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Campus Antisemitism Debate Muddles Nuances of Free Speech
December 8, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The lowlight of the House hearings on campus antisemitism Tuesday came when Congresswoman Elise Stefanik asked the presidents of Harvard,…
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Harvard Law Professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin Honored with Prestigious Order of the Coif Book Award
December 7, 2023
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, has received the…
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Legal scholars, political observers, and Democratic lawmakers blasted former president Donald Trump for saying Tuesday that he won’t be a dictator if he wins reelection,…
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Civil War Confederate President Wasn’t Tried, Why It Matters In Trump Case | Amanpour and Company
December 7, 2023
Donald Trump made history as the first U.S. president to be criminally indicted. But he is not the first ex-president to undergo prosecution. In her…
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Is it ‘liberal eugenics’ or just greater parental choice? Advanced DNA testing for embryos is here — and it’s fraught.
December 7, 2023
Say you’re about to start in-vitro fertilization and your clinic offers you a futuristic new option: It can analyze the DNA of the embryos you…
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Even the liberal academic Laurence Tribe found himself agreeing with Representative Elise Stefanik, Republican of New York, who sharply questioned Harvard’s president, Claudine Gay. “I’m…
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Leadership changes in Massachusetts’ child welfare system prompt hope for a new vision
December 6, 2023
A changing of the guard is coming for Massachusetts’ child welfare system and with it, perhaps, an unusual opportunity to overhaul an overburdened system responsible…
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AI Is Testing the Limits of Corporate Governance
December 6, 2023
An article by Roberto Tallarita: The boardroom war at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has put a spotlight on the role of corporate governance in…
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Supreme Court May Push Sackler Opioid Case to Congress
December 5, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Bankruptcy law is all about fresh starts. But just how much of a fresh start does the Sackler family deserve…
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U.S. finalizes ambitious rule to slash methane emissions
December 5, 2023
The Biden administration has recently finalized a rule aimed at drastically reducing methane emissions from the US oil and gas industry. This ambitious initiative seeks…
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An article by Jill Lepore: Jefferson Davis, the half-blind ex-President of the Confederate States of America, leaned on a cane as he hobbled into a…
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Don’t Let Israel-Hamas War Stifle Academic Freedom
December 4, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has fostered an almost daily deluge of campus controversies. Here’s a sampling: The Anti-Defamation League…
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A new path for unionizing Uber and Lyft
December 4, 2023
An article by Kate Andrias, Sharon Block and Benjamin Sachs: In 2023, workers are organizing, striking, bargaining and, most surprisingly, winning, like at no time…
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Trump’s biggest loss yet: No immunity
December 4, 2023
U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan on Friday issued a stunning rebuke to four-times indicted former president Donald Trump, rejecting his motion to dismiss his…
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US announces rule to slash powerful planet-warming methane by nearly 80% from oil and gas
December 4, 2023
The Biden administration has finalized a rule to significantly cut the US oil and gas industry’s emissions of methane, a powerful planet-warming gas that scientists…
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Last year, the independent, fledgling union Trader Joe’s United accomplished what had never been done before: It formed the chain’s first unionized store, in Massachusetts,…
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Could X go bankrupt under Elon Musk?
December 4, 2023
In April, I sat down with Musk for the first of his many chaotic interviews about his acquisition of X. He said something that, in…
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This Emerging Tunisian Brand is Committed to Being an Ethical Business from Top to Bottom
December 4, 2023
Hidden in the lush green suburbs of Tunisia’s capital, in an office with blush-toned walls and terrazzo floors, an emerging brand has developed a business…
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San Diego County credit union executives see big pay raises while customers pay millions in overdraft fees
December 1, 2023
In San Diego County Credit Union’s most recent annual report, CEO Teresa Campbell boasted about the company’s philosophy of “putting people first and profits second.”…
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Free Speech Experts Denounce Trump In Colo. Ballot Suit
November 30, 2023
A group of First Amendment experts Wednesday urged Colorado justices not to let Donald Trump use free speech as “cover for insurrectionist violence,” according to…
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Large language models can be trained to write code, predict the ending of a sentence, summarize complex concepts and even solve math problems. But have…