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Commentary: Are Biden and the Democrats in danger of losing young voters?

One of the most remarkable developments in the last two national elections was the surge in voting among young people, historically a low-turnout crowd who proved pivotal to Democrats winning a House majority in 2018 and Joe Biden winning the presidency.

Los Angeles Times

Warnings that illegal abortions will kill pregnant women if Supreme Court votes down Roe v Wade

The World Health Organization estimates that around the world, 23,000 women die each year from unsafe abortions

The Independent UK

"The Mudslinging Has Begun": Is It Defamatory to Falsely Accuse Someone of Being an Academic?

There's a pretty famous story about Daniel Patrick Moynihan, which George F. Will relates in some detail: [I]n 1976 was when Pat Moynihan, late of the Harvard faculty, won the Democratic nomination to run against the incumbent U.S. senator from New York, James Buckley. Over at Buckley headquarters Jim said…

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High schoolers' extreme college anxiety

The PBS documentary "Try Harder!" chronicles the anxieties of today's high-achieving teens

Salon

Heritage is not soft power

Harvard University Professor Joseph Nye coined the term "soft power", or the ability to obtain preferred outcomes by attraction, rather than coercion or payment, in his book Bound To Lead in 1990. However, he has since seen his brainchild, scribbled out on his kitchen table, grow in scope of application…

Bangkok Post

Fauci said the pandemic was over in US, then backpedaled. What do experts say?

PHILADELPHIA — Anthony Fauci caused a stir this week when he said on national television that the United States was “out of the pandemic phase.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pig Model Law

From Judge Wendy Beetlestone (E.D. Pa.)'s opinion in Houser v. Feldman & Temple Univ., decided Thursday, here are the plaintiff's allegations (note, as usual, that they are just the allegations, since this is an opinion on defendant's motion to dismiss): Houser and his laboratory staff ("lab") developed a pig model…

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Biden’s $1.75 trillion student-debt problem by the numbers

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is considering forgiving at least $10,000 in student loans per borrower, a promise he made on the campaign trail, through executive action.

Tribune News Service

Paying for Harvard just got cheaper with decades-high inflation

Parents paying the full cost of Ivy League tuition bills are getting a little relief — and they can thank inflation.

Tribune News Service

Harvard report brings joy, grief for descendants of enslaved

In Harvard’s pledge to atone for its ties to slavery, it identified dozens of people who were enslaved by the university’s first leaders and faculty members

The Independent UK

Prologue to the past

Following a massive five-year makeover, the modern red-ochre compound of Ban Kao National Museum rises in the middle of vast green landscapes and rice fields on the banks of the Khwae Noi River, serving as a prologue for a day trip to explore Prasat Muang Sing Historical Park, which is…

Bangkok Post

First Thing: crisis talks in Europe as Russia cuts gas to Poland and Bulgaria

Kremlin accused of blackmail while Gazprom claims supply halted because of failure to pay in roubles. Plus, Santa takes on Sarah Palin

The Guardian - UK

Harvard pledges $100 million to address its historical ties to slavery

Harvard University is earmarking $100 million to study and make amends for its history of and ties to slavery, as well as the perpetuation of racist eugenics by some of its past faculty. The school’s president, Lawrence S. Bacow, announced the fund in a letter on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Prehistoric crocodile fossil, Kronosaurus queenslandicus, lingers far from home at Harvard

While the world's only mounted Kronosaurus queenslandicus fossil is at Harvard University, palaeontologists say there are better specimens still waiting to be found in outback Queensland.

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Youth voters not pleased by either party, poll finds

BOSTON — A research poll out of Harvard held several stark warnings for politicians: The youngest voting bloc in the country isn’t the least bit impressed with either party’s messaging and they intend to vote about it.

Al Jazeera

Harvard University acknowledges slavery ties, sets up $100M reparations fund

Report by oldest US university lays out history of slavery on campus and its role in perpetuating racial oppression.

The Independent UK

Harvard pledges $100 million to atone for role in slavery

Harvard University is vowing to spend $100 million to research and atone for its ties with slavery

Axios

Harvard commits $100 million to redress ties to slavery

"Harvard benefited from and in some ways perpetuated practices that were profoundly immoral."

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The Independent UK

Harvard commits $100m to study and redress ties to slavery

Exhaustive report reveals university’s ‘extensive entanglements with slavery’ joining US institutions examining their legacies of enslavement

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court OKs 'race neutral' admissions policy to admit more Black, Latino students

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for a Virginia school board to admit more Black and Latino students — and slightly fewer Asian students — to a magnet high school for math and science.

The Independent UK

CEO parent appeals conviction in college bribery case

A Massachusetts business executive who was sentenced to 15 months in prison in the college admissions cheating scandal has appealed his conviction

Sports Illustrated

Seth Towns to Return for Seventh College Basketball Season

The former Harvard star, now at Ohio State, has battled injuries throughout his college career.

The Independent UK

Oar-some auction: Historic college sports prize up for bid

The 170-year-old prize awarded in the first U.S. intercollegiate sports competition is going up for auction next month

Tribune News Service

Nets' Ben Simmons plays 4-on-4 with contact; Game 3 return possible

BOSTON — Nets star forward Ben Simmons participated in four-on-four drills on Monday and five-on-zero “scripting, running through the plays” on Tuesday with no setback to the lower back injury that has restricted him from making his Nets debut, head coach Steve Nash said after Tuesday’s practice at Harvard.

Los Angeles Times

Rick Caruso's role in the 2002 rejection of a Black LAPD chief created a furor

LOS ANGELES — Two decades ago, the Los Angeles Police Department faced a defining moment, as crime ticked upward, a massive corruption scandal smoldered and a federal judge pushed to correct the department's long history of civil rights violations.

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