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A black and white cartoon shows a computer-user, with Earth’s globe for a head, stares into a screen, while spiders labeled “hate,” “misinformation,” “fear,” and “lies” crawl across his body, wrapping him in their webs.

Truer than Reality

Kevin Kallaugher on the art of editorial cartooning

by Dan Kelly

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The Parkland Generation

Coming of age in an era of gun violence

by Swathi Kella

Illustration of a donkey turning a ship’s wheel away from high-rise apartment buildings in the background

Origins of the Urban Housing Crisis

The high cost of environmental mandates, historic-preservation rules, and other good intentions

by Jonathan Shaw

Array of squashes, tomatoes, and other local produce at Ward's Berry Farm

Harvesting Autumn at Ward’s Berry Farm

Fun for the whole family in Sharon

by Nell Porter-Brown

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Is the Supreme Court’s Role Undemocratic?

Justice Felix Frankfurter, to great controversy, said yes.

by Lincoln Caplan

Photograph of Milman Parry in Paris, circa 1925-1928

Milman Parry

Brief life of a Homeric scholar with a big idea: 1902-1935

by Robert Kanigel

Illustration of Sharon Beckman ’80 swimming the English Channel

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Aerial photograph of Allston, site of Harvard’s commercial enterprise campus

Strategy—and a Celebration

The Corporation’s role in communicating University strategies—and the magazine’s 125th

Photograph of William Randall playing guitar in his Lowell House room, c. 1970-1971

Learners, Grizzled and Downy

An affecting reunion, and Houghton Library accessible to all

by Primus VI

Photo of Bobby Johnson outside of Superior Court in New Haven on September 4, 2015, released from prison after nine years for a murder he did not commit

“Fallen to the Depths”

Nicholas Dawidoff’s wrenching account of urban inequity

2022-23 Ledecky Fellows

The 2022-2023 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

Illustration of two runners, one surrounded by components of a healthy diet, the other surrounded by high-sugar foods.

Does High Blood Sugar Blunt the Benefits of Exercise?

Understanding “low response to training”—and searching for solutions for diabetics and others

by Daniel Oberhaus