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December 29, 2025

What Humanities Indicators Measure and How They are Used

The Humanities Indicators, a project of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, is a nationally recognized source of nonpartisan information about the humanities. The Indicators are available to the public. The information provided is used by journalists and decision-makers to understand and convey the state of the humanities for a range of audiences and purposes - including an array of examples compiled here.
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December 10, 2025

Support for Enlarging the House of Representatives in the Boston Globe

A Boston Globe editorial endorses responding to the nation's "redistricting war" by increasing the size of the House of Representatives from its current 435 members, as recommended by the Academy in Our Common Purpose and a subsequent detailed proposal.
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Boston Globe editorial
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November 18, 2025

Legal and Economic Questions about AI Technologies

An article from UC Berkeley's College of Computing, Data Science, and Society covers an Academy event featuring experts at Berkeley titled "Generative AI Is Terrific, But Is it Really Legal?" The coverage highlights the legal and economic issues at the intersection of artificial intelligence and creative endeavors.
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UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society
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October 21, 2025

The Environmental Impacts of Modern Wars

Militaries, like civilian industries, have a profound capacity to pollute the air, land, and water. What are the estimates of military impact on the environment? And what are some ways to reduce it? The Academy convened a range of experts to consider impacts and options.

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