Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

A recession is coming, and we?re not prepared to deal with it

Not once in the full sweep of history has the United States gone more than 10 years without a recession.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/19Warren15.jpg Activists urge Warren to support health care bill

Senator Warren, who worked on the bill for two years and wrote parts of it, turned against the measure, saying it had been rewritten to benefit pharmaceutical companies.

West Roxbury -5/25/16- Over a dozen clergy were arrested at the West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline construction site on Grove Street as they sat on the edge of the exacted street above the 16 inch gas pipeline being laid five feet below the street, and halted the work from being done. They were allowed to sit on the edge for five minutes before they were arrested.Boston Globe staff Photo by John Tlumacki (metro)

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West Roxbury pipeline to open, despite protests

A Houston company will send gas through a pipeline in West Roxbury on Thursday, despite protests by neighbors and objections of officials.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/02/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/98529895-1654.jpg Lawmakers could tap emergency fund for pot regulation

Lawmakers are scrambling to pay for oversight of the marijuana industry and may turn to a controversial source: the state?s emergency savings account.

The transition to Trump

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/05653557.jpg Democrats say they?ll take aim at Trump?s Treasury pick

As with his other Cabinet choices, Donald Trump?s selection of Steven Mnuchin elevates an early supporter to a plum government role.

?All I want is the truth, that?s all that matters,? said Pamela DiSarro, the widow of Steven DiSarro.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Years after alleged mob murder, a family wants answers

Steven DiSarro?s wife and children spoke publicly for the first time about the man they loved, his disappearance, and its devastating toll.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/12132009_13scott-7450107.jpg Neighbors? complaints preceded fatal Roxbury fire

Two weeks before a fatal blaze, neighbors complained to the city about squatters, drug use, and fires on the property.

State pension fund paid private equity firms $1.5b over 5 years

In exchange for the generous compensation, the Massachusetts fund reaped bigger gains from private equity than from any other investment it made.

hiawatha bray | techlab

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/01/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/626327288.jpg AT&T?s DirecTV Now is not quite the answer we were seeking

Sometimes when a company rolls out a new product, you can sense its corporate heart just isn?t in it.

An artist?s sketch of the future Arsenal Yards in Watertown.

Boylston Properties

Arsenal Mall rebuild to begin soon, under new name

Dubbed Arsenal Yards, the new mall will have a more modern look, updated mix of local and national retailers, and maybe a movie theater.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/WALKER_113016_01cityhallplaza_9291x.jpg ?Boston Winter? wonderland to open on redesigned City Hall Plaza

City Hall Plaza has long been a red-brick tundra where mayoral dreams of renovations came to die.

Globe Santa

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/globesanta-11598.jpeg Mom in family of four asks Santa to remember her boys

The boys? grandmother has ALS, and they are helping out.

Opinion | Tim Cockey

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/1201pepforweb.jpg An elevator pitch on escaping social media

As with any addiction, however, breaking away from social media is not easy.

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Yvonne Abraham

Surveillance is everywhere now

Massive mountains of information about us are out there, enough to allow advertisers, political campaigns, and others to target us with terrifying specificity.

What our critics say

TV CRITIC?s CORNER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/11/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/theaffair_209_4556.R.jpg Where is ?The Affair? heading?

Now the titular affair is old news, where will the writers take us?

Movie REview

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/25/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/SAMURAITRILOGY.jpg An actor ?created by forces of seismic activity?

As a new documentary shows, Toshiro Mifune was a one-of-a-kind movie star.

photography review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Jones,PotatoMajestic.jpg Photography and the power to collapse time and space

At the Clark Art Institute: oh, the places that early photography would go.

Album review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/BTD-cover-large-1024x1024.jpg Hearing Kate Bush live in London on ?Before the Dawn?

The album was recorded during a run of shows at the Hammersmith Apollo in 2014.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cars-11575.jpg Boston is set to lower its speed limit in Jan.

The city?s default speed limit will become 25 mph on Jan. 9.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight150x150-5331asdf-11556.jpg The Desperate and the Dead: The ?new asylums?

There may be no worse place for mentally ill people to receive treatment than prison, yet a growing number end up in the ?new asylums.?

The story behind 'Spotlight'

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight-9497.jpg Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight?

?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

 Shirley Cuevas got a hug at the Culinary Arts Training Program graduation at the Salvation Army Boston KROC Center. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

The Big picture

Globe photos of the month, November 2016

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month.

Cars

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Slow down! Boston speed limit change takes effect in Jan.

The City Council on Wednesday finalized a measure to reduce Boston?s default speed limit from 30 to 25 mph on Jan. 9. Mayor Martin J. Walsh, who had pushed for the change, called the measure an important step toward reducing the risk of injuries and fatalities on the city?s roads. Boston has set a goal [?]