Recent articles from publications based in United States.
The Marshall Projectby Daniella Zalcman9 Jul 2026
I spent last summer scouring the South for the products of prison labor in a strange scavenger hunt across small-town America. A freshman’s dorm mattress at Mississippi State University.
MIT Newsby Jennifer Chu | MIT News8 Jul 2026
Hydrogels are squishy, bio-friendly materials that are made mostly of water and a bit of polymer.
Anthropocene Magazineby Warren Cornwall8 Jul 2026
Whales, dolphins and porpoises are protected from hunting in most places these days. But that doesn’t mean they’re safe from fishing.
Coda Storyby Oliver Bullough8 Jul 2026
Holding the U.S. to account, Tether exits EU & Congo’s conflict coltan The United Kingdom has taken over the presidency of the Financial Action Task Force, the global standard-setter on tackling...
History of MITby Amanda Diehl | MIT Schwarzman College of Computing6 Jul 2026
As advanced medical technology gets closer to hitting consumer markets, the need for guardrails on protected usage should increase.
The Marshall Projectby Maurice Chammah5 Jul 2026
This essay is part of Redemption Songs, a limited-run newsletter that spotlights one song each week by incarcerated artists. Sign up now to get a new song each Sunday afternoon until September.
The Marshall Projectby Jamiles Lartey4 Jul 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 Gina Rich3 Jul 2026
Happy 4th of July Weekend! Last week, we shared an emotional and lovely flash essay that came out of the Narratively Academy prompt to tell us about an act of love.
The Marshall Projectby Lauren Villagran3 Jul 2026
To say that the second Trump administration has hypercharged immigration enforcement is an understatement.
History of MITby Benjamin Daniel | School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences2 Jul 2026
On a Wednesday afternoon in April, a cohort of scholars from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) gathered in MIT’s Lewis Music Library.
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...
Asterisk Magazineby Kevin Munger1 Jul 2026
The received wisdom among a certain class of Bay Area/rationalist/AI-pilled thinkers is that universities are a hopelessly broken epistemic technology, especially now that AI is widespread.
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.
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