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Kate Price, associate research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women, says: “Jeffrey Epstein is not unique. This is absolutely a classic case [of child sex trafficking].”

Why would 15% of kids rather talk to a chatbot than a person? Bots don’t judge, says Linda Charmaraman, director of the Youth, Media, & Wellbeing research lab: “They’re never mad at them or moody.”

Tamanika Ferguson, visiting research scholar in women’s and gender studies, says protecting incarcerated people’s access to physical mail/inside-led print publishing is a feminist public safety issue.

“It was almost weird to walk around New York City and not run into him,” writes Dan Chiasson, Lorraine C. Wang Professor of English, of New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

“[Families] are going to go to other places where it’s not so expensive to live,” said Wendy Robeson, senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women, “and that’s bad for everybody.”

Petra Rivera-Rideau, associate professor of American studies, on Bad Bunny headlining the Super Bowl halftime show: “The fact that [he’s] a Spanish-speaking artist … is a political statement already.”

The Women’s Edge marks 25 years of celebrating the top 100 women-led businesses and nonprofits in Massachusetts. Wellesley College is 22nd on the list.

The Seattle Storm’s next coach will be New York Liberty assistant coach Sonia Raman. She has extensive coaching experience, including six seasons as the lead assistant basketball coach at Wellesley.

Wellesley Centers for Women writer-in-residence Laura Pappano describes her experience at the Moms for Liberty summit, where parents were urged to turn their grievances into lawsuits.