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Senator Elizabeth Warren listened during a news conference after a policy luncheon with Senate Democrats at the Capitol Building in September in Washington, D.C.

Warren notches wins as a Biden administration insider

Elizabeth Warren has used her influence within the Biden administration and on Capitol Hill to further her policy goals, notching quiet wins in recent months on everything from tax policy to judicial nominees to antitrust enforcement.

Innovation economy

The surge in Seaport construction continues
The cranes aren’t coming down anytime soon in Boston’s fastest-evolving neighborhood.

Dinner or tuition? Food insecurity deepens on college campuses.
A growing number of Massachusetts college students are struggling to feed themselves and their families as soaring housing costs and inflation drain resources and as pandemic emergency programs wind down, hunger advocates and students say.

Globe Magazine

Dave Barry’s 2022 Year in Review
The best thing we can say about 2022 is: It could have been worse.

In pandemic’s aftermath, small landlords are still feeling the pressure

Struggling tenants and surging inflation are squeezing mom-and-pop landlords in Greater Boston, and there’s growing concern they’ll sell their buildings.

Frigid monster storm across US claims at least 34 lives
The scope of the storm has been nearly unprecedented, stretching from the Great Lakes near Canada to the Rio Grande along the border with Mexico.

It was Boston’s coldest Christmas since 2013 Flight delays continue at Logan following powerful weekend storm

Apparent rift between Wampanoag tribe, Plymouth museum is seen in new light following theft
The Wampanoags’ dissatisfaction with the Plimoth Patuxet Museums has been building for a decade, members say, with some calling for a boycott. But some believe a recent theft from the museum might be a sign of renewed tensions.

‘An impossible dream’: Before flights to Martha’s Vineyard, migrants endured harrowing odyssey
Rafael’s story, told to the Globe in hours of interviews in Spanish, illustrates the hardship many migrants endure to reach the United States and the oftentimes desperate circumstances that compel them to leave their home countries.

‘We are thinking about them’: Amid war, local Ukrainians pray for peace on Christmas Day
The Ukrainian parishioners prayed in their native language for peace and an end to the war, wishing that 2023 bring only good news to the battered country.

Jaylen Brown didn't let Bucks center Brook Lopez get in the way of this dunk.

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Celtics return to dominance on offense, hold Giannis Antetokounmpo in check in win over Bucks

Boston’s offense again resembled the one that was so dominant at the start of this season. The Celtics shot 58.8 percent from the field and 48.7 percent from the 3-point line.

A guide to the NBA’s Christmas Day slate of high-powered matchups

Quarterback Mac Jones and the Patriots are 7-8 with two games to play.

This season looks lost for the Patriots, so here’s a wish list to make them better next year

The season isn’t officially over, but after a spirited second-half comeback crashed and burned, it’s time to put a bow on it.

Volin: Saturday was an embarrassing performance by the Patriots Finn: Despite the awful game, Marcus Jones and Kendrick Bourne shined

Trevor Story hadn't played second base before last season, his first with the Red Sox.

Will Trevor Story remain at second base following the departure of Xander Bogaerts?

In his first time playing the position, Trevor Story impressed at second base in a 2022 season cut short by injuries.

Opinion

Isabella Dume, 3, admired herself in the reflection of a Christmas ball hung from a tree outside of Faneuil Hall Marketplace during the lighting ceremony on Nov. 22.

Counting our thanks on Christmas Day

Joyous would be putting it too strongly. But this year did bring some encouraging news.

The Ebenezer Scrooge nobody knows

IRS failed Americans with lack of presidential tax return audits

The DOJ’s criminal investigation of Jan. 6 should carefully scrutinize Trump’s rogue lawyers

Living without compromise, dying in their truth

Now that Ramses Ja and Q Ward own the White Lives Matter trademark, what do these long-time social justice supporters plan to do with the power that comes with ownership?

The Emancipator

What’s next for the White Lives Matter trademark?

Now that podcasters Ramses Ja and Q Ward own the White Lives Matter trademark, what do these long-time social justice supporters plan to do with the power that comes with ownership?

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Special reports

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

Members of the 2001 Patriots team that won the franchise’s first title.

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

The 2022 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

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KEVIN PAUL DUPONT | ON HOCKEY

Looking back, all of those preseason predictions for the Bruins were as bad as this team is good
The NHL's top team has proven predictions to be wrong. Way wrong. Embarrassingly wrong for some of us.

Anne Esposito, who compassionately helped patients navigate care at MGH, dies at 75

“She lived by the credo, ‘Cure sometimes, but comfort always,' " said her MGH colleague Dr. Brit Nicholson.

A ‘rapidly growing death spiral.’ How our $31.3 trillion national debt is getting even more expensive.
Like a consumer grappling with a massive credit card balance, the federal government is paying more just for the interest on the national debt. Government projections show those interest costs tripling from $399 billion this year to $1.19 trillion in 2032.

They were freed after serving decades in prison. Now, it’s their prosecutors who are facing scrutiny.
A series of recently overturned cases shows how prosecutorial missteps can put the wrong person behind bars. But rarely, if ever, do prosecutors face repercussions for their bad behavior.

Body of missing 28-year-old hiker found in White Mountains
Conservation officers found the body of the missing 28-year-old hiker early Sunday morning after a family member alerted officers that the man had gone off trail.

LOVE LETTERS

She hasn’t given me her number
It’s been nine months.

Globe Santa

Globe Santa’s turn to say thank you
Thank you for making the holiday brighter for all

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Best of the Arts 2022

The 50 best albums of the year

Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise in "Top Gun: Maverick" from Paramount Pictures, Skydance and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. (Paramount Pictures)

10 great movie performances to mark 2022

The 10 best TV shows of 2022

Recommended reads

The Providence Journal.

Corporate owners have hollowed out the once-formidable Providence Journal

The Journal used to have a dozen reporters in its Warwick bureau alone; now it has barely a dozen reporters total, and its top editor was dismissed in the latest round of layoffs.

Wellesley woman dies from flu complications: ‘A one-in-a-million case’
Price Meropol McMahon, 36, died Tuesday after her health rapidly declined. Her death certificate lists the shocking reason: complications from the flu. McMahon's brothers say she had no history of health issues.

Spikes in COVID and influenza prompt a push for post-holiday masking in BPS
A letter sent to families said school and city health leaders were discussing a masking mandate for the first two weeks of school after the break.

When the union comes to a coffee shop near you
The closure of Darwin’s amid union activity highlights the often fraught relationship in independent cafes, when workers and owners stand side-by-side all day.

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Culture & Lifestyle

David Coffee (left) as Ebenezer Scrooge and Russell Garrett as Bob Cratchit in North Shore Music Theatre's production of "A Christmas Carol."

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Need a nostalgia fix this weekend? Hit up Christmas classics with this list of streamable films and specials, including "Elf" starring Will Ferrell.

8 holiday classics to stream all weekend long

Readers offer their choices for the best books of 2022

Sheng Wang's "Sweet and Juicy" Netflix special is Josh Gondelman and Jaylene Tran's top pick.

The stand-up specials that were these nine comedians’ favorites in 2022

Special Projects

Two Weeks in America

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Ever sensitive to charges of liberal bias, The Boston Globe asked me to look into Roger Stone’s sighting to see whether all the lattes could have blinded them to such an incredible story.

Gene Weingarten

About that portal to Hell hovering over the White House

A titmouse on the author's journal.

IDEAS | JENNIFER NASH

A flock of birds gripped my hand — and pulled me back into the fight against climate change

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed a joint meeting of Congress on Dec. 21.

Christmas in Kyiv: Keeping hope alive

The report from the House Ways & Means Committee, regarding the IRS and former president Donald Trump's tax returns.

James McHugh and Dennis Aftergut

Does releasing Trump’s tax returns risk more harm than good?

Remembering trans lives taken in 2022

IDEAS | ADRIANA BARTON

The ‘Mozart effect’ is bunk. But your brain on music is still a wondrous thing.

Metro

Dinner or tuition? Food insecurity deepens on college campuses.

A growing number of Massachusetts college students are struggling to feed themselves and their families as soaring housing costs and inflation drain resources and as pandemic emergency programs wind down, hunger advocates and students say.

‘We are thinking about them’: Amid war, local Ukrainians pray for peace on Christmas Day

The Ukrainian parishioners prayed in their native language for peace and an end to the war, wishing that 2023 bring only good news to the battered country.

Flight delays continue at Logan following powerful weekend storm

Holiday travelers were again faced with delayed flights and cancellations at Logan International Airport on Sunday, after a powerful winter storm moved through the region late last week and into the Christmas weekend.

Kathy Whitworth, record-holder for US golf victories, dies at 83

Known especially for her outstanding putting and bunker game and a fine fade shot that kept her in the fairways, Ms. Whitworth was a seven-time LPGA Player of the Year.

Sports

In a surprising turnabout, Aaron Rodgers (left) and the Packers might have an easier path to the playoffs than Tua Tagovailoa (right) and the Dolphins.

Ben Volin | On football

Week 16 Review: The Dolphins are stumbling, leaving the playoff door open for the Patriots

If the Patriots beat the Dolphins, then beat the Bills in Week 18 — and who knows if the Bills will play any of their starters that day? — then the Patriots are in the playoffs at 9-8.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady throws against the Arizona Cardinals during the second half.

Buccaneers 19, Cardinals 16 (OT)

Tom Brady, Buccaneers rally to beat Cardinals 19-16 in OT

Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers maintained control of the NFC South, overcoming a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter and beating the Arizona Cardinals 19-16 in overtime Sunday night.

The Celtics' defense-by-committee approach frustrated, and even angered, Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was held at bay by teammate Pat Connaughton at one point.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Celtics respond to challenge by Bucks with their best game of the season in holiday showdown

Joe Mazzulla's defensive plan for Giannis Antetokounmpo the key as Celtics look to end difficult December with better play. “It did feel good to get back to playing the way that we know how to play,” Jayson Tatum said.

Tua Tagovailoa picked apart in fourth quarter as Dolphins lose fourth straight

Just like Lambeau: Packers able to warm to the task in chilly Miami

HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY

A quick skate through this week’s vacation week high school hockey tournaments

Business

Frigid monster storm across US claims at least 34 lives

The scope of the storm has been nearly unprecedented, stretching from the Great Lakes near Canada to the Rio Grande along the border with Mexico.

In pandemic’s aftermath, small landlords are still feeling the pressure

Struggling tenants and surging inflation are squeezing mom-and-pop landlords in Greater Boston, and there’s growing concern they’ll sell their buildings.

Innovation economy

The surge in Seaport construction continues

Returning a gift? It can be a chore.

magazine

Warren Seavey (left) and some of the World War II veterans he admitted to Harvard Law.

A Harvard Law professor broke the rules to let in WWII vets. They made ‘the best class there ever was.’

We take foster kids from their parents. Then we wonder what’s wrong with them.

Foxborough, MA - 11/17/2022: New England Patriots player Devin McCourty (cq) photographed for The Bostonians of the Year issue of the magazine..(Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff)

Bostonian of the Year: Honorable Mention

Patriot Devin McCourty’s on-field performance is matched only by his generosity

This week's daters: Lewis and Claire

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I have a gluten allergy, which I know can be annoying when going out to eat’

metro

The Plimoth Patuxet Museums promise visitors an illuminating bicultural experience through interpreters in period dress and re-created settlements of the Pilgrims and their Wampanoag neighbors. But trouble appears to be brewing between the museums and the tribe, with some Wampanoag members calling for a boycott of the 75-year-old site.

Apparent rift between Wampanoag tribe, Plymouth museum is seen in new light following theft

Thousands in New England still lack power on frigid Christmas

‘An impossible dream’: Before flights to Martha’s Vineyard, migrants endured harrowing odyssey

sports

Jayson Tatum scored over Bucks defenders Jrue Holiday (left) and Brook Lopez.

In battle of MVP candidates, Jayson Tatum outperformed Giannis Antetokounmpo

Celtics return to dominance on offense, hold Giannis Antetokounmpo in check in win over Bucks

Kathy Whitworth, record-holder for US golf victories, dies at 83

business

The $160 million Polar Park opened in May 2021.

The company that built Polar Park must pay $1.9 million for not giving enough work to women- and minority-owned businesses

Caroline Ellison says she, Bankman-Fried agreed to mislead FTX lenders

IRS delays $600 tax reporting rule for Venmo, Etsy sellers

politics

Senator Elizabeth Warren listened during a news conference after a policy luncheon with Senate Democrats at the Capitol Building in September in Washington, D.C.

Warren notches wins as a Biden administration insider

Migrants dropped off near Vice President Kamala Harris’s home on Christmas Eve

A ‘rapidly growing death spiral.’ How our $31.3 trillion national debt is getting even more expensive.

Nation

Snow blankets a neighborhood, on Dec. 25, in Cheektowaga, NY.

Extreme cold, travel chaos: Woes from deadly storm continue

Frigid monster storm across US claims at least 34 lives

Death toll from winter storm in Western New York rises to 7

World

Olena Yermolenko, 65, at home with Valentyn Yermolenko, her grandson, in Kherson, on Nov. 18.

How citizen spies foiled Putin’s grand plan for one Ukrainian City

Putin insists he is open to talks, as air-raid sirens sound across Ukraine

Charles charts a path as a king for all holiday seasons

opinion

The report from the House Ways & Means Committee, regarding the IRS and former president Donald Trump's tax returns.

Does releasing Trump’s tax returns risk more harm than good?

Christmas in Kyiv: Keeping hope alive

Remembering trans lives taken in 2022

lifestyle

She hasn’t given me her number

8 holiday classics to stream all weekend long

Decorating the White House, building a brand, and being themselves. Meet the Renovation Husbands.

food & dining

Mr. Christopher founded Christopher Ranch in Gilroy, Calif., which became the nation's single largest producer of garlic.

Don Christopher, who turned lowly garlic into a staple, dies at 88

Some of the best places to get Chinese food around Boston

Customers, baristas poured one out for Darwin’s as Cambridge coffee shop chain closed for good

travel

This picture taken on November 12, 2022, shows the passengers of The Majestic Princess cruise ship preparing to depart for Melbourne from the International Terminal on Circular Quay in Sydney. The Majestic Princess docked in Sydney with more than 800 COVID-19-positive passengers onboard, reports said.

Boarding denied on cruise because of positive COVID test

Go easy on your wallet in the Big Easy

A Newport update, festive party package, and portable back and neck care

Arts

The Plimoth Patuxet Museums promise visitors an illuminating bicultural experience through interpreters in period dress and re-created settlements of the Pilgrims and their Wampanoag neighbors. But trouble appears to be brewing between the museums and the tribe, with some Wampanoag members calling for a boycott of the 75-year-old site.

Apparent rift between Wampanoag tribe, Plymouth museum is seen in new light following theft

Bodies of work at the deCordova’s ‘New Formations’

At the Clark, ‘On the Horizon’ and through the haze

Books

Readers offer their choices for the best books of 2022

Douglas Brinkley’s ‘Silent Spring Revolution’ details the impact of activists and presidents from JFK to Nixon on environmental protection policy

National Book Award-winning poet John Keene intentionally seeks out challenges in his reading

Movies

Kris Kringle (played by Edmund Gwenn) greets Susan (a young Natalie Wood) in a scene from the 1947 film "Miracle on 34th Street."

‘Miracle on 34th Street’: A Christmas classic turns 75

Same script, different cast: ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody’

"Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody" filming at Gillette Stadium

Television

Patti LuPone in "Hollywood," one of many television shows in which she has appeared.

Patti LuPone joins cast of ‘WandaVision’ spinoff

Jeff Garlin to join cast of Mindy Kaling’s ‘Never Have I Ever’

In sibling dramas, everything is relative

music

"A Christmas Celtic Sojourn" at Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, on Dec. 18, 2022.

20 years in, ‘Christmas Celtic Sojourn’ is beautiful and bittersweet

Elon Musk has been silent since his poll. But Snoop Dogg hasn’t.

Shirley Watts, widow of drummer Charlie Watts, dies at 84

Theater/Dance

From left: Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, composer Jeanine Tesori, and "Kimberly Akimbo" director Jessica Stone at the Booth Theatre in New York, where the musical is being staged.

Southie native David Lindsay-Abaire has fashioned a ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ that sings

A ‘Solstice Celebration’ for everyone

In ART’s ‘Life of Pi,’ a tiger burns brightest

globe local

Northeast Dental Assisting teacher Erin Selvitella and senior Sebastian Cadavid, of Saugus, who was recognized for performing CPR in the community.

Northeast Metro Tech senior named a Heartsaver Hero for saving a woman’s life

Making spirits bright for the homeless

The Argument: Should Massachusetts lift its ban on Sunday hunting?

Obituaries

Ms. Whitworth acknowledged the crowd as she prepared to tee off during the Tournament of Champions golf tournament at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, N.Y. in 2006. In her early days on the LPGA, tournament galleries were sparse.

Kathy Whitworth, record-holder for US golf victories, dies at 83

Anne Esposito, who compassionately helped patients navigate care at MGH, dies at 75

Don Christopher, who turned lowly garlic into a staple, dies at 88