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Dennis McA'Nulty (left), a senior compliance analyst at Sun Life Financial, on a Zoom call in one of the private cubicles that line the wall of the company's first-floor library.

New designs on office life: Companies hope the workplace can be ‘a magnet, not a mandate’

Assigned cubicles and offices are out. “Touch-down spaces,” “coffee bars,” and “neighborhoods” are in. And video screens? They’re seemingly everywhere.

Beth Teitell

It’s the rich guy’s way to look approachable and the approachable guy’s way to look rich
Men have a new uniform. It’s the quarter-zip sweater, and it’s gone fancy.

Patriots 15, Jets 10

Dan Shaughnessy

The Patriots should be thankful they can count on one thing — beating the Jets
With pressure mounting and staring at an 0-3 start, Bill Belichick did what he always does against the Jets.

Ben Volin: Jets say they are standing by Zach Wilson, but it’s time to sit him down and find another quarterback

Patriots running back Ezekiel Elliott had 80 yards on 16 carries against the Jets.

Patriots’ Ezekiel Elliott vs. Jets’ Dalvin Cook was no contest, and now Elliott gets to prove his former team, the Cowboys, wrong

Elliott had 80 rushing yards in the win over the Jets, or 22 more yards than Cook has had in three games.

Pharaoh Brown's touchdown was a highlight that caught the Jets offguard.

Chad Finn | Unconventional review

Patriots are not a bad team, we just don’t know what they are because the hapless Jets are not a barometer

The Patriots did what they needed to do to win, and not a whole lot more.

Massachusetts education leaders hope to jump start a new era of charter school growth

The state’s effort aims to add charter schools in districts with high concentrations of low-income students and those at high risk of quitting school.

Writers Guild and Hollywood studios reach tentative agreement to end strike. No deal yet for actors.

Union leaders and Hollywood studios reached a tentative agreement Sunday to end a historic screenwriters strike after nearly five months, though no deal is yet in the works for striking actors.

Hollywood’s writers strike is on the verge of ending. What happens next?

Immunocompromised Bostonians on navigating the pandemic post-public health emergency

As mask mandates, access to free testing, and case data wane, some of those most vulnerable to the virus bear a heightened responsibility to maintain their own safety. A recent spike in case numbers adds to the stress.

Many institutions — including hospitals — have walked back mask mandates, the CDC is no longer tracking new COVID infections, and access to free testing is stunted as the state closed all of its free “Stop the Spread” testing sites and some of the largest health insurers in Massachusetts are no longer providing free over-the-counter COVID tests.

And Mayor Wu’s pick to represent Boston on the MBTA’s oversight board is . . .

Boston feels the T's woes on a bigger scale than any other city or town. But it hasn't had a voice on the agency's oversight board for some years now.

Vantage Travel is bankrupt. But what about its owner? Two lawsuits say he should reimburse customers who lost millions.

Attorneys general in New York and Pennsylvania are suing Vantage’s longtime owner Hank Lewis personally in an effort to recoup some of the $109 million owed to customers whose trips never happened.

Man to be arraigned in connection with fatal 2022 shooting of 17-year-old boy in Quincy

Elevator breakdowns plague Boston Housing Authority building

Hispanic Heritage Month

From left: Constanza Cabello, Elias Torres, Amanda M. Fernández, Jay Calderín, Silvia López Chavez, and Dr. Daniela RamÍrez Schrempp

Meet six Massachusetts leaders from Amplify LatinX’s ALX100

Four girls at an athletic field in Roxbury, at a recreational sporting event sponsored by La Alianza Hispana.

Rarely seen snapshots of Latino Boston

Conexión Latina Newport staff and volunteers have created Festival Latino to celebrate the Hispanic community on Aquidneck Island and beyond.

First-ever Festival Latino to highlight the Hispanic community’s traditions and culture

Gael García Bernal in "Cassandro."

Gael García Bernal delivers a knockout performance in ‘Cassandro’

Taylor Swift reacts during the first half of a game between the Chicago Bears and the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on September 24, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce? People on the internet are freaking out.

There may be a new celebrity supercouple to obsess over, and predictably, the internet is rife with excitement. After Taylor Swift was seen cheering on the Chiefs next to Travis Kelce’s mother at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday, many jumped online to show their support for the possible pairing.

Host Jeff Probst and "Survivor" return for a 45th season on CBS Wednesday night.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Not your usual ‘Premiere Week,’ Jesse L. Martin gets a starring role, and a ‘Boys’ spinoff debuts

In other years, this is the week that networks would introduce new fall lineups. But instead, due to the impact of the strikes, they’ll mostly be launching new seasons of unscripted reality shows, including “Hell’s Kitchen” and “Survivor.”

The Core Summit conference, held on Sept. 19 in Boston, featured breakout discussions in which tech entrepreneurs and investors discussed topics such as startup funding.

innovation economy

10 insights into the state of today’s tech sector

Venture capitalists are sitting on their wallets, startups are hanging in there, geography is becoming less and less relevant for funding, and other takeaways.

Opinion

People viewed Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian" presented by Perrotin Gallery and on view at Art Basel Miami 2019 at Miami Beach Convention Center.

‘Art is anything you can get away with’

A Danish artist claims that embezzling $76,000 was essential to his artwork.

Why did New Bedford lose a popular UMass art program?

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

There’s no shame in being a Luddite

Joan Fitzgerald

Massachusetts lags on banning plastics

Michael E. Mann

Climate change and El Niño battle it out this hurricane season

Who was Peter Faneuil? A Bostonian, merchant, philanthropist — and slave trader.
Most Bostonians know little about the man for whom Faneuil Hall is named, who enriched himself by trafficking in human beings. Should knowing that history change the way the city remembers him?

Share your thoughts on Peter Faneuil: Merchant prince, philanthropist, slave trader

Peter Faneuil was an active trafficker who financed voyages from Boston to West Africa to purchase hundreds of slaves. And he kept at least five slaves to serve his own household.

Watch | Boston Globe Today: How and why we compiled the history of Peter Faneuil

More recent News

‘It’s not going to be the same without him’: Brockton mother grieves for her teen son fatally shot Friday
Pemi Benson, who identified her 15-year-old son Jason as the victim in Friday’s shooting, struggled with her loss this weekend, surrounded by loved ones.

‘It’s criminal’: Hundreds of infants, toddlers face long delays to get crucial Early Intervention services in R.I.
“The child gets on the waitlist and by the time you’re able to get them, they’re within a year of aging out,” a provider told the Globe. “And we know how critical it is to get to them in those early years.”

Crowds brave downpours for 18th Fluff Fest in Union Square
Fluff Fest, as locals call it, celebrates innovation in and around Somerville’s Union Square neighborhood, paying tribute to Marshmallow Fluff, which was invented in the region in 1917, according to Jessica Eshleman, executive director of Union Square Main Streets, which organizes the event.

Man, woman arrested for unlicensed dental clinic in Milford convenience store
Maria Magdalena Guaman-Castro, the owner of Alternativa Convenience Store at 140 Main St., allegedly rented out one of the store’s back rooms to Juan Hermida Muñoz, who conducted the illegal dental operation, police said.

William Pounds, MIT Sloan School dean who chaired a key Vietnam War-era panel, dies at 95
“The thing that everybody would say was he never met a stranger,” said Dr. Pounds’s sister, Dr. Lois Pounds Oliver of Durham, N.C. “He would talk to anyone.”

MUSIC REVIEW

Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel a powerhouse pop tandem at rainy Gillette
The two singers share a theatricality — not to mention packed back catalogs — that made their show Saturday night at Gillette Stadium a top-to-bottom joyride.

Globe Summit 2023

Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter is interviewed virtually by the Globe’s Jeneé Osterheldt, for the Boston Globe Summit 2023 in WBUR’s City Space.

Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter talks creative inspiration with Jeneé Osterheldt at Globe Summit

The Springfield native discussed inspirations for her award-winning "Black Panther" designs, growing up in Springfield, and her path to Hollywood.

Social justice groups are ‘already solving the problems.’ Now they need more from philanthropists, panelists say. See more from Globe Summit 2023

Recommended reads

Marty Baron, the former editor of The Boston Globe and The Washington Post, shown in the Berkshires where he lives, has a new book coming out about his time at The Washington Post.

The inscrutable Marty Baron

His new book reveals few personal details but there’s more to the famously private former editor of The Boston Globe and The Washington Post than he lets most people see.

Three siblings with cystic fibrosis bonded over daily struggles. Then came a breakthrough drug.
With Vertex's cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta, death no longer looms so close for many patients. But now, they face unfamiliar worries about careers, money, and old age — “the existential threat of living.”

In one of the state’s least immunized schools, a proposed ban on religious exemptions could expose hidden divisions
A bill to end religious vaccine exemptions is getting a mixed reception at the Berkshire Waldorf School, even from those who immunize their kids.

Why one investment firm aims to buy companies, and gradually turn them over to the employees
A new kind of private equity investor is drawing big funding with a long-term bet on workers.

Culture & Lifestyle

Stevie Nicks performs at Gillette Stadium Saturday night.

Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel a powerhouse pop tandem at rainy Gillette

Ms. Magazine celebrates its 50th anniversary. Its archives, housed at Smith College in Northampton, offer a wealth of history and inspiration for feminists old, new, and yet-to-be.

At Smith College, 372 boxes full of fascinating feminist history

Taylor Mac performs “24-Decade History of Popular Music” at St. Ann’s Warehouse in New York in 2016.

At Raising Voices fest, Taylor Mac will dig into ‘24-Decade History of Popular Music’

Pat Flynn (left) and his Fiddlehead bandmates.

Fiddlehead frontman (and schoolteacher) Pat Flynn claims the space where hardcore and history meet

Special Projects

Photo Illustration

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Teens Speak

Teens Speak

Students at Jeremiah Burke High School celebrated their graduation in 2016.

No, the MCAS exam isn’t holding kids back

A Dominican Republic soldier stood on the bank of the Massacre River, a natural border with Haiti, in Dajabon, Dominican Republic, on Sept. 15.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Tensions rise between Haiti and the Dominican Republic over border closure

Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, was charged Friday with taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and other misdeeds.

Solo senators hold too much power over appointments

The Stones have a new album coming out and the song that’s been released so far — “Angry” — is not just unmistakably Rolling Stones, it’s terrific Rolling Stones.

The Rolling Stones keep rolling on

"This city is special," the author writes, "and Boston, so restrained in emotion, deserves to hear this more often."

IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

My farewell love letter to Boston

Metro

Co-working space geared toward Providence’s working moms plans to expand with flexible child care

Shannon Sexton Potter is the founder of UpRiseHer, a new co-working and gathering space in Rhode Island.

Shelter Music Boston shares ‘Songs of Life’ with the world

The group’s latest project was inspired by suggestions from listeners at the Boston homeless shelters where Shelter Music regularly plays private concerts.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce? People on the internet are freaking out.

There may be a new celebrity supercouple to obsess over, and predictably, the internet is rife with excitement. After Taylor Swift was seen cheering on the Chiefs next to Travis Kelce’s mother at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday, many jumped online to show their support for the possible pairing.

Immunocompromised Bostonians on navigating the pandemic post-public health emergency

As mask mandates, access to free testing, and case data wane, some of those most vulnerable to the virus bear a heightened responsibility to maintain their own safety. A recent spike in case numbers adds to the stress.

Sports

Patriots running back Ezekiel Elliott had 80 yards on 16 carries against the Jets.

Patriots’ Ezekiel Elliott vs. Jets’ Dalvin Cook was no contest, and now Elliott gets to prove his former team, the Cowboys, wrong

Elliott had 80 rushing yards in the win over the Jets, or 22 more yards than Cook has had in three games.

Pharaoh Brown's touchdown was a highlight that caught the Jets offguard.

Chad Finn | Unconventional review

Patriots are not a bad team, we just don’t know what they are because the hapless Jets are not a barometer

The Patriots did what they needed to do to win, and not a whole lot more.

Yankees designated hitter Aaron Judge walkes back to the dugout after being called out on strikes to end the fifth inning.

diamondbacks 7, yankees 1

Yankees eliminated from playoff contention by Diamondbacks, ending six-year postseason run

New York, which finishes with a six-game trip after Monday’s series finale, is in danger of finishing with a losing record for the first time since 1992.

orioles 5, guardians 1

Orioles beat Guardians behind Kyle Gibson’s strong start, move closer to securing AL East title

Watch: Belmont Hill alum Jake Bobo scores first NFL touchdown with highlight-reel catch

Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner claims Patriots quarterback Mac Jones hit him with a low blow

Business

Writers Guild and Hollywood studios reach tentative agreement to end strike. No deal yet for actors

Union leaders and Hollywood studios reached a tentative agreement Sunday to end a historic screenwriters strike after nearly five months, though no deal is yet in the works for striking actors.

Co-working space geared toward Providence’s working moms plans to expand with flexible child care

Shannon Sexton Potter is the founder of UpRiseHer, a new co-working and gathering space in Rhode Island.

Writers Guild and Hollywood studios reach tentative agreement to end strike. No deal yet for actors.

Biden administration announces $1.4 billion to improve rail safety and boost capacity in 35 states

magazine

Interior designer Rachel Dunham chose comfy leather seats by Ethnicraft for the sunroom because they are easy to move for different situations. Northe Woodworking made the walnut desk, which has a track for the folding partition embedded into the top. “The accordion window can be pulled across the desk to cut down on sound without blocking light,” says Dan Hisel of Hisel Flynn Architects.

Your Home: Make It Modern

Their home taste was traditional. Then they moved to Lexington’s Peacock Farm.

The writer and his dad after the writer made a hole-in-one in 2012.

I used to dread being dragged to the golf course by my dad. Then he got sick.

This week's daters: Hannah and Lane.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We both have unique jobs so it was interesting hearing about hers’

A relative gives me the same gift every year but I don’t use it. How do I stop it?

metro

'I can’t end my disability': Immunocompromised Bostonians on life post-COVID public health emergency

Elevator breakdowns plague Boston Housing Authority building

And Mayor Wu’s pick to represent Boston on the MBTA’s oversight board is . . .

sports

Megan Rapinoe bows to the crowd on her way off the field for the final time as a member of the United States women's national team.

USWNT sends captain Megan Rapinoe off toward retirement in winning style

High school football: Week 3 Players of the Week from across Eastern Mass.

Brandon Bussi backstops Bruins to victory over Rangers in preseason opener

business

Demonstrators walk with signs during a rally outside the Paramount Pictures Studio in Los Angeles, on Sept. 21.

Hollywood’s writers strike is on the verge of ending. What happens next?

As writers reach tentative deal and actors look ahead, here are the Hollywood Strikes’ key players

It’s the rich guy’s way to look approachable and the approachable guy’s way to look rich

politics

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, right, accompanied by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, left, steps away from the podium after speaking at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, on April 24.

The Biden administration is poised to allow Israeli citizens to travel to the US without a US visa

US will establish diplomatic ties with the Cook Islands and Niue as Biden hosts Pacific leaders

The Supreme Court will hear a case with a lot of ‘buts’ & ‘ifs’ over the meaning of ‘and’

Nation

A ramshackle compound is seen in the desert area of Amalia, N.M., on Aug. 10, 2018.

Jury selection set to open in terrorism trial of extended family stemming from 2018 New Mexico raid

Residents prepare to return to sites of homes demolished in Lahaina wildfire 7 weeks ago

A NASA spacecraft comes home with an asteroid gift for Earth

World

The Armenian government said that 4,850 Nagorno-Karabakh residents had fled to Armenia as of midday Monday.

Thousands of Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh as Turkish president is set to visit Azerbaijan

On the run for decades, convicted Mafia boss Messina Denaro dies in hospital months after capture

Libya’s top prosecutor says 8 officials jailed as part of investigation into dams’ deadly collapse

opinion

Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, was charged Friday with taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and other misdeeds.

Solo senators hold too much power over appointments

No, building bikes lanes isn’t enough. Boston should also ...

Book talk with Dr. Brian H. Williams at Harvard Book Store

lifestyle

My ex says we should stay roommates

The 11th annual Tell It Slant Poetry Festival unites poets at the altar of Emily Dickinson

I can see his new life, literally, through his window

food & dining

Aftermath of fire at the Harborside Inn on Block Island, Rhode Island.

Historic Block Island inn destroyed in fire had not been inspected by state since 2019

This Maine stout ranks among the country’s best seasonal beers, according to USA Today

Naomi Campbell shared that she’s pre-menopausal. She’s not the only one.

travel

Aftermath of fire at the Harborside Inn on Block Island, Rhode Island.

Historic Block Island inn destroyed in fire had not been inspected by state since 2019

This Maine stout ranks among the country’s best seasonal beers, according to USA Today

There’s a travel secret to overcoming the frustration of being locked out of the region’s most scenic races

Arts

"Olympia" by Édouard Manet, 1863-65.

Manet, Degas, and the nude that changed everything

Two photo shows capture the shapes of water

Rare Wyeth painting bought for $4 at N.H. thrift store sells for $150,000 at auction

Books

Heather Cox Richardson (”Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America”) is in conversation with Meghna Chakrabarti at 6:30 p.m. Thursday virtually via Brookline Booksmith.

Author readings around Boston Sept. 24-30

Arrowsmith Press organizes memorial reading for Ukrainian novelist killed in bombing; annual Provincetown Book Festival opens Sept. 29; celebrating the art of indie comics and graphic novels

At Smith College, 372 boxes full of fascinating feminist history

Movies

FILE - Placards are gathered together at the close of a picket by members of The Writers Guild of America outside Walt Disney Studios, Tuesday, May 2, 2023, in Burbank, Calif. On Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, a tentative deal was reached to end Hollywood’s writers strike after nearly five months. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Writers Guild and Hollywood studios reach tentative agreement to end strike. No deal yet for actors

How much Mass. is in ‘Dumb Money,’ the movie about Brockton investor ‘Roaring Kitty’ and his GameStop gambit?

Fifth annual Taiwan Film Festival of Boston brings six Taiwanese films to the AMC at Boston Common

Television

FILE - Placards are gathered together at the close of a picket by members of The Writers Guild of America outside Walt Disney Studios, Tuesday, May 2, 2023, in Burbank, Calif. On Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, a tentative deal was reached to end Hollywood’s writers strike after nearly five months. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Writers Guild and Hollywood studios reach tentative agreement to end strike. No deal yet for actors

This week’s TV: Not your usual ‘Premiere Week,’ Jesse L. Martin gets a starring role, and a ‘Boys’ spinoff debuts

Coming in November: ‘NCIS’ franchise expands down under

music

Adrian Anantawan, artistic director of Shelter Music Boston, plays violin at the Putnam Square Apartments residence owned by Homeowner's Rehab Inc. Shelter Music Boston plays concerts in shelters for the homeless, substance recovery centers, and other community locations in and around Boston.

Shelter Music Boston shares ‘Songs of Life’ with the world

Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel a powerhouse pop tandem at rainy Gillette

A maverick triumphant: John Zorn at 70

Theater/Dance

Taylor Mac performs “24-Decade History of Popular Music” at St. Ann’s Warehouse in New York in 2016.

At Raising Voices fest, Taylor Mac will dig into ‘24-Decade History of Popular Music’

A murder, a marriage, a ghost, and some barbecue. ‘Fat Ham’ adds new flavors to ‘Hamlet.’

In ‘POTUS,’ seven stressed women and one clown for a president

Health

Isabella Rowe takes a phone call at the Harris Center for Mental Health in Houston, as part of the 988 Lifeline.

In its first year, calls to 988 Lifeline increase 50 percent in Rhode Island

Dana-Farber deal highlights a surprising trend: New cancer centers are in vogue

Your health insurance costs are likely going up in R.I. next year. Here’s by how much.

Obituaries

William Pounds, a former MIT Sloan School dean.

William Pounds, MIT Sloan School dean who chaired a key Vietnam War-era panel, dies at 95

Erwin Olaf, photographer with an eye for the theatrical, dies at 64

Stephen Gould, tenor best known for tackling Wagner, dies at 61