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s a discipline, history is facing both an extraordinary opportunity and a serious challenge. We have entered an age in which a machine can search millions of pages, translate languages, recognise handwriting, arrange information, summarise books, suggest references and produce fluent prose within seconds. A student can ask a machine about the Mughal Empire, the…

Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, discourse around the efficacy of voting and civic engagement arises, especially in the midst of new proposals from the Republican Party that make it more difficult for American citizens to vote. Voters of all ages, races and backgrounds question if their vote or engagement is really significant — with…

On September 3, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a proposal (the Proposal) to rescind Rule 206(4)-5, commonly referred to as the Pay-to-Play Rule (the Rule), in its entirety, eliminating the two-year time-out on compensated advisory services to government clients following a covered political contribution. The Proposal would also amend Rule 204-2, commonly…