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Getting to Mars (for Real)
Humans have been dreaming of living on the Red Planet for decades. Harvard researchers are on the case.
Political theorist Danielle Allen is profiled by Spencer Lenfield
Danielle Allen’s mission to return equality to the heart of American democracy
Harvard economist Richard Freeman on the risks of robotization of the economy
Most people’s jobs are at risk of becoming robotized, argues labor economist Richard Freeman.
The animal law conundrum: when are creatures "things”?
Animal law takes hold at Harvard Law School.
Harvard's eugenics era
When academics embraced scientific racism, immigration restrictions, and the suppression of “the unfit”
Brief life of Federalist politician Caleb Strong, by Richard D. Brown
Brief life of an exemplary politician: 1745-1819
How the Dark Room Collective sparked "total life" in literature
How the Dark Room Collective made space for a generation of African-American writers
Jacqueline Bhabha critiques the world's response to migration crises
Harvard human-rights expert Jacqueline Bhabha critiques the inadequate response to the world’s migration crises.
Brief life of formidable anthropologist Cora Du Bois, by Susan C. Seymour
Brief life of a formidable anthropologist: 1903-1991
Judge Richard Posner, profiled by Lincoln Caplan
The double life of Richard Posner, America’s most contentious legal reformer
James O’Connell of HMS and Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
James O’Connell has spent 30 years caring for the homeless.