What is a famine and who declares one?
Mark Manary, MD, the Helene B. Roberson Professor of Pediatrics
In the age of post-growth, a MoMA exhibition chronicles the lived realities of the Nakagin Capsule Tower
While I maintain that 1970s Japanese masculinity that shaped the Nakagin Capsule Tower—which excluded women and family and denied of domesticity—is obsolete, the exhibition left me optimistic that alternate lives in the capsules are possible, writes Aki Ishida.
A warning about executive order ‘restoring gold standard science’
Leaders of geoscience journals, including Arts & Sciences’ Michael Wysession, have published an editorial arguing that a recent federal executive order threatens American scientific integrity. They argue that years of scientific advancement that has helped the U.S. economy, military and technology could be undone.
Why Covid Is Spreading Again This Summer
Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, director of the Clinical Epidemiology Center
Trump administration has proven no friend to organized labor, from attacking federal unions to paralyzing the National Labor Relations Board
What seems clear in my view is that whenever the GOP has tried to cast itself as a labor-friendly political party, it has emphasized symbolism over substance, favoring using rhetoric embracing workers who belong to unions versus taking actions to strengthen labor rights, writes Jake Rosenfeld.
Study saying monthly cash won’t help children’s health is highly misleading — even irresponsible
In the richest society in the world, basic protections for the health and thriving of children in the first years of life require resources that amount to a tiny fraction of the federal budget, write Joan Luby and Deanna Barch.
College Students Have Already Changed Forever
Members of the class of 2026 have had access to AI since they were freshmen. Almost all of them are using it to do their work, writes Ian Bogost.
How the Supreme Court could wind up scrapping high-profile precedents in coming months
Lee Epstein, the Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor
One Thing: What Trump’s DC Takeover is Really About
Trevor Gardner, professor of law
Afghans in US face uncertainty after the cancellation of their humanitarian relief
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Thousands of Afghans living in the United States face an uncertain future after a federal appeals court ruled on July 21, 2025, that the Trump administration can end a humanitarian relief program that provided them work permits and protection from deportation, writes Mitra Naseh.
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