Racial aspects tinge Mass. charter debate

Teacher Chelsea Azzari led a discussion in her English class at the Brooke Charter Schools? Mattapan campus.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

The high-stakes fight over lifting the state?s cap on charter schools has become highly racialized.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker.jpg Life changes, one day at a time

My decision to give up drinking was made with no small amount of trepidation. Little did I know how much I would gain.

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Bernie Sanders is preparing for an aggressive push to defeat Hillary Clinton in New York.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/25/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/2MassLegislators223A.jpg Can Mass. become a hub of marijuana tourism?

The state could become home to a $1.1 billion cannabis industry by 2020, according to a report.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/24/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/zencar_4.jpg A baby sitter at the push of a button? Yes, and a ride for your kids, too

Welcome to the age of on-demand parenting.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/16/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/16studenthousing07.jpg This Northeastern dorm is the first of its kind in Boston

The East Village tower is the first in the city to be financed by private developers, and more such projects are on the way.

Mass. skier found dead at Cannon Mountain in N.H.

Officials say 29-year-old Trevor Hennessey of Holden left a trail and went into a wooded area Saturday.

3-year-old girl dies after fall into West Newbury pond

Police got a call at about 12:48 p.m. to report that the child had fallen into the water.

The emergency room at Boston Medical Center.

Essdras Suarez/Globe Staff

Mass. hospital visits for opioid abuse soar

The number of people seeking help in hospitals nearly doubled from 2007 to 2014.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/09/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_towers_met.jpg Is a property tax surcharge coming to Boston?

The City Council is expected to authorize a ballot measure that could boost property taxes to fund housing, parks, and historic preservation.

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The city will launch a probe into a recent patch of history at the former home of civil rights leader Malcolm X in Roxbury.

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Police used pepper spray to subdue an allegedly disorderly man at a Vermont Easter egg hunt.

Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley celebrated Easter Sunday Mass.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

O?Malley urges parishioners to spread joy of Christ?s resurrection

In an Easter Mass, Cardinal Sean P. O?Malley also honored the victims of terror attacks in Brussels and elsewhere.

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At 38, the former Celtic great would relish one more chance to win a title with his hometown Clippers before hanging it up.

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A WPI student who was arrested for drunkenly entering a home in Santa Fe simply made an unfortunate mistake, his attorney said.

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The Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is a grandfather ? again.

Ground Game

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Mvd6756676.jpg In campaign, expect a pivot toward foreign policy

President Obama?s visit to Cuba, Donald Trump?s comments to a Jewish lobby group, and the attacks in Brussels could set up a shift.

The Big Picture

Air Force One carrying US President Barack Obama and his family flies over a neighborhood of Havana as it approaches the runway to land at Havana?s international airport on March 20.

Alberto Reyes/Reuters

The Big Picture

President Obama?s visit to Cuba

President Obama made a historic trip to Cuba this week as the first sitting US president to visit since Calvin Coolidge in 1928.

Globe investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Geoghan[1].jpg Key reports from Globe?s Spotlight team on clergy sex abuse

The Boston Globe?s 2001-2002 investigation into sexual abuses by clergy in the Catholic Church resulted in more than 600 stories.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

BetaBoston

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/2016-03-21/Granary-Burying-Ground.jpg Building a tombstone for the digital grave

Dave Balter has raised $1.5 million in seed investment for Mylestoned, a startup that aims to build a more modern way to remember the dearly departed.

Crux

John Allen Jr. | All Things Catholic

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/27/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/allen-1570.jpg A guide to decoding Catholic reaction to Pope Francis

Pope Francis is massively popular around the world, but somewhat divisive inside the church itself.

Design New England

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In the latest issue of Design New England, a one-of-a-kind design combines aesthetics and functionality for harmonious living.