Crimson staff writer

Garrett W. O’Brien

Associate Editor Garrett W. O'Brien can be reached at garrett.obrien@thecrimson.com.

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‘Five Generations of Renty’

The implications of Lanier v. Harvard do not end with the daguerreotypes in the Peabody Museum. The case could dictate the future of reparations in the United States and is potentially the most important case for racial justice since Brown v. Board.


Dark Money, Dark Chocolate, and a Dark and Scary Night

Beneath the cartoon aesthetic of Halloween2020.org lurks a spooky spider web of special interests, and no one wants to claim authorship of the recommendations for safe trick-or-treating that it offers.


Quincy Dining Staff Receive Conflicting Instructions After Staff Member Tests Positive for COVID-19

After a staff member tested positive for COVID-19, Harvard University Dining Services employees and kitchen staff were immediately instructed by a manager to go home when they arrived at the Quincy House dining hall Tuesday morning.