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President Trump’s Justice Department had a problem. Judge after judge was rejecting its demands that hospitals across the country turn over internal records of transgender…
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The setup of my university’s student government is unusual — and legally questionable
August 27, 2026
If you are a student at Tufts University in the spring, besides participating in the inebriated Patriots’ Day festivities or (most likely) entombing yourself in…
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Her homemade empanadas went viral. Then she got shut down
August 27, 2026
Janz Van of Janz Kitchen didn’t know that selling her homemade empanadas was illegal — until she heard from the City of Malden Inspectional Services…
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Uber, Lyft Union Efforts Buoyed by Arbitration in New State Laws
August 27, 2026
Unions representing Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. drivers have leverage at the bargaining table that other private-sector labor groups don’t, due to arbitration provisions…
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Exclusive: Struggling DraftKings awards $30 million marketing contract to cofounder who recently stepped down
August 27, 2026
DraftKings has fallen on hard times. Under pressure from prediction markets, the betting site has seen its share price fall 44% in the past year…
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Harvard Law Analysis Warns Food Safety Preemption Bill Could Impact More Than Additives, Create Oversight Gaps
August 27, 2026
A new report from the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) has analyzed the potential effects of the proposed FDA Review and…
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Corporate America’s anti-woke retreat is reaching its limits
August 27, 2026
Much of corporate America has spent the past 18 months second-guessing and editing itself. Many diversity programs were renamed or eliminated entirely. Sustainability language quickly…
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The trial of Donald Trump
August 24, 2026
It is impossible to know exactly how many crimes Donald Trump has committed. Even setting aside the ones we don’t know about, setting aside those…
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California’s defense attorneys for years saw their Black and Latino clients sent to death row at a rate much higher than other defendants accused of…
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How reforming the Supreme Court could backfire on Democrats
August 24, 2026
Labeling the Supreme Court “basically a subsidiary of the MAGA Republican Party,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) recently called for “dramatic” reforms. Furious over…
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OpenAI’s Two-Week Pause + Jill Lepore on the Threat of the “Artificial State” + Train of Thought
August 21, 2026
This week, we learned that OpenAI had stopped training new artificial intelligence models while the company reviewed its security measures. Will this encourage other labs…
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Trump vs. the International Criminal Court
August 20, 2026
President Trump has never liked the International Criminal Court. In his first term, he called it a “threat” to American sovereignty. Secretary of State Marco…
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Harvard Students Can Cope With Getting a B
August 19, 2026
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: University policies on grades, like grades themselves, run along a wide spectrum. Harvard, my alma mater and my employer, wants…
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Banned from owning power plants, NY utilities now want to build solar and wind farms
August 19, 2026
State regulators are considering whether to allow utilities in New York to once again generate their own power. The state forced utilities to sell off…
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With the fate of his ballroom tied up in court, President Trump is racing against the clock. He has enlisted a team of 250 workers…
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A federal judge on Wednesday signaled she’s likely to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s effort to nullify California’s Clean Air Act waivers, which allow the…
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Democracy v the machine: the birth of the digital age and the warnings that were ignored
August 18, 2026
An article by Jill Lepore: One of the stranger things about this dizzying, headlong moment in time is that it doesn’t have much of a…
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AI vs the people
August 17, 2026
An essay by Jill Lepore: This year marks the first AI election. Voters are asking chatbots how they should vote. Campaigns and activists are using…
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Tahlequah is home to two federally recognized Cherokee tribes. But only one, the Cherokee Nation, is the successor to the reservation in the eyes of…
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Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and the Misreading of Science Fiction
August 17, 2026
An essay by Jill Lepore: Why does anyone care what Elon Musk thinks of Homer’s Odyssey, or Christopher Nolan’s? Musk is promising to use AI…
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Gerrymandering won. It’s time to change the rules.
August 14, 2026
An op-ed by Ruth Greenwood: Seven years ago, I lost a redistricting case in the Supreme Court. I didn’t just lose — the court ruled…