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51% #1761: The Battle for Mifepristone
April 21, 2023
The accessibility of the key abortion medication mifepristone hangs in the balance after a federal judge in Texas ruled earlier this month to suspend the…
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The Future of Social Media Is a Lot Less Social
April 20, 2023
Nearly two decades ago, Facebook exploded on college campuses as a site for students to stay in touch. Then came Twitter, where people posted about…
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Artificial intelligence isn’t just the future of law, it’s the now. That was perhaps the message that weaved its way through all the speakers and…
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An op-ed by Nancy Gertner: In November 2018, when then-president Donald Trump challenged a federal judge’s impartiality by calling him an “Obama judge,” Supreme Court…
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Twitter quietly changes its hateful conduct policy to remove standing protections for its transgender users
April 19, 2023
Twitter sparked backlash this week after some users noticed it had quietly removed language in its hateful conduct policy that explicitly protected transgender people from…
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Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal held a role-play session for managers about how to defeat union drives, a task the training materials for the exercise said was…
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The oil and gas industry is emitting way more of this potent, planet-warming gas than the EPA has estimated, study shows
April 18, 2023
Planet-warming methane pollution from the US oil and gas industry was 70% higher than the Environmental Protection Agency’s own estimates between 2010 and 2019, scientists…
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Podcast Episode: Safer Sex Work Makes a Safer Internet
April 18, 2023
An internet that is safe for sex workers is an internet that is safer for everyone. Though the effects of stigmatization and criminalization run deep,…
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could expand religious protections for workers under a law changed in 1972, an interpretation…
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Where the legal battle over Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence stands a decade after the Marathon bombing
April 17, 2023
As Boston marks 10 years since the city’s deadliest terrorist attack, the legal battle drags on in federal court to determine the fate of the…
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Susan Crawford’s new book focuses like a laser on Charleston for a reason. Here is where one can observe best how a long history of…
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If an enemy agent was looking for the ideal place to publish US government secrets, they might pick Facebook or Twitter. But probably not Discord,…
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Aggressive rules proposed by the Biden administration to drastically speed up the country’s transition to electric vehicles, and significantly cut the auto pollution that is…
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Former trash hauler enrolled at Harvard Law raises $70K for janitors, other workers there
April 17, 2023
Rehan Staton [JD ’23] was heading to class at Harvard Law School when he saw a custodian and greeted her: “Hi, how are you doing?”…
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Kavanaugh Will Ultimately Decide Abortion Pill’s Fate
April 14, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The ruling issued by the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit restricting mifepristone distribution is a transparent invitation…
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How Much Power Should the Courts Have?
April 14, 2023
The Israeli Supreme Court last month became the subject of a remarkable clash over its role in the country’s democracy. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…
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As a federal appeals court ruling late Wednesday raised new uncertainties about the availability of medication abortion, state leaders on Thursday emphasized their commitment to…
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How hard could it be to bring more carbon-free power to New England, a region with a professed dedication to tackling the climate crisis? It…
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Jack Ma’s China homecoming heralds new era for Alibaba
April 14, 2023
When billionaire Jack Ma flew to Hangzhou on the morning of March 27, few could have predicted the domino chain of events that would shortly…
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Key court ruling does not restrict abortion pill access in 17 states, federal judge says
April 14, 2023
A U.S. district judge in Washington state on Thursday said access to the abortion pill mifepristone is not affected by a federal appeals court ruling…
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Justices Told ‘Billions’ At Stake In AI Patent Crusade
April 14, 2023
A Harvard Law School professor is among a handful of legal academics who say that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s refusal to issue patents…