We crunched the numbers to come up with our guide to the region’s top-performing schools. Does your town make the grade?

AI can write better essays than your teenager and solve complex equations in a matter of seconds (no wonder they’re all cheating). Here’s how to prepare students for a world where the only advantage left is being human.

Fenway Park suites, harbor views, spa treatments, and butler service—it’s easier to escape the routine than you might think.

Even $150,000 a year isn’t enough to buy groceries on America’s most exclusive island.

We have tons of possibilities that aren’t Brady or Fenway, some so obvious as to be overlooked. The biggest? Dunks.

For decades, the convivial Four Seasons’ space was where the city’s power brokers made deals, celebrities partied, and families built traditions. Then it vanished. Can Boston’s most legendary gathering spot ever return?

While the mayoral candidates duke it out until election day, we asked 21 prominent locals what they’d do if they ran the city.

Born after 2000? You can’t buy cigarettes or vapes in Brookline—ever—and other towns are following suit. Are generational nicotine bans brilliant public health policy or government overreach? Bay State lawmakers will soon decide.

Bucking today’s “me, me, me” culture, these Bostonians once served their country as soldiers, supported communities in Chile, and taught kids in Roxbury. A field guide to growing up through giving back.

A Rhode Island tribe’s quest for state recognition has sparked a bitter fight among Native Americans over who can claim Indigenous heritage, how to prove it—and who gets to decide.

You have spoken, and you have feelings about coffee shops, politicians, and bagels.

With more than 250 winners in nine categories, here’s your annual guide to everything worth your time and money right now.

One dad braves the escalators, endless aisles, and ceiling-mounted merchandise at Dick’s Sporting Goods—and survives to tell the tale.

Parent complaints and post-pandemic anxiety have transformed summer camp from a lawless paradise into a supervised safe space. The kids are all right—but are they missing out?

Diagnosing a Cambridge hive with Best Bees’ Ronald “Ronnie” Thompson III.