Happy birthday, iTunes Store. A look at how the revolutionary media player, library and sales portal has upturned the way we consume media.

An expression of anger or anguish on social media is like a single, errant bullet in a crowd, alerting most, grazing some, but impacting nobody in particular.

Our series is over, but the challenges remain.

The notion that veiling and Islam somehow connote evil bothered me, and I wanted to do my small part to disrupt it, even if it meant running 3 miles clad head-to-toe in black.

In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, we must rededicate ourselves to a defiant defense of our civil liberties.

Clearing out the mountain of blue-collar furnishings and middle-class flotsam that came to represent four decades of family memories.

Turnout in Tuesday’s special senate primary will probably be low — almost no one is used to voting in April. But by rights this election should be a door-buster.

Babson College is defending its selection of Kerry Healey as its next president. So is Eileen McNamara, who says objections to the former lieutenant governor “ring hollow.”

Geoengineering could be used to lower global temperatures and capture carbon. The possibilities are tremendous, but so too are the risks.

Public memorials play a critical role in our collective memory and create a bridge between our past, present and future.

MIT is usually recognized for the brain-power of its community. But on Wednesday, as the world watched, we demonstrated that our hearts and souls are just as formidable.

In the search for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, reporters wantonly threw out their rule book.

The manhunt and capture of alleged 19-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev brought out my motherly instincts in a surprising way.

What will it take for the spirit of the “We Are One Boston” signs along the road to take permanent root in the region?

Some of the most heinous crimes in recent memory have been carried out by young men.

As we recover from the Boston Marathon bombings, the lock-down, and from our media hangovers, out gushed the words, like a fresh wound. Not spoken words, which can evaporate as soon as they are voiced. But stories, written down.

After a week of tragedy and terror, David Ortiz’s declaration, that Boston is our “#%&!ing city,” felt so good. It was honest, combative, and funny. It was, in other words, quintessential Boston.

Memorials owe their meaning and their random beauty to the efforts of a community of neighbors — and strangers.

Why targeted petitions may be the only way to enact sensible gun control legislation.

Something was bound to be strong enough to turn us holdouts into Bostonians. If only that something were almost anything but this.

As the shock of Monday’s marathon bombings begins to wear off, thoughts turn to what the broader implications of this cowardly attack will be on American life.