The Boston Globe Magazine | July 9, 2017

Jessica Card (left) tends her net in the Penobscot River, with help from Julie Keene. Baby eels changed the women’s financial fortunes after the price skyrocketed several years ago.

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Baby eels have changed fortunes for Maine’s fishermen — and brought trouble

After a devastating tsunami wiped out many of Japan’s eel farms, fishing for elvers meant big bucks and a black market. By Meghan Barr

Erin Robertson’s “Project Runway” prize bounty included $100,000 to start her business. In her colorful Boston home, Robertson will design and sew — and collaborate with local innovators and artists.

Joyelle West

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After winning $100,000 on ‘Project Runway,’ she’s ready to collaborate in Boston

MassArt alum Erin Robertson is planning some unusual collaborations and vowing to embrace “slow fashion.” By Rachel Raczka

The canary next door: Shrinking bird populations warn us to take environmental action

It was 55 years ago that Rachel Carson's “Silent Spring” warned of birds disappearing. It’s happening. Here’s what we can do. By Elizabeth Gehrman

Boston Rocks

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/15/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/xref0611cover.jpg When Boston rocked

Take a tour of your youth with this ode to the gritty clubs, home-grown talent, and visiting acts that made Boston’s music scene so mesmerizing in the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s.

Game Changers

Special section | Game Changers

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/11/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/gamechangershoriz-6383.jpg 51 bright ideas and breakthroughs for 2017

In a revolutionary place like Boston, innovators and innovations are as common as bad drivers. See who made our annual list.

Airport security

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/01/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/OpeningImage1211TSA.jpg Do airport security lines have to be so awful? A rare look inside TSA.

With a history of dysfunction and new calls to privatize, can the agency’s big plans to make airport security less miserable get off the ground?

Anti-immigration

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/18/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/07102010_711oped_loth2-7651819.jpg Trump’s anti-immigration playbook was written 100 years ago. In Boston.

How a trio of Harvard-educated blue bloods led a crusade to keep the “undesirables” out and make America great again.

North End guide

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/20/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/northend0129web_lede.jpg Where to eat and what to order in Boston’s North End

15 of the neighborhood’s best restaurants, from elegant hideaways to buzzy trattorias to (lots of) incredible pizza.

Cooking | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/03/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/cooking0709turned.jpg Recipes: Making a meal out of Greek appetizers

Flavorful meze can be the start of a great dinner or a meal on their own.

On the Block

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/29/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/ext0709hull.jpg For sale: Properties on their second acts

Two pieces of local history in Hull and Danvers, reincarnated as condos.

Style Watch

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/03/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/crater0709alt.jpg Go for a kicky summer look with pompoms and tassels

Summer fashion gets a boost with trendy embellishments.

Comments

Letters to the editor of the Globe Magazine

Articles on Boston’s rock ‘n’ roll heyday and Dutch parenting techniques get readers talking.

easter dog with bunny ears holding a placard

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Your Week Ahead

Five things to do, July 10-16

Paw Palooza on Cape Cod, Taste of Cambridge, “Crimetown Live” at the Wilbur, and more.

College & Money

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/03/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/opener0522collegedebt.jpg The college debt crisis is even worse than you think

We tell students they need a bachelor’s degree to get ahead. But for too many, the numbers no longer add up.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/WORK%20CROP.jpg 2016 Top Places to Work

Read the full list of winners and more stories about worker happiness.

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