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I’m a Harvard Student. It’s Too Easy to Get an A.
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (186+ words) I'm a Harvard Student. It's Too Easy to Get an A.The Free Press I am a senior at Harvard. Last week, a faculty committee released a proposal to combat grade inflation at my school. The proposal would do two things:…...
Stop Telling Women When to Have a Baby
23+ hour, 28+ min ago (196+ words) Stop Telling Women When to Have a Baby'The Free Press Young women have never struggled to find people with opinions about when they should have a baby, and that is especially true these days, across the political spectrum. Recently, the…...
Big Food Is Killing Our Children
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (306+ words) Big Food Is Killing Our Children'The Free Press Americans are unhealthier than ever. Life expectancy is falling. Chronic disease is rising. And despite spending more on healthcare than any other nation on Earth, Americans are getting sicker, not healthier. This…...
The Rise and Fall of Youth Gender Medicine
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (198+ words) The Rise and Fall of Youth Gender Medicine'The Free Press Here's a snapshot of something commonplace just five years ago: During a lecture on endocrinology, one medical school professor begged the students to forgive him for his offensiveness. His wrongdoing?...
In a Top Math Contest, the Cheaters Are Winning
1+ week, 1+ day ago (159+ words) Only a handful of top students got perfect scores on the AMC 12. Then AI came along, writes Deepa Javeri. In the fall of 2025, as students readied for the AMC 12, the first in the series of math contests that lead to…...
A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine
1+ week, 4+ day ago (162+ words) A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine'The Free Press Fox Varian had a turbulent childhood. Her parents split when she was 7, triggering a three-year custody battle that ultimately saw her estranged from her father. She suffered from a constellation…...
Get Real Friends, Not Mom Cliques
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (106+ words) Get Real Friends, Not Mom Cliques'The Free Press On January 1, Ashley Tisdale, of High School Musical fame, wrote an essay in New York magazine about breaking up with her toxic mom group. These were friends once so inseparable they wore…...
What I’ve Learned from Watching People Wait to Have Children
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (171+ words) What I've Learned from Watching People Wait to Have Children'The Free Press Last week, I had to deliver terrible news that is sadly not unique in my line of work: I had to tell a pregnant woman that her baby…...
Kids Don’t Need Phones with Jonathan Haidt
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (168+ words) You probably know Jonathan Haidt as the guy trying to save your kids from smartphones and social media apps. Likely you've read The Anxious Generation, which has been translated into 44 languages and sold nearly 2 million copies. One might say that…...
Who Am I to Edit My Son’s DNA?
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (93+ words) When Alana Newhouse's son was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, she faced a spiritual choice: Should she rewrite the very code of his life? For Alana Newhouse, these questions are not abstract. In March 2022, her son Elijah was diagnosed…...