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Student journalist at The Harvard Crimson, intern at the Wall Street Journal and Boston Globe. I do investigations, study history, work on audience engagement, and cover politics.

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A Secret at the Hearth of Adams House | Magazine | The Harvard Crimson

A fireplace in Adams House has racist caricatures sculpted into its pillars. Without a word, administrators b…

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'A little red pocket on the New Hampshire border': The national fissures splitting a competitive ...

The contest for the GOP nomination between a hard-line and a moderate Republican is a brass-knuckle brawl of …

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The Crimson Klan

The Ku Klux Klan's presence at Harvard throughout the twentieth century, though it waxed and waned, was clear…

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The strange Mass. crime wave over catalytic converters and the bill aiming to curb theft - The Bo...

In Cambridge alone, Police Department spokesperson Jeremy Warnick said police get a call over a missing conve…

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Harvard Professor's Paper Claiming 'Comfort Women' in Imperial Japan Were Voluntarily Employed St...

A paper by Harvard Law School Japanese legal studies professor J. Mark Ramseyer that claims sex slaves taken …

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Meet the generals leading COVID response in Philippines, Indonesia

The Philippines and Indonesia are the two laggards of Southeast Asia in controlling the coronavirus pandemic.…

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With DeGette's loss, Raul Ruiz eyes her job on a powerful health panel

Jul 01, 2026 |

By Simon Levien

| POLITICO

The Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee has jurisdiction over HHS, Obamacare, Medicare and Medicaid. Melat Kiros' win over Diana DeGette Tuesday in the Democratic primary for Colorado's 1st District seat will open up a plum health policy post on the Energy and Commerce Committee. California Rep. Raul Ruiz is already angling to fill it.

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Tom Kean Jr. kept his depression a secret. Colleagues are questioning that decision.

Jul 01, 2026 |

By Mia McCarthy , Simon Levien

| Flipboard

1 hour ago Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old democratic socialist, unseated Representative Diana DeGette in a Democratic primary to represent the Denver area. Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old democratic socialist, defeated Representative Diana DeGette on Tuesday in the Denver area, according to The Associated Press, in a …

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Tom Kean Jr. kept his depression a secret. Colleagues are questioning that decision.

Jul 01, 2026 |

By Mia McCarthy , Simon Levien

| Yahoo

When Rep. Tom Kean Jr. revealed Tuesday his extended absence from the House was due to inpatient treatment for depression, he ended months of speculation but also fueled a delicate conversation: Just how much privacy are elected officials entitled to? The New Jersey Republican offered only scant details about his condition during the four months he went missing.

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