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Is a Chat with a Bot a Conversation?
September 30, 2024
An article by Jill Lepore: In 1958, the year the illustrated children’s book “What Do You Say, Dear?” appeared, the leaders of a field newly…
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Alaska resource projects and landscapes are again in the crosshairs of a presidential election
September 30, 2024
Major Alaska resource projects, and the land they could be built on, may be at stake in the presidential election. They include drilling in the…
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Christine Blasey Ford and Anita Hill are both characters in a new play
September 30, 2024
Her voice sounded tight, anxious, tinged with pain. “I was, you know, underneath one of them while the two laughed,” the actress Elizabeth Marvel recited.
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Food banks across the globe provided nearly two billion meals last year — but they aren’t just helping to feed the hungry
September 30, 2024
Food banks across the world are rescuing food from farmers before it gets thrown out, helping people in need and reducing planet-warming pollution. Scientific American…
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Polyamorous relationships are a good thing
September 27, 2024
An op-ed co-written by Alexander Chen: Polyamory seems to be everywhere right now, with media pieces often focusing on titillating questions, like how to navigate…
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Climate Action Is A Unified Solution To Strengthen Soils, Cut Food Waste, And Nourish The Future
September 27, 2024
During a Summit hosted by Food Tank and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) during Climate Week NYC, panelists connected the dots between ecosystem health,…
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Mayor Adams, Miley Cyrus v Bruno Mars, regulating TikTok and much more
September 27, 2024
American University Adjunct Associate Professor, Beveridge & Diamond Principal and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Alyse Adamson discusses the criminal allegations against NYC Mayor Eric Adams.
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Social media warning labels come to Washington
September 27, 2024
An idea percolating all summer in the big national argument about social media — warning labels to help reduce the harms of online platforms to…
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Dems Urge Full 9th Circ. To Rethink Worker’s Trafficking Loss
September 26, 2024
Democratic lawmakers urged the en banc Ninth Circuit to rethink a split decision tossing Cambodian workers’ human trafficking suit against a California importer, arguing Congress…
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If Trump wins the election, this is what’s at stake
September 25, 2024
One morning in February, 16-year-old Levi Hormuth took off school, his parents called out of work, and the three began a five and a half…
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This book could change the way conservatives read the constitution
September 25, 2024
A book review by Cass Sunstein: What are the chances that, in 2024, a new book could fundamentally reorient how we understand America’s founding? Jonathan…
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One of the increased dangers kids could face on social media this week comes from an unexpected source: their parents. On National Daughters Day on…
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Mainers to vote on citizen’s referendum in November
September 25, 2024
Do you want to set a $5,000 limit for giving to political action committees that spend money independently to support or defeat candidates for office?…
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Rethinking ‘Checks and Balances’ for the A.I. Age
September 24, 2024
In the late 1780s, shortly after the Industrial Revolution had begun, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay wrote a series of 85 spirited essays,…
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Boston’s older vets face unique challenges on the issue of homelessness
September 23, 2024
One weekend each year, hundreds of Boston’s military veterans stroll from booth to booth at the Stand Down for Veterans event, learning about life-changing resources:…
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Can a College Class Still Be Diverse?
September 23, 2024
An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: Last year, the Supreme Court, in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, told colleges and universities that they could…
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Putting Bibles In Oklahoma Schools Will Never Work
September 23, 2024
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Oklahoma’s new law mandating Bible instruction in public schools violates the US Constitution and courts should strike it down. In…
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Former fiancées are fighting over a $70,000 Tiffany engagement ring in front of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, testing more than a half-century of legal…
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Ten Ways Project 2025 Could Undermine Workers’ Rights
September 19, 2024
In late August, Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance told a crowd of union firefighters that he and his running mate, Donald Trump, are “the…
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How to make social media, online life less of ‘dumpster fire’
September 18, 2024
Popular social media platforms were once a place to connect with old and new friends, post life updates, and share photos of your kids. But…
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Jose Baez, Ronald Sullivan Join Charlie Javice Defense Team as Lead Counsel
September 17, 2024
Charlie Javice, the founder of Frank, a student-aid start-up, has hired Florida-based lawyer Jose Baez and Harvard Law professor Ronald Sullivan as lead counsel ahead…