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“Tightrope,” by Kristof and WuDunn, reviewed by Allison Pugh

Americans diminished by “social poverty”

by Allison Pugh

John Alexander follows the ups and downs of funk musician Rudy Love.

John Alexander follows the ups and downs of funk musician Rudy Love.

by Alex Huls

Harvard fencing squad update

How Harvard fencers won an Ivy championship

by Jacob Sweet

Susan Murphy

Portrait of a hockey-playing statistician—from Louisiana

by Lydialyle Gibson

The View from Mass Hall

President Bacow on encountering—and coming to terms with—COVID-19

by Lawrence S. Bacow

Rainforest flora images by Margaret Mee

Botanical bounty at Dumbarton Oaks

by John S. Rosenberg

Artistic director Joshua McTaggart and the redesigned Chelsea Theatre

Joshua McTaggart leads London’s Chelsea Theatre into a new era.

by Olivia Munk

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

Brief life of a breakthrough astronomer: 1900-1979

by Donovan Moore

Baron and Gates at Commencement, a lawsuit renewed,

Baron and Gates planned at Commencement, new Corporation member, a lawsuit renewed, and more

What rights do children have in homeschooling?

Elizabeth Bartholet highlights risks when parents have 24/7 authoritarian control over their children.

by Erin O’Donnell

Harvard’s Virtual Commencement

Harvard’s 369th Commencement goes virtual.

The End of Spontaneity

Lauren Fadiman ’21 on being away from college, where one is never alone

by Lauren Fadiman