To Siri, With Love

Judith Newman, The New York Times, October 17, 2014 In a world where the commonly held wisdom is that technology isolates us, it’s worth considering another side of the story. In this article, the author, whose autistic son befriended the app, shares her...

Spying On Swarthmore

Martha Shirk, Swarthmore College Bulletin, Fall 2014 Files stolen from the FBI’s Office in Media, Pa., by burglars calling themselves the Citizens Commission to Investigate the FBI revealed that the agency had been spying on Swarthmore students and faculty...

Meet the Woman Leading NYC’s Ebola Fight

Alexandra Sifferlin, Time, October 26, 2014 Dr. Mary Bassett, the New York City Health Commissioner, is no nonsense. Back in August, Bassett and her team identified Bellevue Hospital Center as the hospital where they would funnel any patients in New York who...