2020 Feature Archive - Boston Globe Magazine

2020 Feature Archive

December 27, 2020

Dave Barry’s year in review: 2020, what can we say . . .

Brothers Leo, 14, (left) and Mateo Goldman share a deep bond. This year, Mateo, 12, returned from the hospital just in time for Thanksgiving.

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?

Mary Evelyn Folsom Blair at age 33 in 1914, writing in one of her journals at a table near her camp, Arcady. Writer Phil Primack now has the journal.

Connections | Magazine

The writer who walked these woods before me

December 13, 2020 | Bostonians of the Year

2020 Bostonians of the Year: The Front Line

From left: Segun Idowu of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts, Queen-Cheyenne Wade of For the People - Boston, Monica Cannon-Grant of Violence in Boston, and Sofia Meadows of For the People - Boston.

The Social Justice Advocates

The movement against racism is broad and deep. Here are some of the people making change happen.

Jaylen Brown, a Celtics player who stands out on and off the parquet.

The Celtics’ Jaylen Brown is a leader in the NBA and outside it

Erin McAleer has been relentless in her efforts to keep people fed as president of Project Bread.

The Hunger Fighters

Erin McAleer and Project Bread: Relentless in the battle against food insecurity

Ashish Jha is the former director of the Harvard Global Health Institute. In September he started as dean of the Brown University School of Public Health.

The COVID Scientists

Ashish Jha: Speaking out for science and for public health in the pandemic

Lindsey Baden is a top infectious disease expert at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

The COVID Scientists

Lindsey Baden: Taking action on multiple fronts against COVID-19

Galit Alter is a professor at Harvard Medical School and a researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital.

The COVID Scientists

Galit Alter: Connecting scientists to speed up the COVID-19 fight

Gladys Vega, executive director of La Colaborativa.

The Community Leaders

Gladys Vega and La Colaborativa: Working in the eye of the storm in Chelsea

Stacey Gabriel, senior director of the Broad Institute's Genomics Platform.

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

The Lodge at Spruce Peak in Vermont.

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

Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, and Paul Pierce were being called the Big Three even before playing their first game together.

The origin story of the 2008 Boston Celtics’ Big Three

Although Oktoberfest had been canceled, life in Munich felt startlingly ordinary, including in front of City Hall on September 19, 2020.

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?

Photo illustration of a woman's hand holding an old-fashioned phone receiver with a cord.

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

The Phia Group’s human resources manager, Linda Pestana (right), has been bringing her 17-year-old son to the office to log on to school.

Getting creative to help workers whose kids are stuck at home

From left: David Cancel, CEO of chatbot software firm Drift; Jim Heppelmann, president and CEO of PTC; and Stefania Mallett, CEO of business catering marketplace ezCater.

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

Light-up, winter lawn ornaments.

20 ideas to rescue the holiday spirit with family and friends in 2020

Salted caramel nut tartlets.

Recipes: 5 home-baked treats designed to travel

Counterclockwise, from top left: Mariana earrings, Wicked Good boot moc slippers, locomotive and fish figure kit, Kazi bread basket, 5 Rhodium RI Red vodka, 6 Skin balancing set, "We Are the Change: Words of Inspiration from Civil Rights Leaders" by Harry Belafonte, ski hat, and waxed canvas bag.

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

Strangers sent the author their bracelets engraved with her uncle's name.

Connections | Magazine

How strangers honored my uncle, who went M.I.A. in Vietnam, for years

November 8, 2020 | Women & Power

The 2020 Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts

Top row, from left: Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Geeta Aiyer, of Boston Common Asset Management; and Dr. Paula A. Johnson, of Wellesley College. Bottom row, from left: Linda Markham, of Cape Air; Jackie Fouse, of Agios Pharmaceuticals, and Sam King, of Veracode.

What 2020 taught female leaders about managing through a crisis

How these female business leaders successfully pivoted when the pandemic hit

Five ways the pandemic can ultimately make the workplace better for women

How 5 of the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts are engineering pivots

For her Babson project, Janie Carroll, a 16-year-old in Needham, planned a summer camp, including activities such as playing on a trampoline with water balloons.

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

Tom Keane and Laurie Farrell in 1984, not long before they married.

Globe Magazine | The Medical Issue

I wrote about losing my wife to younger-onset Alzheimer’s. This is what helped me feel less alone

Dr. Lisa L. Barnes is a professor of gerontology and geriatric medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

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

PET scans showing different levels of Alzheimer's-related biomarkers in the brain.

The Medical Issue

5 advances in Alzheimer’s research and treatment that could make a difference

Yakeel Quiroz, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, outside of her neuroimaging lab at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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

Jojo Sandonato, 19, pops a wheelie on Tremont Street in downtown Boston.

‘In Bikelife, if you know how to ride it doesn’t matter how you look, there’s no discrimination’

Jane Britton.

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

Babe Ruth in 1919, during what would be his last season with the Red Sox.

Why the Broadway showman who dumped Babe Ruth from the Red Sox was smarter than we think

The large-scale veining of the 26-by-46-inch porcelain tiles used on the floor and shower walls mimics that of Calacatta marble, yet the tiles were cheaper and more practical. The shower floor is done with 2-by-2-inch hex-shaped tiles.
And a new niche provides convenient storage.

Your Home | Kitchens & Baths

A redesign takes this bathroom from locker room feel to bright, functional showpiece

Cement tiles by Eskayel for Cle bring color to a powder room; the pendants by Kelly Wearstler for Visual Comfort are from Newburyport Lighting; and the concrete sink ties to the lower level floor.

Your Home | Kitchens & Baths

Home design: A supersized kitchen island fit for a family’s busy lifestyle

An eat-in kitchen under the stairs in a Charlestown town house.

Your Home | KItchens & Baths

Home design: Carving out room for a bathroom in the attic and more space for family dining

Glass privacy panels separate the toilet and shower from the soaking tub in the primary bath.

Your Home | Kitchens & Baths

They wanted to fix a chilly bathroom, but wound up updating the house

Vials of Sinovac Biotech Ltd.'s vaccine displayed at a media event.

Perspective | Magazine

When a COVID-19 vaccine finally arrives, the government must make people take it

Writer Molly Donovan and her sister, Caitlin.

Connections | Magazine

No longer neighbors, but sisters forever

October 4, 2020 | The Education Issue

A METCO school bus outside Bedford High School on the first day of school in September.

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

A beheaded statue of Christopher
Columbus in Boston's North End on June 10.

Let the Columbus statue go. We should be celebrating Sacco and Vanzetti

September 27, 2020 | Mr. 80 Percent

Mark Shanahan

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

Blush velvet chairs from Room & Board add a feminine touch to the moody tone-on-tone living room. Gus Modern sofas from Lekker Home are different styles, but upholstered in the same fabric for consistency.

Your Home | Relaxing Retreats

Stay-at-home design: Bright gathering spaces and moody nooks for study and work

A retractable glass door disappears into the wall, making the kitchen and three-season sunroom into a single, continuous space. The stone fireplace surround informed the gray cabinetry in the kitchen, where interior designer Kim Macumber added a runner from Dover Rug for warmth.

Your Home | Relaxing Retreats

Optimizing a home for serenity doesn’t mean it has to be boring

The living room furniture layout makes the area feel self-contained even though it is open to the dining space and kitchen. The cabinetry was retrofitted with wood tops for warmth and the framed textile from St. Frank adds drama.

Your Home | Relaxing Retreats

Interior design tricks that brought calm to a chaotic open floor plan

How the pandemic is changing what Boston-area home buyers want

Wabanaki paddlers during an annual ceremony on the Penobscot River in 2018.

Perspective | Magazine

The myth of Native American extinction harms everyone

Voting in the family garage.

Connections | Magazine

‘My best civic education was watching people come to our garage to vote’

September 13, 2020 | Fall Travel

The view from the top of Cathedral Ledge.

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

Visitors on the grounds of the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum.

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

One thing is clear about the COVID-19 financial storm: Survival will require more than just cutting back on lattes.

Six smart ways to manage your money through the pandemic economy

How do you find a financial coach who fits into your budget?

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?

Coronavirus is threatening the financial health of retirees and workers approaching retirement age.

The looming economic crisis for America’s seniors

Five tips for managing a 401(k) during the pandemic’s turbulence

August 23, 2020

Mathematician Lisa Piccirillo at MIT, where she is now an assistant professor.

A math problem stumped experts for 50 years. This grad student from Maine solved it in days

Survivor Sarah Cooper won't be silenced. She's leading a charge alongside her mother to stop sexual predators from exploiting children online.

As an underage teen, she was exploited by a sexual predator online. Then he came after her in the real world

Suffragist Nannie Helen Burroughs leads fellow activists in the early 1900s.

Perspective | Magazine

Suffragists fought bias and a pandemic to vote. A century later, we owe it to them to do the same

The writer’s daughter Caitlin Driscoll Beatty photographed her daughters, (from left) Alila, Taria, and Neasa, to re-create Entre Nous by Willabel Cole Mitchell.

Connections | Magazine

Though my sisters have been gone for years, I always say, ‘I have two sisters’

August 16, 2020

A logging truck travels through Jay, Maine, on April 16, the day after a mill explosion that is still shaking the town’s economy.

The paper mill was everything to the people of Jay, Maine. Then it exploded

Three Rhode Island Reds outside their new coop.

‘Wouldn’t backyard chickens be fun?’ you say. Be careful what you wish for

At commencement in 2013, University of Massachusetts Amherst students walk in the Parade of International Flags.

Perspective | Magazine

Trump is destroying the American dream for international college students

The writer’s mother, Barbara Jo Chaffee, started making this intricate quilt. After she died, her friends took on the task.

Eight years after my mother died, her friends finished the quilt she started

August 9, 2020

Thomas Atkins, president of the Boston NAACP, speaks with police officers.

Photo essay: The 1975 battle for civil rights on Carson Beach

Racing the clock to stop drug-resistant superbugs

Perspective | Magazine

History tells us creativity gets unleashed in desperate times. No wonder DIY is back.

The writer (kneeling on the right) and her siblings on Salisbury Beach in 1980.

Connections | Magazine

‘For a few weeks every summer, we were beach neighbors’

July 26, 2020

The family stores their vinyl record collection under the bench of the new bump-out bay in the living room.

Your Home | Design Refreshers

Transforming an old Berkshires barn into a contemporary home

Rather than sticking with white windows like those used in the front of the house, Kelly McGuill specified black frames for the doors and windows at the back. “They’re separate enough to work and provide great contrast to the white, brass, and wood,” the designer says.

Your Home | Design Refreshers

Dressing down a stuffy formal home to be bright, light, and easy

Landscape designer Soren deNiord created multiple outdoor “rooms” in the backyard of this home in a dense neighborhood in Provincetown.

Your Home | Design Refreshers

‘I can’t believe this came out of it’: A Provincetown guesthouse gets reinvented as a single-family

A woman protests a proposed Tulsa, Oklahoma, mask ordinance on July 15.

Perspective | Magazine

The political battle over masks is making us lose the war on COVID-19

A goth tie-dye project at this year’s virtual Odyssey Teen Camp.

Connections | Magazine

‘I spend summers at a camp teaching “weird” teens that they’re cool'

July 19, 2020

Growing up Black in all the wrong places

‘Daddy, I’m bored.’ If you’re a parent, you’re hearing that a lot these days. It’s a good thing

Kip Tiernan, founder of Rosie’s Place, photographed in 2008 at the shelter’s current home on Harrison Avenue.

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

The writer and her grandfather, Pasquale Fronduto.

Connections | Magazine

A barber for decades, my grandfather loves other people’s stories. I love his

July 12, 2020

Advocates say the Massachusetts parole system suffers from a “trail ’em, nail ’em, and jail ’em” culture, focusing on snaring individuals for minor missteps.

They’ve been granted parole. So why can it take years for them to get out of prison?

After being rebuked by his colleagues in December 1954, Senator Joseph McCarthy confers with former aide Bobby Kennedy, who had become chief minority counsel for the investigations subcommittee.

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

Throughout the author's childhood, her mother told elaborate tales about the origins of this necklace.

Connections | Magazine

The author of ‘Wild Game’ breaks the treacherous hold of a family heirloom

June 28, 2020

Pep Bachier’s homing pigeons often fly hundreds of miles back to their coops in Boston.

Inside the world of New England pigeon racing, where a win can bring $100,000

Before COVID-19, the bar at Eastern Standard was crowded most nights, like this one (in 2008) when Cannon was mixing cocktails.

How can Boston’s bar scene possibly recover from the COVID-19 shutdown?

Heather Hsu, who has a 12-year-old daughter and a 9-year-old son, is usually a pediatric hospitalist and epidemiologist, but when the pandemic hit, she was enlisted to work 12-plus hour shifts in one of BMC’s adult inpatient COVID units.

‘I cried in private’: The stress of being a doctor and parent working in a COVID-19 unit

The painting over the sofa is by Martha’s Vineyard-based artist Cindy Kane, who is represented by Granary Gallery in West Tisbury. Over the fireplace, artwork is displayed on the framed Samsung television.

Your Home | Summer Living

A traditional farmhouse on Martha’s Vineyard, with a very modern twist

The existing concrete foundation wall was retained, while four new concrete posts replaced twice as many older ones at this home overlooking Maine’s Casco Bay. New stone walls and stairways lead from the street level to a patio off the master bedroom and down to the rocks.

Your Home | Summer Living

The challenge of building a dramatic home on Maine’s rocky coast

Schumacher’s iconic print “Lemon Garden,” designed by Josef Frank, was the starting point for the “long” porch. A contemporary print for the bench cushion keeps the ensemble from feeling fusty. The floor is painted Benjamin Moore “Nantucket Fog” and the coffee table came from The Antique and Artisan Gallery in Stamford.

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

While she was in college, the author's father would dash off postcards to her, always written vertically.

Connections | Magazine

Who needs texting when a postcard really says it all?

June 21, 2020 | The Gratitude Project

Gladys Vega oversees a Chelsea Collaborative food drive.

I’m inspired by nonprofits helping people, especially in communities of color

Pine Street Inn kitchen staffers at work during the pandemic.

At the Pine Street Inn and beyond, our dedication to helping homeless people endures

Screen grabs from the Boston Pops’ performance of "Summon The Heroes" on May 5. Each performer played separately and their recordings were edited together.

Keith Lockhart: Now, as ever, I marvel at musicians’ ability to unite us

Some child-care centers remained open throughout the quarantine to provide support for essential workers.

COVID-19 showed the resilience of young people, teachers, and caregivers

A worker decontaminates an MBTA Blue Line train during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Michael Dukakis: Thank you to the people keeping public transportation running

Staff in the special pathogen unit at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

All across the country, health care workers save lives and show deep compassion

Activists participate in a “die-in,” co-organized by Violence in Boston, on June 2 on Blue Hill Avenue.

Monica Cannon-Grant: Activists are essential workers fighting for a more just America

A grocery store employee wears a mask to interact with customers.

Grocery store workers, know that you are making a difference

A research technician at the Ragon Institute in Cambridge, where COVID-19 research is being conducted.

A Nobel Prize winner on how to thank medical researchers and health care workers: Wear a mask

Staff at work at Porto, a restaurant in Boston.

To Obi. And Yonny. And all the people at the heart of restaurants

Ayanna Pressley speaks from home during the UMass Amherst 2020 online commencement ceremony.

Ayanna Pressley: ‘Our communities are facing a crisis within a crisis, trauma layered upon trauma’

Social justice advocates hold a press conference outside Boston City Hall on June 9.

Grateful for our community organizations, coming together for change

Kristin Notarangeli, a gardener at the Encore Boston Harbor casino, replaces petunias in the Harborwalk gardens.

‘This Old House’ contractor thankful for those bringing beauty to our plants, public spaces, and planet

Michael Carbin is among the people Daniel Jackson photographed for his At A Distance project, which he started during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Grateful for kind neighbors in the midst of COVID-19

Health care workers at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford photographed as part of #TheFrontStepsProject.

To the photographers, and their subjects, raising millions for charity

Daphne Lewis and her family. She is a nurse at Boston Children's Hospital.

Essential workers express their thanks to those who support them

Nantucket Cottage Hospital.

Here’s a shout-out to you, essential Nantucket from author Elin Hilderbrand

The Rev. Liz Walker.

The Rev. Liz Walker: Faith matters at times like this

A Boston EMS ambulance crew wheels a patient into Massachusetts General Hospital.

Denis Leary: To the firefighters and rescuers who face whatever comes

Ken Burns is an award-winning filmmaker.

Ken Burns: We must look at nurses, delivery people, and other essential workers with even greater respect

Michelle Figueroa is the founder of Good News Movement.

As the pandemic grew, another wave surged: compassion from strangers

Richie Hebner in front of a hearse he drives.

Thank you for the empathy of ‘last responders’ at funeral homes and cemeteries

A UPS driver wearing a mask makes deliveries on Newbury Street.

John Ratzberger: We have to stop using the term ‘blue-collar’ and start saying ‘essential’

In this 2012 photo, Bill Russell receives a standing ovation at a Celtics game. Russell is a civil rights activist and he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011.

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?

Five ice cream shops in Greater Boston that deliver

How to plan a perfect picnic

Seven tips for planting a flourishing container garden

From left: Daiquiri Ave Moi, El Cantante, and the Sweet Peach.

Boston area bartenders share cocktail recipes you can make at home

Summer vacation plans fall through? Don’t forget camping or renting an RV

Chinatown’s Uncle Frank & Auntie Kay Chin Park.

Explore these less-traveled spaces at 8 Boston area parks and open spaces

Demonstrators at a June 2 rally in Boston face off with a police vehicle.

Perspective | Magazine

What too many white people still don’t understand about racism

Licorice at the beach.

Connections | Magazine

When our gentle dog died, our source of comfort during the pandemic was gone too

June 7, 2020 | Healthy Living

Welcome to Burnout Nation, where stress makes everything not OK

How to recognize the signs of burnout from stress

I could really use a robot companion right about now

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?

The author’s daughter with Babe the Zucchini.

Connections | Magazine

Babe: The zucchini that stole our hearts

May 31, 2020 | Summer Travel

Here’s how New England hotels and resorts are getting ready for summer travelers

Eight free apps for modern-day naturalists

Cutoff Mountain, in the Northern Absaroka Range, towers over the historic Slough Creek Meadows of northeast Yellowstone National Park.

Yellowstone is doing just fine without us, thank you very much

Escape to these hidden lakes of New England

A few ways New Englanders have tried to ward off pests throughout history

Perspective | Magazine

What if the lockdown is worse than the disease?

Illustration by Ally Rzesa

Connections | Magazine

My COVID-19 infection gave me an unexpected gift

May 17, 2020

The ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ author has a message for the Class of 2020

Margaret and Thomas Huang were inseparable for 60 years of marriage.

I lost both my parents in the COVID-19 era. How do I reopen my own life?

The 5 scariest ways scammers try to rip us off

How to report a scam and financial fraud

At a May rally to end California’s virus-driven shutdown, a protester (left) argues with a counter-protester in front of Los Angeles City Hall.

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

Caroline Brinkert with her daughter in April, not long after giving birth.

The ‘fourth trimester’ and plight of new mothers during a pandemic

celebrating the class of 2020

12 ideas to honor a special 2020 graduate in your life

Scott Harney in the early 1980s.

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

Over the past nine months, Globe reporters followed sixth-graders Ryah St. Brice (left), Izzi Connelly-Dow, and Luis Ramos Soto as they vied for seats at one of Boston's three elite exam schools.

The Great Divide

Boston Latin and the biggest test of their young lives

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

Jubilee Jim Fisk and the great Civil War score

Is the coronavirus pandemic Mother Nature’s revenge?

Perspective | Magazine

Parents, you can’t replace teachers while homeschooling. But you can do this

Matthew Bernstein and his father, Abe.

Connections | Magazine

At 59, I’ve now lived longer than my father did

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.

At left: Ezekiel Wheeler (front row, far right) and some of the crew from Intelligent Labor and Moving, before the need for social distancing. At right: Linda O’Koniewski of Leading Edge Real Estate (top); Sofia Travayiakis of Mortgage Network (middle); and Doron Bracha of Accent Home Inspection.

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

75+ things to do while coronavirus has you stuck at home

R65NJH Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History rotunda elephant

Five of the world’s best museums you can visit from your phone or computer

Can’t leave home? These 10 VR adventures take you around the world

Six ways to get kids involved with cooking, while stuck at home

Activities for kids: Tell a silly story, play some games, and learn some jokes

Rachel Barney, genomic technologist at DHMC’s laboratory for Clinical Genomics and Advanced Technology, preparing patient samples for SarS-CoV-2 testing.