In July of 1995, Chicago experienced an intense heatwave, watching temperatures climb tas high as 106 degrees Fahrenheit while feeling like124 degrees. Over the five days this extreme heat lasted, 739 people died, most of them Black, low-income, and ...
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...
Imagine the world-famous American breakfast: a stack of pancakes dripping in maple syrup, bacon, eggs, and, of course, a glass of Florida orange juice. But this iconic assemblage is in danger—citrus production in Florida has plummeted 92 percent ov...
Imagine the world-famous American breakfast: a stack of pancakes dripping in maple syrup, bacon, eggs, and, of course, a glass of Florida orange juice. But this iconic assemblage is in danger—citrus production in Florida has plummeted 92 percent ov...
America’s ruling class of millionaires and billionaires has never been more visible or devastatingly powerful. Under President Donald Trump, the wholly unaccountable figures that comprise the American oligarchy are robbing our social services, grow...
America’s ruling class of millionaires and billionaires has never been more visible or devastatingly powerful. Under President Donald Trump, the wholly unaccountable figures that comprise the American oligarchy are robbing our social services, grow...
As wildfires raze entire neighborhoods, currents pull coastal villages into the Atlantic, and hurricanes displace more and more people each year, homeowners face a grim reality: The costs of climate change are spiraling out of control. Homeownership ...
As wildfires raze entire neighborhoods, currents pull coastal villages into the Atlantic, and hurricanes displace more and more people each year, homeowners face a grim reality: The costs of climate change are spiraling out of control. Homeownership ...
Slack pings and jargon like ‘scaling up’ and ‘A/B testing’ hummed through my childhood. Growing up, I would head to my dad’s office in downtown Palo Alto, where product managers became my babysitters and software engineers cooed over how mu...
Slack pings and jargon like ‘scaling up’ and ‘A/B testing’ hummed through my childhood. Growing up, I would head to my dad’s office in downtown Palo Alto, where product managers became my babysitters and software engineers cooed over how mu...
In early 2025, California faced a series of devastating wildfires that ravaged vast areas of the state—particularly its southern regions. Two weeks after the fires broke out in Los Angeles, President Donald Trump issued an executive order mandating...
In early 2025, California faced a series of devastating wildfires that ravaged vast areas of the state—particularly its southern regions. Two weeks after the fires broke out in Los Angeles, President Donald Trump issued an executive order mandating...
Amidst the snowy Green Mountains of Vermont, dotted with general stores and frozen ponds, a crisis is brewing in the dairy industry. Dairy farming has been a staple of Vermont’s economy for generations, and in recent years, the industry has increas...
Amidst the snowy Green Mountains of Vermont, dotted with general stores and frozen ponds, a crisis is brewing in the dairy industry. Dairy farming has been a staple of Vermont’s economy for generations, and in recent years, the industry has increas...
In February 2025, the House of Hope opened the doors of ECHO Village, the first pallet shelter pilot community in Rhode Island. House of Hope is a non-profit corporation that originated in Rhode Island in 1989. They began in Warwick, with founders wh...
In February 2025, the House of Hope opened the doors of ECHO Village, the first pallet shelter pilot community in Rhode Island. House of Hope is a non-profit corporation that originated in Rhode Island in 1989. They began in Warwick, with founders wh...
In this interview, Yifan Guo, a second-year graduate student studying and teaching mathematics at Brown University, shares her thoughts on California’s push to make their math curriculum more “equitable.” Recently, California ended a years-long...
In this interview, Yifan Guo, a second-year graduate student studying and teaching mathematics at Brown University, shares her thoughts on California’s push to make their math curriculum more “equitable.” Recently, California ended a years-long...
Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center and Professor of Epidemiology at Brown University, reviews depictions of epidemics in Twilight (2008), The Last of Us (2023), Outbreak (1995), and Contagion (2011), and discusses how they relate to real...
Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center and Professor of Epidemiology at Brown University, reviews depictions of epidemics in Twilight (2008), The Last of Us (2023), Outbreak (1995), and Contagion (2011), and discusses how they relate to real...
On December 17, 2022, Julia (pseudonym) received an admission offer from Stanford University with full financial aid. “I was overwhelmed with joy,” she told me. “My parents don’t have to pay for my education!” Julia lives in Syria, a ...
On December 17, 2022, Julia (pseudonym) received an admission offer from Stanford University with full financial aid. “I was overwhelmed with joy,” she told me. “My parents don’t have to pay for my education!” Julia lives in Syria, a ...
Vermont is famous for its scenic landscape. Rolling soft green hills sprinkled with grass-fed cows; empty two-lane highways revealing endless mountain vistas; and notably, no billboards. The rest of New England has succumbed to strip malls, chain res...
Vermont is famous for its scenic landscape. Rolling soft green hills sprinkled with grass-fed cows; empty two-lane highways revealing endless mountain vistas; and notably, no billboards. The rest of New England has succumbed to strip malls, chain res...
Nothing we do is possible without transition. In this photo collection, Leyad Zavriyev documents “in-between” moments in New York City and Boston, whether that be train rides, on-the-go lunches, or smoke breaks. How do we engage with public spac...
Nothing we do is possible without transition. In this photo collection, Leyad Zavriyev documents “in-between” moments in New York City and Boston, whether that be train rides, on-the-go lunches, or smoke breaks. How do we engage with public spac...