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Newsletter Archive
July 14, 2025
Ashley T. Rubin on what she thinks is wrong with her field.
July 7, 2025
The Skrmetti decision involves very large questions of whom to trust.
June 9, 2025
The political theorist Lisa Anderson on higher education’s therapeutic turn.
June 2, 2025
Plus: Our 10 most-read stories this year so far.
May 27, 2025
Plus: Chaos reigns at Harvard and Florida.
May 19, 2025
Nicolas Langlitz follows up on diversity in the age of Trump.
May 5, 2025
Plus: Junot Díaz’s cancellation and the canon.
