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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 23, 2025
Plus: The unraveling of the AAUP.
June 16, 2025
Plus: Summer reading recs.
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 12, 2025
Plus: CAIR vs. Salman Rushdie.
May 5, 2025
Plus: Junot Díaz’s cancellation and the canon.