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Putting on a pair of glasses should not be enough to identify a stranger, pull up their home address, and turn a chance encounter into a data profile. But in 2024, two Harvard students did exactly that. Using Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, the facia...

Your Glasses Shouldn’t Be Able to Dox Me

Putting on a pair of glasses should not be enough to identify a stranger, pull up their home address, and turn a chance encounter into a data profile. But in 2024, two Harvard students did exactly that. Using Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, the facia...

Tropical forests are one of our most crucial defenses against climate change, but they are disappearing at an alarming rate. A record 6.7 million hectares of rainforest were lost in 2024, largely due to agriculture and human-caused wildfires—result...

Shrub-par Returns

Tropical forests are one of our most crucial defenses against climate change, but they are disappearing at an alarming rate. A record 6.7 million hectares of rainforest were lost in 2024, largely due to agriculture and human-caused wildfires—result...

Picture this: You are freshly 16 years old, zooming down the New Jersey Turnpike with music blasting at 2 AM, hitting 103 miles per hour like it is nothing. The feeling is nipped by the glare of flashing blue lights. Panic does not set in, however, b...

No Ticket to Ride

Picture this: You are freshly 16 years old, zooming down the New Jersey Turnpike with music blasting at 2 AM, hitting 103 miles per hour like it is nothing. The feeling is nipped by the glare of flashing blue lights. Panic does not set in, however, b...

President Donald Trump’s relationship with women is contentious at best. With a history of inflammatory comments and sexual assault allegations, he is far from a model feminist. Yet his second term featured a cabinet that was one-third female, a re...

The Fall Girls

President Donald Trump’s relationship with women is contentious at best. With a history of inflammatory comments and sexual assault allegations, he is far from a model feminist. Yet his second term featured a cabinet that was one-third female, a re...

When we think of clashes between state and federal power, we tend to think of dramatic confrontations from our Advanced Placement US History textbooks—like President Dwight Eisenhower sending federal troops to Little Rock in 1957 to enforce school ...

One Day at a Time

When we think of clashes between state and federal power, we tend to think of dramatic confrontations from our Advanced Placement US History textbooks—like President Dwight Eisenhower sending federal troops to Little Rock in 1957 to enforce school ...

Before the first Americans carved out rectangular borders and called it “the Southwest,” before the Diné established their tribal homeland between the four sacred mountains, the area was water and immense layers of rock. Over millions of years, ...

Death by a Thousand Pumps

Before the first Americans carved out rectangular borders and called it “the Southwest,” before the Diné established their tribal homeland between the four sacred mountains, the area was water and immense layers of rock. Over millions of years, ...

In 2024, The Boston Globe launched an unprecedented investigation into Massachusetts public schools, uncovering haunting stories of special-needs students’ parents attempting to navigate the education system. These parents, who sought only to ensur...

Class Action

In 2024, The Boston Globe launched an unprecedented investigation into Massachusetts public schools, uncovering haunting stories of special-needs students’ parents attempting to navigate the education system. These parents, who sought only to ensur...

An appropriate description of President Donald Trump’s grand strategy has been widely debated. While it has been labeled anywhere from one of “reciprocity” to “illiberal hegemony,” his second term suggests a more volatile reality: “predat...

Toothless and Faithless

An appropriate description of President Donald Trump’s grand strategy has been widely debated. While it has been labeled anywhere from one of “reciprocity” to “illiberal hegemony,” his second term suggests a more volatile reality: “predat...

In 1984, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed a report alleging that federal judges improperly used funds to “influence pending legislation.” Specifically, the concern was that judges might have misused resources allo...

Judging the Lobbyists

In 1984, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed a report alleging that federal judges improperly used funds to “influence pending legislation.” Specifically, the concern was that judges might have misused resources allo...

In 1895, following nearly four centuries of colonial rule, Cuba launched its third and final war of independence against the Spanish Empire. Almost immediately, the American population was theatrically captured by the plight of the Cuban people, sway...

The Life Cycle of American War Propaganda

In 1895, following nearly four centuries of colonial rule, Cuba launched its third and final war of independence against the Spanish Empire. Almost immediately, the American population was theatrically captured by the plight of the Cuban people, sway...