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A Cinnabon worker was fired for a racist slur; her supporters have raised $130,000. Political scientist Jennifer Chudy said fundraising efforts like these reflect how “political winds have changed.”

Stacie Goddard, Betty Freyhof Johnson ’44 Professor of Political Science, and her co-author write in a new paper that Trump’s affinity for Middle Eastern “strong men” is an example of “neo-royalism.”

Associate Professor of Music Reinaldo Moya’s tribute to his brother that doubles as a musical essay on grief made the Washington Post’s best of 2025 classical music list.

International Relations-Political Science major Zoe Terry ’28 is CEO and founder of Zoe’s Dolls, a nonprofit that gives dolls of color to Black and brown girls. She recently hosted a doll giveaway.

Ismar Volić and Andy Schultz, math professors at Wellesley, and David McCune, a math professor at William Jewell College, say ranked choice voting outperforms the winner-take-all system.

The Globe reports some women’s colleges are thriving, and producing successful, generous alums. “[I]t becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy,” says economist Phillip Levine. “Success begets success.”

In “How to Be Multiple: The Philosophy of Twins,” philosophy professor Helena de Bres explores the nature of self, free will, and what she describes as the “special freakishness” of twins.

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.”