Janelle Nanos
The Boston Globe
Boston, MA, United States
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As food aid program winds down, another piece of the COVID-era safety net gets snipped away
People who've received expanded food benefits for the past three years face the program's end, even as food prices remain sky-high. → Read More
Three years and a pandemic later, these restaurants have reimagined themselves
From dumpling factories to co-working spaces, restaurants are reinventing what it means to be a restaurant. → Read More
‘People are leaving’: Massachusetts has lost 110,000 residents since COVID began. Is life better out there?
Citing housing costs and remote work, among other factors, 110,000 more people have moved out of Massachusetts than moved in since the start of COVID. → Read More
Companies boomed selling exercise bikes and desk chairs. Now they’re laying people off.
As the pandemic kicked consumer spending into high gear, some companies came out as clear winners. But for many, that winning streak couldn’t last, and now they’re cutting their losses. → Read More
Why ‘how downtown Boston is recovering’ depends on which downtown you’re talking about
The divergent tracks of Boston’s three downtowns — Back Bay, the Financial District, and the Seaport — highlight the ways that neighborhoods are evolving as the pandemic eases. → Read More
Massachusetts’ middle class is feeling the squeeze. Can the next governor do anything to help?
From housing to health care to higher education, costs are mounting for many in Massachusetts. Can Beacon Hill actually make it better? → Read More
Two planes land, and an island springs to help
Residents were unprepared but did what they could for the Venezuelan migrants. → Read More
Inside Warren’s and Pressley’s decade-long push for student debt relief
From shared experience with college debt to buttonholing President Biden, how two Mass. lawmakers pushed through a progressive priority. → Read More
This was supposed to be the summer Maine tourism returned to normal. Instead, ‘this year has been the toughest.’
The season has been busy, but also unsettling. Hospitality businesses and tourists have had to contend with high prices, labor shortages, and fears of a recession. There’s a sense that COVID may have changed Maine permanently. → Read More
Kate Price’s shocking allegations reveal an unaddressed crisis of children trafficked by relatives
Experts on sexual abuse say that research on children trafficked by family members is still in its infancy, but there is a growing recognition that it may be part of an unaddressed crisis. → Read More
Kate Price remembers something terrible
The 52-year-old has memories of being abused as a young child. For half her life she’s been searching for evidence that would persuade people to believe her. → Read More
Garrett Harker, of Eastern Standard fame, coming back to the Fenway with four new restaurants
Harker plans to return to Kenmore Square in a deal to launch in a new apartment building along Beacon Street, with new restaurants set to open next year. → Read More
Waitstaff hard to find? Robots coming right up
Amid a labor shortage, restaurants like one in Kendall Square are starting to experiment with robots to supplement their waitstaff. → Read More
Massachusetts’ biggest climate wins and losses of 2021
Four climate experts weigh in on what the state accomplished this year, and what to look forward to in 2022. → Read More
What if returning to the office doesn’t involve an ‘office’?
Companies are working from anywhere, including former restaurants, apartments, design studios, and even auto body shops. → Read More
‘It made my job a lot easier.’ Boston businesses react to Wu’s proof of vaccine program
From relief to frustration, reaction varies among Boston businesses that will now have to require customers to prove their vaccination status upon entry. → Read More
Harvard Book Store gets a new backer: John Henry
Red Sox and Boston Globe owner John Henry is investing in the Harvard Book Store, a Cambridge institution which has struggled during the pandemic. → Read More
From oysters to Cheetos: EBO & Co. Grocery has something for everyone
The long-running East Boston Oysters event series has been reimagined into a physical retail store — a visually-arresting riot of color and condiments, with oysters, of course. → Read More
When vaccination signup sites were broken, they interrupted maternity leave to help
Diana Rastegayeva and Olivia Adams created new online tools and volunteer networks just when they were needed most. → Read More
‘If they don’t act . . . they are going to destroy an industry.’ Lawmakers urge more funding for restaurant relief
As restaurants face another COVID winter, Mass. lawmakers urge Congress to refill restaurant relief funds. → Read More