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Do You Know What’s in Your DNA? If Not, That’s a Problem
August 22, 2025
Genetic information can be life-saving in a medical emergency, yet it’s still rarely collected from adults — even when doctors are struggling to make a…
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EPA’s embattled “green bank” grantees are girding for a possible court decision that could determine whether the agency is able to regain control of billions…
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Data Deletion Rights Must Be a Priority in Privacy Legislation
August 21, 2025
An article co-written by I. Glenn Cohen: Privacy has traditionally been defined as the right to seclude oneself from the public and the right to…
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On Nov. 8, 1787, a pamphleteer who wrote under the pseudonym Cato published one of the most prescient warnings in American history. Cato looked at…
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Across the country, many Americans are paying more for their electricity. In Massachusetts, rates increased almost 69% between 2014 and 2024; in West Virginia that…
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Do Food Expiration Dates Really Matter?
August 19, 2025
When you open your fridge, how often do you check the dates on your food? The yogurt container says it’s still good for a few…
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Healey proposes releasing historical records of disabled people in state institutions
August 19, 2025
Certain records from the tens of thousands of people with mental, intellectual and developmental disabilities who have lived at Massachusetts institutions could become public under…
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Why Good Laws Aren’t Enough (with Martha Minow)
August 18, 2025
Should the law be more forgiving? Martha Minow, former dean of Harvard Law School, joins Preet for a wide-ranging conversation on what justice means today—inside…
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s Petition to the Supreme Court
August 15, 2025
An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: The Supreme Court has been busy during its summer break, issuing decisions on emergency petitions that have enabled President…
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A report by a clean energy think tank warns against a “power panic” in the United States as data centre developers pressure utilities to meet…
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‘We’re willfully blinding ourselves’: Mass. researchers worry as federal environmental data disappears
August 15, 2025
Dylan Carlson Sirvent León was working in his office at Harvard University when he began receiving frantic messages from his research colleagues. Environmental data was…
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The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it would begin a wide-ranging review of current and planned exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution, scouring wall text,…
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As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act
August 15, 2025
Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers.
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Your Questions Answered: Trump vs. the Rule of Law
August 14, 2025
From the attempt to end birthright citizenship to the gutting of congressionally authorized agencies, the Trump Administration has created an enormous number of legal controversies.
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In Election Cases, Supreme Court Keeps Removing Guardrails
August 14, 2025
If Republicans succeed in pulling off an aggressively partisan gerrymander of congressional districts in Texas, they will owe the Supreme Court a debt of gratitude.
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We work at Harvard, and we will not cave to Trump’s demands
August 14, 2025
An op-ed co-written by Andrew Crespo: The Ivy League presents itself as an embodiment of academic freedom and intellectual rigor, but these days its universities…
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Boston Public Library, one of the oldest and largest public library systems in the country, is launching a project this summer with OpenAI and Harvard…
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When the U.S. Congress voted this summer to rescind $1.1 billion previously allocated for public broadcasting, it was the largest victory yet in the nearly…
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The impact of data centers on rising electricity costs
August 14, 2025
As the number of energy-intensive data centers needed to power Big Tech rises in the U.S., so are Americans’ electricity bills. Ari Peskoe, director of…
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Last summer, my wife and I beat the odds of middle age and gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Thousands of people who follow…
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The national battle over redistricting fueled by Texas Republicans’ effort to draw new congressional maps has created an odd dynamic for California Republicans. They are…