3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (436+ words) Kimberley Tait is the author of “Bright Stars,” which publishes this week and from which this essay is adapted, and of “Fake Plastic Love.” I got my first cellphone two months before Sept. 11, 2001, a chunky block of plastic with a…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (203+ words) Unearthing a rich record of slavery, the Revolution, and Harvard’s connection The Boston Globe Unearthing a rich record of slavery, the Revolution, and Harvard’s connection Re “The Harvard legacy: They knew their ancestors fought in the Revolution, but not who…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (909+ words) If you’re the longest-serving employee at the country’s biggest owner and distributor of fonts, you deserve more than a gold watch or fancy dinner for your retirement. Seeing it live, though, on the Woburn company’s site, really drove home what…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (278+ words) Peter Grosz is an actor and writer who can be heard regularly on NPR’s “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” Kathy Fusco is a writer and director and former vice president of brand creative at Comedy Central. Dear First Grade Families,…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (218+ words) Opinion | Dos Passos’ ‘U.S.A.’ shaped his worldview and still resonates The Boston Globe Dos Passos’ ‘U.S.A.’ shaped his worldview and still resonates I was delighted to read the One Special Thing feature by Kate Tuttle in last…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1137+ words) EICHENZELL, Germany — On Aug. 27, 1776, German soldiers hired by Great Britain took part in their first major battle of the American Revolution, playing a key diversionary role in the Battle of Long Island so that British troops could outflank the American…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (203+ words) Opinion | The village new mothers need should form long before baby comes The Boston Globe The village new mothers need should form long before the baby comes Re “Clancy case should force us to ask: Who cares for new mothers?...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (386+ words) Colette A.M. Phillips, writing about the recent report of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on family wealth in Massachusetts, is right that we cannot close the state’s racial wealth gap without creating wealth (“Ten years later, Boston’s racial wealth gap…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (465+ words) In honor of Library Card Sign-Up Month, which kicks off Tuesday, the Boston Public Library challenged patrons to design library cards of their own. In a contest that ran from May 15 to June 15 (a first for the BPL), entrants were…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (703+ words) Q. I’ve just had the most amazing summer. I traveled here to work at a summer camp in America. The job came with a lot of drama and a lot of people getting upset, but also a lot of good times....