Features
Mechanical Intelligence and Counterfeit Humanity
Reflections on six decades of relations with computers
by Harry R. Lewis
Forum: Is Harvard Complacent?
Considering fundamental change in the wake of the pandemic
by Brian Rosenberg
Can Disinformation Be Stopped?
Scholars’ perspectives on a pervasive new threat
by Jacob Sweet
Thomas Starr King: Protector of the Union, and Yosemite
Brief life of a transcendentalist out West
by John Buehrens
Probing the Microbial World Within Us
Emily Balskus deciphers the human microbiome.
by Jonathan Shaw
Restoring Justice
Exploring an alternative to crime and punishment
by Lydialyle Gibson
Jobs and Jail
Sandra Susan Smith studies work and incarceration in an unequal, atomized America.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
al-Hariri
Brief life of a master storyteller
by Michael Cooperson
Straight-Up News
Chris Wallace has “the toughest job of any television journalist.”
by Craig Lambert
Democracy Requests the Pleasure of Your Company
Active citizens are humanists.
by Doris Sommer
Shaping Cities
Stephen Gray pioneers equitable urban design.
by Jacob Sweet