The 31 best photos of 2025 by Boston Globe photographers

Discover the stories behind some of the most compelling images of the year from Globe photographers. Continue reading →

Everyone wants to be part of a village. But it takes being a villager.

My friend group works to maintain a support system so rich and tight-knit that we not-so-jokingly refer to ourselves as family. Continue reading →

As a kid, I felt like Charlie Brown and Charles Schulz just got me

Many of my friendships over the years have started with a shared love for the Peanuts comic strip. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump remakes America as leader of the brand

Donald Trump’s long love affair with his own name and likeness is peaking in his second term. Continue reading →

Politics

How did DOGE disrupt so much while saving so little?

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency said it made more than 29,000 cuts to the federal government. But it also made many accounting mistakes. Continue reading →

Nation

Coquito was once a Puerto Rican secret. Now everybody knows.

For generations, families developed recipes and kept them top-secret. But in recent years, the drink has not been so locked down. Continue reading →

World

Millions of Afghans face hunger as aid cuts deepen a humanitarian crisis

Millions of Afghans are struggling as international aid cuts sever a lifeline many relied on for food and heating. Continue reading →

World

Russia strikes Ukraine’s capital and kills at least 1 person a day before Zelensky-Trump meeting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky prepared to meet with President Trump in Florida on Sunday for further talks on ending the nearly four-year war. Continue reading →

World

Bound for Antarctica: A voyage to earth’s end is underway

Once, it would have been easy to think of Antarctica as a frozen land of nothingness. A place of interest only to explorers testing their tolerance for misery. A continent covered by ice so thick as to be eternal, changing slowly if at all. Continue reading →

Letters

Looks like Robert Kraft had a front-row seat to Kennedy Center renaming

Among those who reportedly voted for this change is Dr. Dana Blumberg, a Trump appointee to the Kennedy Center board and wife of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Continue reading →

Editorials

Getting to yes on housing in Massachusetts