Mayoral rivals clash on labor in second debate

John Connolly sought to use attacks against him from organized labor to frame the fundamental difference between him and Martin Walsh.

Martin Walsh’s union ties are not in and of themselves a detriment.

News Analysis

Walsh still looking for answer on his labor ties

Tuesday’s debate underscored the central challenge to Martin Walsh’s mayoral run: staving off the perception that he is too shackled to organized labor.

In one of Sophie Calle’s images for “Last Seen,” a man looks at the space where a Rembrandt once hung at the Gardner.

Gardner exhibit adds perspective to 1990 thefts

“Sophie Calle: Last Seen” revisits the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft, which claimed 13 works worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Efforts grow to unionize part-time faculty at colleges

Part-time faculty at several Boston-area colleges, frustrated by low pay and emboldened by their growing ranks, are taking steps to unionize.

Heather Abbot was one of many amputees who threw out a ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Park.

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Red Sox and bombing-scarred Boston rise together

This year’s Red Sox have embodied the way sport can bring together a community sundered by disaster.

Singing

Opinion | Geoff Edgers

Please, banish ‘Sweet Caroline’ from Fenway Park

Singing the Neil Diamond song has been a tradition at Fenway for more than a decade. But the time has come to end it.

Clockwise from top left, Tom Vasic of Adelaide, Australia; Peter Rice of Falls Church, Va.; Tom Good, a Maine native; and Brian Eschler of Colorado show off their Sox pride.

Diehard Red Sox supporters bond over their beards

Many fans have made the commitment to put away their razors until this most-improbable season is over.

World Series Preview

David Ortiz relishes being center of the Red Sox

The longest-tenured member of the Red Sox is the team’s heart and soul, and a player teammates still love to be around.

Opinion

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/lehigh-2994.jpg The Tea Party boomerangs on the GOP

Republican leaders are now having to deal with the Tea Party’s absolutism after being timid for too long.

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Museums Special

A look at what New England museums have to offer, including high-tech changes at Harvard’s Semitic Museum, directors’ favorites, and odd attractions.