Janelle Nanos

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Hilary Burns |Janelle Nanos

Harvard’s alumni span the political spectrum, and donations have surged since the university said it would stand up to the Trump administration, which has frozen $2.2 billion in federal funding for what it says is egregious campus antisemitism. But some major donors, including those with buildings named after them on the hallowed campus, have been frustrated with the university’s response, according to interviews with donors and administrators.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Katie Johnston |Janelle Nanos

And amid the chaos, business owners are beginning to wrestle with a difficult question: Who’ll fill all their jobs if immigrants go away? With many businesses — from construction and landscaping to hotels and gift shops — gearing up for spring, the Trump administration’s revocation of protections for various immigrant groups is straining an already-tight labor market.

1 month 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.

1 month ago | 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.

2 months ago | 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?