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On the Philosophy in Public Life podcast, Erich Hatala Matthes, philosophy professor, explores which of our possessions and commitments deserve our attention and how we should protect them.

In a story about a recently discovered secret passageway likely from the Underground Railroad, Smithsonian refers to a New York Times interview with Africana studies professor Kellie Carter Jackson.

Though the sticker price for higher education is rising, more universities say they’ll cover the costs for some students. Economist Phillip Levine says these policies have become more common.

Stacie Goddard, political science professor, says Trump takes a neo-royalist approach to foreign affairs, shifting policies at whim and using his enormous power as leverage.

American studies professor Petra Rivera-Rideau told La Tercera that while Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show doesn’t change societal inequalities, it brought the situation in Puerto Rico to the forefront.

In a story about a hiding place found in New York, Kellie Carter Jackson, associate professor of Africana studies, noted that the city had community networks that supported the Underground Railroad.

Economics professor Phillip Levine tells the Boston Globe that only four New England schools’ endowment performance beat the S&P 500, which grew more than 16% in 2025.

Wellesley Centers for Women senior research scientist Linda Charmaraman talks to PBS about a three-year study that found social media use did not predict teens’ anxiety or depression.

Heather Bryant, associate teaching professor in writing, on meeting her biological father: “After a lifetime of feeling a secret was being kept from me, I met the man who could tell me the truth.”