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Letters from our readers

Letters on family roots, Dani Rodrik, opioid associations, and more

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas profile

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas’s “laser beam” insights into the lives of animals and humans

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Excerpt from “Transaction Man” by Nicholas Lemann

“The rise of the deal and the decline of the American dream”

Historian Elizabeth Hinton: a profile

Historian Elizabeth Hinton probes the roots of a gathering crisis.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard registrar Mike Burke used to bike to work

The registrar as long-distance rider

by Jacob Sweet

John Rawls and the remaking of political philosophy

The lasting influence and limitations of John Rawls’s political philosophy

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

New England’s Oddities

Exploring New England’s more unusual sites with J.W. Ocker

by Nell Porter-Brown

Animator Renee Zhan profiled by S.I. Rosenbaum

Animator Renee Zhan finds self-discovery in strange landscapes.

by S.I. Rosenbaum

David Damrosch promotes world literature

David Damrosch’s literary global reach

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

The Undergraduate considers activism, in college and after

An activist on activism, in college and after

by Isa Flores-Jones

From the Archives: The Wired Society

In 1999, scholars, finance experts, an entrepreneur, and a journalist considered the emerging Internet. 

“Detaining Families Is Not Necessary”

Stories from the front lines of the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border

by Marina N. Bolotnikova