Recent articles from publications based in United States.
The Marshall Projectby Lauren Villagran1 Jul 2026
At 7 years old, JeanCarlos Fiallos Manzanares crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, hiding in the trunk of a taxi with his older sister.
Narrativelyby Jonathan Williamson1 Jul 2026
We have World Cup fever and the only prescription is…literary stories about soccer! Longtime Narratively contributor Jonathan Williamson, also chief content officer of the soccer-obsessed media...
History of MITby Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics | System Design and Management30 Jun 2026
Three teams comprising 35 students across eight different MIT departments and Wellesley College have been at work since fall 2025, designing critical early infrastructure elements that a moon base...
The Markupby Colin Lecher and Mohamed Al Elew30 Jun 2026
Hello there, Our names are Colin and Mohamed, and we’re both journalists at CalMatters and The Markup.
Asterisk Magazineby Lennart Finke30 Jun 2026
Everyone knows RCTs are the gold standard of evidence. ….Right? In 1710, Scottish doctor John Arbuthnot presented a new proof for the existence of God.1 He had observed that for 82 years in a row...
History of MITby Jennifer Chu | MIT News29 Jun 2026
The Antarctic ozone hole was discovered in 1985, when scientists observed a severe depletion in the Earth’s protective layer of stratospheric ozone.
The Marshall Projectby Maurice Chammah28 Jun 2026
This essay is part of Redemption Songs, a limited-run newsletter that spotlights one song each week by incarcerated artists.
The Marshall Projectby Wilbert L. Cooper27 Jun 2026
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters.
Narrativelyby Heather K.M. Lewis26 Jun 2026
From the get-go, when we were going through the 2025 Memoir Prize entries, Heather K.M. Lewis’ essay stuck out.
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...
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