68 Blocks: Life, death, hope | Part 4
Mayhem has a kind of momentum; it can be exhausting to resist. In Bowdoin-Geneva, an anticrime effort flops. And Big Nate explodes. But the peace festival rocks, and a son in jail has started to pray.
Globe reporter Meghan Irons talks about living in Bowdoin-Geneva for the Globe's five-part series on the Boston neighborhood.
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The Globe surveyed a sample of youths aged 11-19 in Bowdoin-Geneva about their attitudes toward school, community, and violence.
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Natalio “Tata” Fernandes takes care of the Bowdoin-Geneva neighborhood, and the neighborhood takes care of him.
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68 Blocks: Life, Death, HopeA five-part Globe series on Boston’s Bowdoin-Geneva neighborhood.
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Shootings in Connecticut
In the wake of the Newtown shootings, Mass. Treasurer Steve Grossman directed the state pension fund to review its investments in any companies in the firearms industry.
Brian McGrory
This country has lost its way on guns, completely and horrifyingly so. Now, though, from the utter devastation of Newtown, we have the first hints of change.
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JOSH REYNOLDS FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
A new report reveals that nearly one in five Americans will do no holiday shopping at all this year.
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The mobile photo-sharing service owned by Facebook will remove language from its terms of service suggesting that users’ photos could appear in ads.
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