The case for the $6 parking meter

- Parking in cities is a nightmare. Now, experts are proposing a radical, market-driven solution.

Art critic @GlobeSmee: Combining simplicity and scale with coolly shifting patterns of colored light, the Citgo sign has a force and presence that even the likes of abstract and minimalist superstars like Frank Stella, Dan Flavin, and Sol LeWitt must envy.

Whites still fleeing cities in Mass.

- Whites are abandoning Massachusetts cities at a rapid clip, continuing well-worn paths to the suburbs or out of state, according to new demographic data from the US census.