Breaking Bread

Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.

by Jack R. Trapanick

New Impressions

Explore Boston’s cultural institutions through immersive exhibits and offerings.

by Kara Baskin

Everyday Indigeneity

Championing Native voices

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen

“The Wonder Out There”

Rambling around the Quabbin Reservoir

by Nell Porter Brown

Getting Close, in Selma

Acting at a moment of conscience

by Drew Gilpin Faust

State-Sponsored Discrimination

The role of zoing law and housing in making America more unequal—and what to do about it

Off the Shelf

Recent books on camping outdoors, economic opportunity, the women of NOW, and more

Getting His Reps in

Anwar Floyd-Pruitt’s wildly profuse art

by Lydialyle Gibson

Life’s Blueprints

The development of developmental biology

by Jonathan Shaw

The Men Who Can’t Be Saved

Novelist Ben Purkert’s playfully serious look at masculinity

by Stuart Miller

“Shotgun” Diagnosis

The virtues of inaction in delivering medical care