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A young woman is shown wearing a face mask and backpack while holding a laptop.
Health & Medicine
Discussion: Mental health concerns for students of color heightened amid the coronavirus
A long line of people are shown wearing face masks with wall painted with graffiti in the distance.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: What’s driving the latest coronavirus surges?
Several people are shown through a stone window with metal bars on it walking.
Top of The World
ICE says international students must take classes in person; TikTok planning to pull out of Hong Kong; More students return to school in South Africa
A man is shown wearing medical protective clothing and a face mask while holding open a plastic door.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: Are countries prepared for a coronavirus surge?
Two medical professionals are shown wearing protective gowns and face masks and pulling a gurney.
COVID-19
Discussion: How hospitals are confronting the coronavirus crisis
Two children are shown wearing matching stripped sweaters and running past a poster featuring a large stop sign.
Discussion: The measles outbreak — why vaccines matter
“Tear down the walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel told graduates at the 368th commencement ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 30, 2019.
Leaders
From ‘mein Mädchen’ to ‘leader of the free world,’ Angela Merkel is winding down her political career
A smaller metal gurney is shown next to a larger one in the hallway of a maternity ward at the University of Alabama Hospital.
Health & Medicine
Discussion: Why are more US mothers dying and what can be done?
People are shown protesting against hate carrying flags and a brightly colored placard.
Conflict & Justice
The spread of hate and racism — confronting a growing public crisis
A drummer performs during a celebration of Sahrul, a festival of flowers, in Ranchi, India. Recently, the findings were released from a study that played snippets of songs from 86 small remote societies to online listeners in 60 countries to see if shares
Arts
New findings explore the universality of music, features that are recognizable across cultures
Environment
The future of food — feeding the planet as the climate changes
Divest Harvard Co-Founder Chloe Maxmin became an activist at age 12
Environment
Activists go up against Drew Faust as Harvard refuses to divest carbon
Lawrence Summers, former US treasury secretary and Harvard president, ignited a firestorm on gender issues a decade ago this month.
Culture
Larry Summers ‘may have done a service to women’ with his sexist remarks
Man with device
Health
Losing sleep? Blame your favorite electronic device
Arts
Seth Rogen, 17 days ago: I hope North Korea won’t screw up ‘Interview’ release
A student at Goverment Secondary School Garki washes her hands, as school resumed in Abuja, Nigeria, in late September.
Health
Here’s one reason Nigeria has halted the spread of Ebola