This morning in Judge Young's courtroom, lawyers for the AAUP delivered their closing arguments — capping off a 2 week trial over the Trump administration's alleged targeting of noncitizen student protestors. more w/ Akshaya Ravi in The Harvard Crimson : thecrimson.com/article/2025/7…

This afternoon, Judge Young heard Harvard's argument to be dismissed from a Title IX suit by 3 UPenn swimmers over a trans athlete's participation in the 2022 Ivy League Champs, hosted at Harvard. The University isn't off the hook yet. w/ Akshaya Ravi thecrimson.com/article/2025/7…

#BREAKING: Harvard College will close its offices for minority students, LGBTQ students, and women and fold their staff and programs into a new center within the Office of Culture and Community. Samuel A. Church and Cam Srivastava report. thecrimson.com/article/2025/7…

LATEST: A district judge dismissed the assault and battery charges in a case against two Harvard graduate students who were charged following an altercation at a pro-Palestine protest last year. w/ Megan Blonigen and Caroline G. Hennigan thecrimson.com/article/2025/7…

A federal judge dismissed claims against Harvard from a lawsuit filed by three former Penn swimmers alleging Harvard violated Title IX regulations by allowing a transgender swimmer to compete in a 2022 women’s swim championship. Laurel Shugart reports. thecrimson.com/article/2025/7…

Cambridge police arrested an individual who allegedly attacked a bystander with a machete after an 18-hour standoff at an apartment building near MIT that began Friday night. Laurel Shugart reports. thecrimson.com/article/2025/8…

After Burroughs’ ruling, the White House has several legal paths for its appeal and all will likely involve a request for a stay on the Wednesday order. Read up on what these paths look like in The Harvard Crimson thecrimson.com/article/2025/9…

Affordable housing, transportation, and standing up to the Trump administration have risen to the top of voters’ minds in the run-up to the Cambridge municipal elections. Shawn Boehmer, Dionise Guerra-Carrillo, and Jack B. Reardon report. thecrimson.com/article/2025/9…

The union representing HUPD officers accused Harvard of withholding the report of a dispute between two officers from an investigation in their first public arguments to the NLRB. Megan Blonigen, Amann Mahajan, and Laurel Shugart report. thecrimson.com/article/2025/9…

The most powerful man in Cambridge is a mild-mannered bureaucrat who has never run for elected office. A profile today in The Harvard Crimson: thecrimson.com/article/2025/9…

Former Chief Victor Clay's abrupt resignation in May left HUPD yet again searching to replace its top brass. But how is the department trying to move past years of turmoil and turnover at the top? Matan Josephy and I explain in The Harvard Crimson thecrimson.com/article/2025/9…

Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner, 1 of 34 men charged for patronizing a brothel, is the only defendant gearing up for trial. But his case has stalled since May as his lawyer demands evidence from the federal gov't. w/ Matan Josephy in The Harvard Crimson thecrimson.com/article/2025/9…

Cambridge’s HEART — a nonprofit, nonviolent police alternative — almost closed two months ago after its funding dwindled. But donations and grants have kept the group afloat as it searches for long-term stability. Matan Josephy & Laurel Shugart report. thecrimson.com/article/2025/9…

ICYMI: Young ruled that the Trump admin violated the First Amendment rights of international students and professors who participated in pro-Palestine advocacy. more w/ William Mao in The Harvard Crimson thecrimson.com/article/2025/1…

A visiting professor at Harvard Law School was arrested in Brookline on Wednesday after allegedly firing a pellet gun outside of a synagogue on the eve of Yom Kippur. Matan Josephy and Laurel Shugart report. thecrimson.com/article/2025/1…

After a Harvard Law School visiting professor was arrested for shooting a pellet gun near a Brookline synagogue last week, synagogue leaders told affiliates in a Sunday email that the incident “does not appear to have been fuelled by antisemitism.” Matan H. Josephy and Laurel

Great reporting from our housing reporters today: Cambridge's investment into universal pre-K was groundbreaking. The Harvard Crimson's SER & DGM talked to families who slipped through the cracks, revealing a hidden culture of intensely strategic enrollment. thecrimson.com/article/2025/1…

The Cambridge City Council voted to halt the city police department’s use of automated license plate readers due to concerns that the company that installed them shared data with federal law enforcement. Matan Josephy & Laurel Shugart report. thecrimson.com/article/2025/1…

Harvard police were called to Canaday Hall on Saturday evening after a freshman allegedly threw a brick at another resident of the dorm, breaking the window on an interior door. Matan Josephy and Laurel Shugart report. thecrimson.com/article/2025/1…

Ned S. Melanson has been a close observer of Cambridge politics since the local last election cycle — but until this year, the five-year Cambridge resident had never run in any election, not even for school president. Laurel Shugart reports. thecrimson.com/article/2025/1…