
Connections | Magazine
Why we walk . . . and walk and walk
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 26, 2020
Globe Magazine
Jubilee Jim Fisk and the great Civil War score
Globe Magazine
Is the coronavirus pandemic Mother Nature’s revenge?
Perspective | Magazine
Parents, you can’t replace teachers while homeschooling. But you can do this