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A Tale of Shakespeare and Marlowe — and Sex and Power

The New York Times | 9.3.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: How Shakespeare’s Rival Remade Elizabethan Art

The Rise of Right-Wing Nihilism

The New York Times | 8.21.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard’s Two Gen Zs and Danielle Allen Debates Far-Right Blogger Curtis Yarvin

Data Centers That Don’t Exist Yet Are Already Haunting the Grid

The Wall Street Journal | 9.1.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: How AI Energy Demand Costs Consumers

The gerrymandering battle has a historical precedent. It’s a warning we should heed.

The Boston Globe | 9.2.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Electoral Eccentricity and Voter Suppression Returns

Ancestors’ mysterious institutionalization still troubles a Mass. family. Now, they may finally get answers.

The Boston Globe | 8.29.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Walter E. Fernald

Harvard Is Making Changes Trump Officials Want, Even Without a Deal

The New York Times | 8.23.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Latest In Harvard’s Fight with the Trump Administration

Book Review: Renaissance scholar illuminates brief, transgressive life of poet Christopher Marlowe

AP News | 8.25.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: How Shakespeare’s Rival Remade Elizabethan Art

‘Don’t negotiate’: Trump wants at least $500 million from Harvard to end monthslong pressure campaign

The Boston Globe | 8.27.2025

Will the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Research Grants Sink Harvard’s Lawsuit Against Trump?

The Chronicle of Higher Education | 8.27.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard’s Standoff: The Research At Risk and The Standoff: Harvard’s Future in the Balance

How We Brought Respectful Debate Back to The Harvard Crimson’s Editorial Board

The New York Times | 8.26.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Agree to Disagree