Recent articles from publications based in United States.
History of MITby Benjamin Daniel | School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences26 Jun 2026
David Autor, the Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professor in the MIT Department of Economics, has been named head of the Department of Economics, effective July 1.
The Marshall Projectby Lexie Handlang26 Jun 2026
Betrayed. Hurt. Distraught. Suicidal. These are just some of the emotions I felt after someone who I thought was a friend raped me. I also felt disbelief that what happened actually took place.
The Marshall Projectby Lauren Villagran26 Jun 2026
The Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to let the Trump administration end temporary deportation protections for Haitians and Syrians in the United States clears the way for the president to...
Coda Storyby Teona Tsintsadze24 Jun 2026
How governments enable kleptocrats by doing nothing I was listening to Ezra Klein interviewing a left-wing Democratic Party strategist the other day about what a post-Trump U.S.
Palladium Magazineby John Severini23 Jun 2026
In December 2024, the Ukrainian National Guard’s 13th Khartiia Brigade carried out a combined ground and air assault near the town of Lyptsi.
History of MITby Benjamin Daniel | School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences23 Jun 2026
At the recent AI and Society Forum at MIT, experts from across the Institute discussed the potential benefits and dangers of technological innovation on labor, the nature of work, civil discourse...
Narrativelyby Jennifer Chapman23 Jun 2026
We recently held a contest over at our sister site, Narratively Academy, in which we asked you to tell us about an act of love.
Asterisk Magazineby Ozy Brennan23 Jun 2026
“I think that in most timelines, humans will simply be irrelevant and extinct,” one interviewee said. I heard that a lot.
History of MIT18 Jun 2026
On June 9, The Boston Globe released its 2026 “Tech Power Players” list, recognizing 50 influential local leaders in technology and business across Massachusetts.
History of MITby Stefanie Koperniak | MIT Open Learning17 Jun 2026
From the icy expanse of the South Pole, John Della Costa, a researcher on the Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP) project, watches STS.042/8.225 (Einstein, Oppenheimer...
Coda Storyby Oliver Bullough17 Jun 2026
Trillionaires are a national security risk I’ve been writing this newsletter since 2020, and in my first edition I marvelled at the concept of the centi-billionaire, and the fact there were at the...
History of MITby Julie Diop | Initiative for New Manufacturing16 Jun 2026
In May, the Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM) marked its first anniversary with MIT Manufacturing Week, four days of events that attracted more than 800 registrants including students...
The Markupby Roxsy Lin for American Community Media16 Jun 2026
In 2024, Kaiser Permanente announced the rollout of Abridge. Described in a press release as “ambient listening technology,” the AI-powered scribe is designed to help clinicians including mental...
Asterisk Magazineby Josh Martin16 Jun 2026
The development community treats war as inevitable. We’re learning how to pay to prevent it. Global development has a war problem.
Narrativelyby Ellen Eldridge12 Jun 2026
I thought my mother-in-law, Gail, would die in prison, denying my kids any real time with their paternal grandmother, and leaving me to have hard conversations with my husband, Russell, about...
History of MITby Lillian Eden | Department of Biology12 Jun 2026
In winter 1997, at age 60, when many researchers might be looking forward to retirement, Harriet Latham Robinson SM ’61, PhD ’65 was pursuing a faculty position as the chief of microbiology and...
History of MITby Peter Dizikes | MIT News12 Jun 2026
Debates about vaccines are a recurring feature of contemporary politics. It turns out they actually date back more than 200 years, since the development of the first smallpox vaccine.
History of MITby Maria Iacobo | School of Architecture and Planning11 Jun 2026
Jinhua Zhao MCP ’04, SM ’04, PhD ’09 has been appointed head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), effective July 1.
Narrativelyby Narratively11 Jun 2026
We’re so excited about our latest project: a collection of true, deeply human stories about the moments and memories that unfold in the outdoor spaces we tend, share, and live alongside.
History of MITby Zach Winn | MIT News10 Jun 2026
The rise of artificial intelligence is riding on the back of an enormous data center expansion. Data centers are projected to account for anywhere from 9 to 17 percent of total electricity usage in...
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