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Sunday, January 4, 2026


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Higher Education


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‘Attack the universities’: Inside the Trump and MAGA war on Harvard

Trump said elite universities were run by “Marxist maniacs” and vowed to take them back. Harvard would prove hard to break.
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Massachusetts is the most highly educated state. But its perch atop the education hierarchy is in jeopardy.

Massachusetts students still lead the country in test scores, but their advantage has been shrinking.
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Metro


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Greater Boston’s Venezuelan community cautiously hopeful as Democratic lawmakers condemn capture of Maduro

Members of the Massachusetts delegation questioned the strike in Venezuela.
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US plans to ‘run’ Venezuela and tap its oil reserves, Trump says, after operation to oust Maduro

Hours after an audacious military operation that plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country, President Trump said the United States would run Venezuela and tap its oil reserves to sell to other nations.
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The top 10 Boston Globe Magazine stories of 2025

Our readers spent the most time with these 10 stories in 2025.
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You don’t need plane tickets to find warmer climes. Here are the best bets for escaping the New England cold.

Wary of the season’s doldrums? You don’t need plane tickets to find warmer climes.
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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.

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Evangelicals’ support for Israel is dropping. 1,000 pastors want to reverse that.

For six days, 1,000 U.S. evangelical pastors traveled through Israel, holding a mass prayer at the Western Wall, meeting with freed hostages at the Oct. 7, 2023, Nova Festival massacre site and attending private high-level security briefings.
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Her brother pleaded guilty to the Idaho murders. Now she’s ready to talk.

Since the arrest of Bryan Kohberger in the murder of four college students, a case that captivated the nation, his family has stayed silent. His sister now describes their pain and confusion.
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Climate


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Why is it so cold? Some researchers say there may be a surprising culprit: climate change.

Some researchers say that surges in Arctic air could be one of global warming's strange new hallmarks.
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Why security guarantees are so crucial, and thorny, for Ukraine

Through every twist and turn in peace negotiations, President Volodymyr Zelensky has made one thing clear: Ukraine will not lay down its arms without firm guarantees for its postwar security.
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An ‘avoidable tragedy’: The hazards that led to the Swiss fire disaster

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland -- Sparklers shooting foot-long flames. A ceiling covered in flammable foam. A crowded basement with a narrow staircase exit that became a choke point.
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Iran’s leader says rioters ‘must be put in their place’ as protest death toll reaches at least 10

The first comments by 86-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei come as violence surrounding the demonstrations sparked by Iran’s ailing economy has killed at least 10 people.
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Columns


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The real secret to creative work

There’s no point in waiting for inspiration. Ritual or routine won’t unlock it. The ticking clock will.
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Editorials


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Police, informants, and lies

Police, informants, and a culture that winks at lying are no answer to 21st century crime.
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Letters


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In Mass. the deck is stacked against new housing

Cardinal Bernard Law spoke in 2001 of our "moral imperative" to make housing more affordable — a lofty statement that has had little if any impact among many of our 351 communities.
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Metro


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Greater Boston’s Venezuelan community cautiously hopeful as Democratic lawmakers condemn capture of Maduro

Members of the Massachusetts delegation questioned the strike in Venezuela.
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Crime & Courts


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Boston’s police watchdog says it’s being bogged down by department pushback

The oversight agency complained that Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox has failed to take their findings seriously.
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Immigration


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South Sudanese immigrants worry about future as courts weigh protected-status plight

A Massachusetts federal judge temporarily blocked the administration from ending protected status for nationals of South Sudan.
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Patriots


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Ranking the AFC playoff contenders from easiest matchup to toughest for the Patriots

For the Patriots, sitting in the No. 2 seed entering Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Dolphins, not all matchups are created equal.
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Patriots


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For Jason McCourty, there is no debate: Patriots QB Drake Maye is NFL MVP

“I don’t see at this point how he doesn’t win it. To me, it’s cut and dried,” McCourty said.
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Olympics


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Norwood-based US pairs figure skating champs may not make it to the Olympics. Inside a complicated citizenship issue.

Although Efimova has competed for the United States in international events, the qualification rules for the Olympics are different.
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Future astronauts may say ‘Boston, we have a problem’

With space tourism set for liftoff, space medicine is about to become a crucial specialty. And this place is becoming a hub for it.
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Ideas


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2026 will be a rocky new year for Trump

Seeing the end of his reign on the horizon could make the president more erratic than ever.
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Television


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Late-night television, once a stronghold of Trump commentary, keeps losing voices

Stephen Colbert is only the latest late night talk show host known for Trump commentary to lose his show.
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Movies


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Better swag, longer theater runs, and more New Year’s resolutions for Hollywood in 2026

It’s a new year, and Globe film critic Odie Henderson has a few requests for the movies.
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Music


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Marshfield-raised mezzo gears up for BSO debut with starring role in an opera with a ‘Hitchcock vibe’

Samantha Hankey, whose burgeoning opera career has taken her around the world, returns to her childhood stamping grounds.
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Where to go in 2026: Advice from travel writer Christopher Muther

What you’re about to read are helpful suggestions. Or, at the very least, some pretty pictures and a bit of material for daydreaming.
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From Woodstock to WWII, oral histories capture fading past

Museums across the country are on a mission to save fading voices of historical witness.
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