Globe Spotlight Investigation | Part 2 of 3
A Globe investigation found that the thousands of students who must scrounge for housing off campus in Boston are easy targets for scofflaw landlords.
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Neighborhoods lose as rents riseHome prices have skyrocketed as ever-rising rents paid by students attract investors who can easily outbid any family.
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Nine performers are in critical condition after a metal prop from which eight of them were hanging fell during a show in Providence.
Magazine | Perspective
How parents are ruining youth sportsAdults should remember what athletics are really about.
Eddie Izzard a comic force in any languageThe British comedian will perform three shows at the Citi Wang Theatre.
On baseball
Red Sox so far lacking that certain somethingAs Sunday’s 3-2 loss in 10 innings showed, things aren’t going Boston’s way this season.
opinion | Pat Hollenbeck
A Boston arts czar shouldn’t forget musiciansLook around and it’s clear that the city simply isn’t giving its musicians the infrastructure they need to maintain a diverse scene.
The Red Sox bullpen allowed the A’s to walk away with a 3-2 win.
From pouring drinks for customers to meeting voters at a Market Basket, Brown has worked to exude an accessible image.
State political leaders call a pair of approaching transportation deadlines a “looming crisis.”
Coding is no longer just for computer science majors and other assorted byte heads.
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This extraordinary house is made of steel, concrete, and planks of pine and oak harvested from the roughly four acre lot, and is LEED certified.
“Tell It With Pride,” installed at the Massachusetts Historical Society, aims to give the 54th Massachusetts Regiment names and individual histories.
A new breed of aquaculturists combine a love of farming with education, science, local ecology, and a global environmental outlook.
The cartoonist’s graphic memoir, her clear-eyed remembrance of her parents final years, is all the funnier and deeper for the social conventions the author ignores.
From the archives | Photo Gallery
Record breaking in New EnglandThroughout the years, there have been numerous attempts to be in record books for a variety of talents.
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Are teen jobs becoming a luxury good?A sharp decline in work for youth is depriving a generation of key skills — especially the kids who need them most.
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