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Not so fast, fashion

Opinion | Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Not so fast, fashion

How to be fashionable and equitable while saving the planet from climate change.

Share your thoughts on fast fashion

Designing woman

From wardrobe to waste

Rags to runway

Reduce, repair, respect

A new sketchbook

What you can do

ben volin | on football

The fall of the Patriots: An obsession with ‘value’ has led to the lowest point in 30 years
Other than the spend-happy 2021 offseason — which Robert Kraft has derided — the Patriots have been one of the lowest-spending NFL teams in recent years.

One reader believes it's worth a try to give Malik Cunningham a chance at quarterback.

Patriots mailbag: The team took the week off, but fans kept the questions coming

One reader put it very simply: How many more wins can we realistically expect from the team this season?

These are just some of the things Devra First is thankful for in 2023.

Bakeries, dive bars, and worthy waterfront dining: These were a few of my favorite things

As always, this year there was much to be thankful for on the culinary scene, writes our restaurant critic Devra First. Here are some standouts.

Geoffrey Holt rests his leg on top of his riding mower in Hinsdale, N.H., on April 4, 2020. Holt left the town of Hinsdale nearly $4 million when he died last June.

New Hampshire man had no car and no furniture, but died with a big secret, leaving his town millions

For years, Geoffrey Holt was known as a mobile home park groundskeeper in a small New Hampshire town.

Are offshore wind developments a threat to Cape Cod? Here’s what experts say.

Cape Codders raised concerns about a planned offshore wind development. Experts and data indicate the development will be safe, emitting a lower-frequency electromagnetic field than hair dryers and posing minimal threats to residents and wildlife.

Cape Cod residents say no to offshore wind transmission lines under beaches

Canton residents vote for outside review of police department amid controversy over Karen Read case

Residents voted in favor of an outside review of the Canton Police Department during a special Town Meeting on Monday night, as controversy continues to swirl around a murder investigation in the town.

Mass. to house migrant homeless families in MBTA, Department of Transportation office building

In an email to staff Monday morning obtained by the Globe, MBTA general manager Phillip Eng announced that the rooms in the state transportation building at will serve as a “short-term shelter” for around 25 families.

Frustration builds as talks on spending bill drag on

Storm to hit New England during Thanksgiving travel surge
Tuesday may have perfect travel weather during the day. But rain and strong winds are set to move in during the evening, and continue into Wednesday.

When to fly or drive ahead of Thanksgiving

Israeli troops battle militants across north Gaza, which has been cut off from services for weeks

Israeli troops battled Palestinian militants in an urban refugee camp and outside a nearby hospital Tuesday as the army expanded operations across northern Gaza.

Touro Synagogue in R.I., the country’s oldest synagogue, sees increase in visitors coming to reflect

Retired Norwell pediatrician arraigned on child rape, indecent assault charges, 22 more alleged victims come forward

Bruins winger Milan Lucic allegedly attacked wife during argument, police say

A view outside TD Garden before a game between the Boston Bruins and the Anaheim Ducks on Oct. 26.

‘I wanna be clear how not OK this is’: Boston TV news reporter condemns man for grabbing him from behind

Looking directly into the camera, a man exclaimed, “Yeah, boy!” and then gave the reporter a bear hug, pushing him down and startling him.

Sam Altman (left) appeared onstage with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at OpenAI's first developer conference. Altman appears set to join Microsoft after he was fired by OpenAI's board.

innovation beat

What OpenAI’s fiasco means for tech (and humanity)

Why can't the world's most influential startups get decent governance? And other questions swirling around the latest mad drama in technology.

Analysis: After Sam Altman drama at OpenAI, Microsoft is the big winner — and Elon Musk’s worst nightmare

How can I ask a relative who drinks a lot to limit his intake around me?

This can be a challenging time of year for many. Miss Conduct shares ideas for setting boundaries.

Opinion

An in-state undergraduate at UMass Amherst will pay $17,357 in tuition and fees this year, and the total cost including housing, meals, and books is an estimated $35,765.

Large financial aid boost for public higher education should be coupled with student support, stable prices

All Pell grant-eligible students will get free public college education.

Eric Olson and Mary Beth Ellis

Traffic deaths are preventable. Why aren’t we preventing them?

Another megaproject in Everett, the same questions about traffic and transit

In Zionists vs. progressives narrative, there are gray areas

How Rosalynn Carter shaped the office of first lady

A Green Line train passes through Coolidge Corner.

Beyond the Gilded Gate

What kind of town does Brookline want to be?

Brookline broadcasts an ethos of inclusivity, but it has become a preserve for the privileged. This is no accident, but the fruit of decades of exclusionary actions. Now, the town faces a state mandate to allow more multifamily housing, offering a litmus test of suburbs’ willingness to help reckon with the regional housing crisis.

Explore the project

More recent News

Officer killed in N.H. hospital shooting remembered as embodying the ‘definition of heroism’

A candlelight vigil held not far from the scene of the violence was attended by many state employees, who felt the impact of the loss.

Shooter who killed security officer at N.H. psychiatric hospital had been held there years earlier

AS I SEE IT | STAN GROSSFELD

Making the journey
“As I See It,” a new weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. This week Grossfeld visits all the places that get you to home and back.

HORNETS 121, CELTICS 118 (OT)

Celtics let late lead slip away, stung by Hornets in overtime
Jayson Tatum scored 45 points, but the Celtics blew an 11-point lead in the final six minutes of regulation before Miles Bridges hit the winning 3-pointer with 6.6 seconds left in OT.

Flagship Pioneering launches new biotech in two countries

Quotient Therapeutics, which will have offices in Mass. and the United Kingdom, wants to develop drugs that target illnesses caused by genetic changes that occur as people age.

St. Regis condo developer sells 10 units in unconventional ‘limited inventory bid’ process

Jon Cronin offered one- and two-bedroom condos with minimum required bids about 20 percent below recent sales.

School counselor charged with assaulting 10-year-old student in Middleborough, police say

A school counselor at READS Collaborative was arrested on multiple assault charges Friday after allegedly striking a 10-year-old student in the face, Middleborough Police said.

Recommended reads

A key goal for CVS is turning its thousands of stores into community clinics where pharmacists, doctors, and nurses work together to improve patient health.

CVS pharmacists are at a breaking point, imperiling company’s reinvention plans

There are not enough pharmacists in the pipeline, and the ones the Rhode Island company employs face a daunting set of challenges.

CVS stores make relatively little money. Here’s why.

John Walsh, who engineered Deval Patrick’s historic win, dies at 65
“He was a political genius,” US Senator Ed Markey said of Mr. Walsh, the Democratic strategist he picked to be his chief of staff.

dan shaughnessy

If I used these old Boston sports references, would you know what I mean?
Sure, we like to drop in an old reference now and then, but they're classics and timeless, aren't they?

Cold Case Files

It looked like an overdose, with pills scattered all over the bedroom floor. But she had been strangled.
Marcie Fusillo Martini was 32 years old when she was found dead in her Walpole townhouse in July 1996. Her murder remains unsolved.

Culture & Lifestyle

Maureen Keiller (left) and the ensemble of "The Game's Afoot."

An all-in ensemble elevates Lyric Stage’s madcap ‘The Game’s Afoot’

A Thanksgiving menu inspired by Grandma and styled by Sheryl Julian. From top right: Green Beans in Ginger-Soy Sauce, Scalloped Potatoes, Roast Turkey with Paprika Butter, Buttery Pull-Apart Blossom Bread, Chocolate Cream Pie, Maple-Glazed Sweet Potatoes.

A warm and welcoming Thanksgiving feast, Grandma-style

Authors Wednesday Boateng (left), Lisa Braxton (top middle), Lesa Cline-Ransome (bottom middle), and Denise Cosby (right) are featured in Saturday's author showcase.

Black women authors seek to inspire young readers and writers at Dorchester event on Saturday

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

Two ambulances sit in the bay of Melrose Wakefield Hospital earlier this year.

Ban expensive surprise bills for ambulance rides

A firefighter hosed down hot spots at a home in the aftermath of the Coastal Fire on May 12, 2022, in Laguna Niguel, Calif. Multiple insurers have pulled out of the California marketplace, saying that wildfire risk and the soaring cost of construction prompted them to stop writing new policies in the nation's most populous state.

Insurers are making the world uninsurable and unlivable

The scene of a car bombing in the center of Omagh, Northern Ireland, which killed 29 people and wounded 200 on Aug. 15, 1998. The bombing was the single worst atrocity of the Troubles, and it proved to be a turning point in that long struggle.

IDEAS | JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN

A blueprint in bloodshed: The Troubles in Ireland then, the war between Israel and Gaza now

Crews were on the scene after catastrophic flooding washed out the intersection of Pleasant and Colburn streets in Leominster, leaving a house there an island on its own foundation, Sept. 12.

Jonathan Hakim and Charlie Sidoti

How the home insurance industry can ensure climate-resilient policies

A woman walks by posters with photos of hostages taken to the Gaza Strip during Hamas' attack on the Israeli south on Nov. 15 in Hadera, Israel.

Elizabeth Gaufberg and Cami Tussie

Israeli women and girls were raped during Hamas attack. Where’s the outcry?

A dog named Ducky demonstrated FluentPet's communication buttons during the Pepcom Digital Experience before the CES tech show in January.

IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

If your dog could speak, would you like what it said?

Metro

Touro Synagogue — the country’s oldest synagogue — sees increase in visitors, both Jewish and non-Jewish, coming to reflect

As the war between Israel and Hamas continues, people are finding solace at this 18th century synagogue in Newport, R.I. And they’re learning about its impact on American history.

What’s irreverent, disarming, and hilarious in ‘BLKS’ is largely AWOL

The Burbage Theatre Co.’s production could use a little more nuance in order to reach its full potential

FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

Food notes: The East End has a new chef, In Your Ear has a new bar, and more

Here’s what else you should know about Rhode Island’s food scene right now.

Old, unsafe housing across R.I. has a solution: an all hands on deck approach

Deteriorating complexes like Canterbury Village are all over Rhode Island. A former state senate candidate says they are indicative of one of the challenges of tackling Rhode Island’s housing crisis.

Sports

One reader believes it's worth a try to give Malik Cunningham a chance at quarterback.

patriots mailbag

Patriots mailbag: The team took the week off, but fans kept the questions coming

One reader put it very simply: How many more wins can we realistically expect from the team this season?

Tom Brady (right) won six Super Bowls playing for Patriots owner Robert Kraft (left). Since Brady left in 2020, New England is 27-33.

ben volin | on football

The fall of the Patriots: An obsession with ‘value’ has led to the lowest point in 30 years

Other than the spend-happy 2021 offseason — which Robert Kraft has derided — the Patriots have been one of the lowest-spending NFL teams in recent years.

Josh Sweat and the Eagles defense kept Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs in check in the second half.

EAGLES 21, CHIEFS 17

Jalen Hurts spurs Eagles rally as Chiefs let one slip through their hands in fourth quarter

Despite two touchdowns from Hurt, the Chiefs had a chance with less than two minutes to go, but a would-be 51-yard touchdown went through the hands of Marquez Valdes-Scantling.

NBA: Bucks 142, Wizards 129

Giannis Antetokounmpo misses just three shots, scores 42 points, and the Bucks keep rolling with the Celtics up next

lightning 5, bruins 4 (ot)

Bruins fall to Lightning in overtime after allowing equalizer with five seconds left in third period

HORNETS 121, CELTICS 118 (OT)

Celtics let late lead slip away, stung by Hornets in overtime

Business

Flagship Pioneering launches new biotech in two countries

Quotient Therapeutics, which will have offices in Mass. and the United Kingdom, wants to develop drugs that target illnesses caused by genetic changes that occur as people age.

Musk’s X sues Media Matters after report shows ads next to pro-Nazi posts

Media Matters released a report by Hananoki on Thursday, which included screenshots of mainstream advertisements appearing beside pro-Nazi content on X. A wave of businesses, including IBM, Apple and Disney, subsequently suspended advertising.

Are offshore wind developments a threat to Cape Cod? Here’s what experts say.

Record crowds are expected to take to the air and roads for Thanksgiving

magazine

You really shouldn’t have. Gifts these writers won’t forget.

Writer Kara Baskin and her mother on Christmas over the years.

At the holidays, my mom always critiqued my clothes. Now that she’s gone, I miss it.

What my mother was trying to protect in a fortress of Christmas cookies

This week's daters: Carly and Lucas.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We both went to school in the Bronx’

metro

Geoffrey Holt rests his leg on top of his riding mower in Hinsdale, N.H., on April 4, 2020. Holt left the town of Hinsdale nearly $4 million when he died last June.

New Hampshire man had no car and no furniture, but died with a big secret, leaving his town millions

Canton residents vote for outside review of police department amid controversy over Karen Read case

State Police find 45 pounds of marijuana, two guns inside unregistered minivan in Sturbridge

sports

After a strong preseason and recovery from a foot injury, Neemias Queta made his season debut in a Celtics uniform in Sunday's win at Memphis, registering 2 rebounds in just over 5 minutes of action.

After seeing first action, Neemias Queta feeling more comfortable on Celtics bench

Brando Carlo, a pillar of strength on defense for the Bruins, continues to grow game on offense

Navy reveals special uniforms for Army-Navy football game at Gillette Stadium: See photos

business

American Airlines flight attendants are asking federal officials for the right to go on strike, possibly before the end of the Christmas and New Year's travel rush, but the airline said there was “no possibility” of a walkout over the holidays.

American Airlines flight attendants ask for permission to strike. Southwest pilots could be next.

After Sam Altman drama at OpenAI, Microsoft is the big winner — and Elon Musk’s worst nightmare

What OpenAI’s fiasco means for tech (and humanity)

politics

A voter casts a ballot at a polling station in Detroit, Michigan, in March 2020.

Federal court moves to drastically weaken Voting Rights Act

Court seems inclined to keep restricting Trump’s trial speech. But gag order could be narrowed.

Biden pardons Thanksgiving turkeys, Liberty and Bell, before traveling to Nantucket for holiday

Nation

A downed US Navy aircraft is seen in Kaneohe Bay, Nov. 20, in Kaneohe, Hawaii.

Navy plane overshoots runway and ends up in ocean, but all 9 aboard escape unharmed

Affordable housing and homelessness are top issues in Salt Lake City’s ranked-choice mayoral race

Utah special election for Congress sees Republican former House staffer face Democratic legislator

World

Destroyed buildings are seen in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, on Nov. 20.

Israeli troops battle militants across north Gaza, which has been cut off from services for weeks

German police raid homes of 17 people accused of posting antisemitic hate speech on social media

Israel recalls ambassador ahead of South African parliamentary vote to shut down Israeli embassy

opinion

Alex Dabagh, founder of ANYBAG, uses a loom at his company in Manhattan, on Feb. 10. Dabagh makes handcrafted totes out of plastic bags and other New York City waste material.

Rags to runway

A new sketchbook

Reduce, repair, respect

lifestyle

Rob Gronkowski arrived at the Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Rob Gronkowski is thankful for his first Emmy this Thanksgiving

Are there more relationship problems around the holidays?

He deleted messages from one specific woman

food & dining

Food notes: The East End has a new chef, In Your Ear has a new bar, and more

Bakeries, dive bars, and worthy waterfront dining: These were a few of my favorite things

Twist Bakery honored as a top gluten-free cafe

travel

Travellers queue up to pass through the south security checkpoint at Denver International Airport, Nov. 20, in Denver.

Record crowds are expected to take to the air and roads for Thanksgiving

Driving or flying before feasting? Here are some tips for Thanksgiving travelers.

Wild about trolls? See the movie — or even better, Norway

Arts

Opium pipe, China, Qing dynasty to Republican period, inscribed with cyclical date corresponding to 1868 or 1928. Water buffalo horn, metal, and ceramic. (Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop)

In a stunningly honest exhibition, Harvard Art Museums put their links to China’s opium trade on display

Safety, surveillance, and being seen — Joanna Tam examines it all in ‘Visibility Studies’

Some clean, well-lighted places at the Griffin

Books

Oliver de la Paz, whose book “The Diaspora Sonnets” was longlisted for this year's National Book Award for poetry.

For Oliver de La Paz, community is built on sonnets and verse

Jennifer Burns, in chronicling the life of Milton Friedman, charts a struggle of national ideals

Author readings around Boston through Nov. 25

Movies

Cast members take a break during filming for Tim Burton’s "Beetlejuice 2" on Charles Street in Melrose, Nov. 17, 2023.

Melrose turns spooky as ‘Beetlejuice 2′ films in town

‘Thanksgiving’: How Eli Roth made the most Massachusetts horror movie ever

Wes Anderson will curate new film club Galerie

Television

Rob Gronkowski arrived at the Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Rob Gronkowski is thankful for his first Emmy this Thanksgiving

Noah Kahan’s dream of performing on ‘Saturday Night Live’ finally comes true next month

This week’s TV: ‘Fargo’ is back, Hannah Waddingham sings, and about those ghosts in ‘The Crown’

music

The US premiere of Thomas Adès's song cycle "Növények," with mezzo-soprano Katalin Károlyi, the composer at the piano, and members of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players.

Influences at play with Adès and Boston Symphony Chamber Players

Noah Kahan’s dream of performing on ‘Saturday Night Live’ finally comes true next month

Boston Philharmonic Orchestra presents an emotional, exhilarating evening with unexpectedly tender conclusions

Theater/Dance

Jennifer Apple and Brian Thomas Abraham in "The Band's Visit" at the Huntington Theatre.

A moving portrait of hope and heartbreak in ‘The Band’s Visit’

The Royal Ballet of London makes exclusive visit to Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in 2024

An all-in ensemble elevates Lyric Stage’s madcap ‘The Game’s Afoot’

Health

Dr. Elizabeth Benz is the director of the Samuels Sinclair Dental Center in Providence, R.I.

In R.I., there’s a lack of dentists caring for patients with special needs. This program is trying to change that.

R.I. attorney general sues Prospect Medical Holdings, says his concern for its hospitals is ‘greater than it has ever been’

‘I never realized what people go through’: Doctor and former hospital CEO with Stage 4 cancer calls for greater empathy in medicine

Obituaries

A photo provided via the Gold family shows Mr. Gold in 2010. He emerged in the 1950s as a promising young writer exploring the emotional lives of ordinary men and women and the complexities of Jewish identity in America.

Herbert Gold, postwar novelist of love and marriage, dies at 99

John Walsh, who engineered Deval Patrick’s historic win, dies at 65

David Del Tredici, who set ‘Alice’ to music, dies at 86