Kerry’s first year marked by big risks

The secretary of state has been engaged in a headlong rush of diplomacy in a host of hot spots that often makes him appear more energetic and ambitious than his predecessor.

Robert Cantu helps lead a BU  brain injury research center.

The concussion doctor’s tangled interests

Robert C. Cantu’s many connections have become emblematic of conflicting interests in the football, helmet, medical, and scientific communities.

State law requires that protesters stay 35 feet from entrances to abortion clinics.

Abortion clinic buffer zones’ fate in hands of high court

The case goes next month before the US Supreme Court, which will have to weigh free speech against the state’s ability to enact what it calls long-needed public safety regulations.

Celeste Corcoran (left) and her daughter Sydney have been side by side in navigating their recovery from the bombings.

After Marathon attack, Lowell family healing

Celeste and Sydney Corcoran, the mother and daughter nearly killed in the Marathon bombings, end 2013 with a profound gratitude to simply be alive. By Kay Lazar

Silvia Gavidia, 20, of East Boston, and Tania Herrera, 19, of Chelsea made toys for children during a Roca workshop last month.

For young women on the tattered margins, a lifeline

While much of the attention to youth in urban environs is focused on young men, there are young women who prove equally difficult to reach — that’s where Roca steps in.

Dan Shaughnessy

Casting his votes for the Hall of Fame

Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy explains who he wants to send to Cooperstown, and why.

Opinion

TOM KEANE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/12/29/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/keane1229-930--90x90.jpg Assessing Edward Snowden, six months later

It is worth asking precisely what the NSA leaker has accomplished and whether his critics should reconsider their view.

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Owner George Preston Marshall (below, middle) in 1932 brought his NFL team to Boston, where it played at Braves Field for a season. He then moved it to Fenway Park, its home from 1933-36, and changed its name to Redskins.

Redskins wonder, what’s in a name? The answer traces back to Boston

The franchise that George Preston Marshall founded here and packed up lock, stock, and logo in December 1936 is embroiled in an increasingly contentious public debate.

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On the Job

A local rum revival, with a twist

Essex County was a major rum manufacturing center for Colonial America, and Maggie Campbell is one of a handful of craft distillers again settling along the coastline.