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Katie Benzan stands on a basketball court holding a ball, with a hoop in the background.

How Women Are Changing the NBA

From coaching staffs to front offices, female leaders are bringing new strategies to men’s basketball.

by David L. Tannenwald

Tom Lee standing in his home in New Hampshire, surrounded by books and a brick fireplace.

The Needs of Dementia Caregivers

What it's like to look after a loved one with dementia

by Lydialyle Gibson

Professor David Mooney in his lab with lab hoods behind him

Teaching T-Cells to Kill Cancer

Teaching T-cells to kill cancer—and other feats of biomedical science

by Veronique Greenwood

Barbara Lawrence seated, wearing a textured blouse, in a portrait from the late 1930s.

Harvard Pioneering Mammalogist Barbara Lawrence

Brief life of an intrepid mammalogist: 1909-1997

by Jonathan Shaw

Illustration of a basketball player dunking books into a hoop,

How NIL Deals and the Transfer Portal Are Changing the Ivy League—and Harvard Athletics

College sports are changing. Will Harvard athletics?

by Max J. Krupnick

Portrait of Thomas Wentworth Higginson with a mustache and side-parted hair.

Thomas Higginson: Abolitionist, Feminist, and Emily Dickinson's Mentor

Brief life of an activist for freedom: 1823-1911

by John Nelson

Cross-stitched fabric with the text "Home Unaffordable Home" over a background of high-rise apartment buildings.

America’s Housing Problem—Explained

How zoning reforms could address a crisis that squeezes the poor and the middle class

by Jonathan Shaw

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How Technology Shapes Elections, Privacy, and Democracy

Latanya Sweeney confronts our all-consuming “technocracy.”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Fairfield Porter's “Self-Portrait in the Studio,” painted in 1948

An Underknown Twentieth Century Realist Artist

Brief life of an American realist artist and critic: 1907-1975

by Jane Borthwick

An illustration of a graduate in a cap and gown shouting into a megaphone labeled with a "U," facing a man shouting into a megaphone with an American flag design. The background is bright yellow.

Academic Freedom and Free Speech

Robert Post explains how they differ—and why it matters, especially now

by Lincoln Caplan

Catherine Dulac stands beside a whiteboard filled with colorful handwritten notes and diagrams, wearing a dark blazer and patterned scarf.

Social Interaction and Human Health

Why social interactions are as vital as food and water

by Erin O’Donnell