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Harvard Cancelled Affinity Celebrations. Students Held Them Anyway.
… “There’s no class I would rather be addressing than you all,” … Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize winner and creator of the 1619 Project, to the hundreds of students and families gathered in a conference room at …
The Rise of Vegan Culture
… Distant are the days of Annie Hall, when Woody Allen resigned himself to a plate of alfalfa sprouts and mashed yeast. Over the years, vegan … went from tasteless to trendy … 1514 … 1517 … 1539 … The Rise of Vegan Culture … article …
Issue: July-August 2017
From the Archives: The Professionalization of Ivy League Sports
… Although Ivy League athletics does not rise to the level of the powerhouse college sports conferences—with …
An Orphaned Sewing Machine
… it would be interesting to have students look at one of the landmark inventions of the nineteenth century—a sewing … A sphinx also produces riddles. Consider the little surprises and mysteries in the drawers (Images 17-19) . On the …
“This Beautiful Machine”
… Paola Arlotta is searching for the words to describe the clusters of cells, incubating quietly in a small room next to her … little experiments for us, sometimes silly ones, to surprise us in some way or to describe some concept. And then he …
Issue: July-August 2023
The Dark Side of Daylight Saving
… ’99 was paying close attention earlier this month when the U.S. Senate voted on the Sunshine Protection Act, which … next year. When senators approved the bill—to the cheers of many Americans who loathe the time change each fall and … to be at work at 9 a.m. (social time) in July, when the sun rises (sun time) around 5:30 a.m. —that early sunrise allows …
The Poco of Pocos
… The “Poco of Pocos” was Bernard Butekan, a … (“clo’man”), a Harvard celebrity, and the first in a series of rag dealers who played a surprisingly large role in the … fine but slightly worn clothing. The arrival of sewing machines in the 1840s also increased both the production of …
Issue: September-October 2021
Origins of the Urban Housing Crisis
… Across the United States, a chronic housing shortage grips many … in the making—and argues that its origins lie in the rise of “antigrowth politics” that began to take hold in the …
Issue: September-October 2022
“The Perfect Sheet”
… Matt Gilmore sits straight up on the Zamboni’s elevated seat, his left hand guiding the … back. He leans leftward, his eyes trained on the few inches of space between the vehicle and the boards. Hitting the wall with the five-ton machine would be one of the worst things he could do, but his 14 years of …
Issue: March-April 2020
Will Global Democracy Survive?
… “Ten years from now , there could be crises that make 2020 look like a garden party,” said Rockefeller professor of Latin American studies and professor of …
The Stuff of World War II
… During a field trip to The International Museum of World War II in Natick, … New-York Historical Society, illustrates the incremental rise of prejudicial hatred. Rare documents are highlighted, …
Issue: March-April 2016
Caring for Your Heart
… action and mobilizes families, said Ami Bhatt ’96, one of a panel of heart disease experts who spoke at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health on February …
Labor, Interrupted
… In May 2003 came the joyous birth of Prairie Cummings Resch, first child of … “overwhelmed by emotions”—“joy, awe, anxiety, relief, surprise.” She gave thanks for her healthy baby, and for modern …
Issue: November-December 2012
Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race
… On September 22, about 20 teams will gather to propel their human-powered machines—without their feet ever touching the ground—through … race co-producer and artist Michael Roundy, a studio art professor at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell—and the …
Issue: September-October 2018
The State of the Pandemic
… For all the havoc and death caused by the coronavirus during the … significant issues. How will humanity cope with the rest of this pandemic—and prepare to respond better to the … risk of severe illness is highest among the eldest. Risk rises steadily with age, doubling every five to six years, …
Issue: September-October 2021