Janelle Nanos

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Janelle Nanos

The mission, should I choose to accept it, came from my editor last Thursday: Amid the trade war sparked by President Trump’s tariffs, could one bypass all the chaos by simply purchasing American-made products? Or is it so hard to do, and so much more expensive, that it would end up being even more stressful? I nodded gamely. After covering retail for the better part of a decade, I knew exactly how this would play out: not well.

Mar 19, 2025 | bostonglobe.com | Janelle Nanos

Five years after COVID shut down Boston, things feel, by and large, normal again. There are lines at lunch spots, crowds at the Garden, college kids at the bars. But the city isn’t the same. But more than anything, we just don’t mix like we did before. A Northeastern University study of cellphone data found that when COVID hit, inhabitants of Greater Boston became far less likely to interact with people of different socioeconomic backgrounds.

Mar 6, 2025 | bostonglobe.com | Esmy Jimenez |Janelle Nanos

The cost of nearly everything is rising: Housing, childcare, education, healthcare — and now even eggs — are all more expensive in a region that already has a high cost of living. And wages aren’t keeping up, leaving many of us feeling squeezed. The Boston Globe wants to know how you’re making ends meet, or whether you are falling behind, for a series about affordability and the middle class. Are you cutting back on the essentials? Considering a move?

Feb 14, 2025 | bostonglobe.com | Emma Platoff |Janelle Nanos

If organizers cannot raise enough money, whether from government funds or private donors, FIFA could take its games elsewhere, the committee warned in documents presented to city and state officials. “If this were to occur, there would be significantly negative reputational impacts” for the city, state, and stadium, the document said.

Feb 5, 2025 | bostonglobe.com | Janelle Nanos

All the while, a grim toll mounted, with the virus at one point claiming over 4,000 American lives a day. As we mourned, we often grieved how they died, isolated and alone. Funeral director Joe Ruggiero, the second generation to run his family's business, and apprentice funeral director Nick Verrocchi (right) moved a casket inside a makeshift storage area on April 28, 2020. With a surge in COVID-19 deaths, the room had to be temporarily repurposed.