Reviving Roxbury

An innovative program aims to help Roxbury thrive and resist gentrification
by Laura A. Siegel

Cleaning up

After years of neglect, the city is redeveloping one of Roxbury's most polluted sites. Does it symbolize a rebirth for the neighborhood?
by Ben Geman

Teen dream

If a girls' magazine refuses to write about glamour, will any girls read it? Teen Voices hopes they will -- a million of them.
by Camille Dodero

Game over

Pinball's last big player folds up, and a hobby goes tilt
by Andrew Weiner

Activism: Teenagers rally for peace Censorship: Silencing raunchy, but poetic, voices Elephant walk: Battle of the '80s-era presidents Media: Calling off the cybercensors at Fidelity's newspapers Open space: Natsios backs funding for surface artery Remembering: Honoring a life cycle cut short Summer Preview Preview: The Norman invasion Theater: MacFrasier comes to the Colonial

c o l u m n s

Editorial	Letters to the editor
Harm reduction Common-sense gun-control measures will save lives

Don't Quote Me	by Dan Kennedy
Battle lines In the wake of the AP and New Yorker controversies, some reflections on the uneasy relationship between journalism and war

Cityscape	by Kristen Lombardi
Drive-by racism Racial profiling doesn't get much attention in Boston -- but it's a serious problem. What will it take to get police departments to deal with it?

Out There	by Kris Frieswick
Shopping dropout Life without the shopping gene

Urban Buy	by Alex Shapiro
Cheap speed! Test drives of five stimulating drinks

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