From raising her siblings to serving her district to handing out city jobs to loved ones, the city’s first African immigrant councilor built her life around helping others at any cost. And that, it turned out, was precisely the problem.

“Please forgive me,” says the District 7 rep, who pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and the count of theft from a program receiving federal funds.

Last summer in New Hampshire, a night of ritualized drinking ended with a sophomore drowning in the Connecticut River. Yet in the place that gave us Animal House and beer pong, will the party ever really end?

Keep busy. Stay social. Do purposeful work. In America’s longevity capital, five elder Bostonians share how not only to add years to your life, but life to your years.

Boston magazine’s annual list of the region’s leading services for active seniors is out now.

Richard Daynard fought Big Tobacco in the ’90s and won. But as he sets his sights on DraftKings’s ads, has the longtime legal crusader finally met his match?

Boston has all the ingredients to build America’s next wave of Black tech founders: elite universities, billions in venture funding, and a booming innovation economy. So why can’t we turn that potential into a new generation of entrepreneurs?

In 2020, the Broad Institute scientist ignited a controversy by suggesting that SARS-CoV-2 originated in a Chinese lab. Five years later, it sure looks like she was right.

City Hall’s ambitious plan to reshape Boston’s streets has ignited a battle over who really controls the town’s future—and exposed an identity crisis long in the making.

Maybe because it’s kinda not?

A Connecticut woman vanished on a fishing trip near Block Island. Her 22-year-old stood to inherit millions. Then came one final surprise.

The top-performing Greater Boston communities in our comprehensive, debate-worthy ranking of 141 cities and towns.

Our intrepid society columnist reports from Boston’s swankiest affairs, including the Boston Arts Academy Foundation Honors Gala and the Silk Road Gala.

For years, I championed the gym as a sanctuary of strange camaraderie and awkward small talk. But after finally trying headphones, I wondered: Could 30 minutes of musical solitude be civilization’s salvation rather than its downfall?

Since 2021, dozens of local massage therapists have lost their licenses for sexual misconduct. But is that just the tip of the iceberg?