Nation & World

Financial aid red tape nearly derailed Susan Dynarski’s undergrad dreams. Now she sees decades of progress under threat.

That’s according to the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which over its 87-year run has generated data that benefits work on other issues

Sociologist traces rise, career of Salvadoran leader some view as savior, others as authoritarian 

Former secretary of state offers insider accounts of efforts on Middle East, Iran, China, view of Ukraine war

Scholars look to historical examples for insights amid current U.S. tensions

Teaming up with grassroots organizers in India, Harvard researchers are collecting data to help workers adapt to dangerous spikes in heat

Regional specialists sound alarm, say displacement, starvation affect many more than two decades ago.

Projects focus on issues from TB and chemotherapy to prolonged space travel, pandemic preparedness

Randall Kennedy has blazed a path as an open-minded, nuanced, and independent thinker

School closures, shutdowns caused lasting damage, and debate was shut down in favor of groupthink, public policy experts say

Legal scholar and Law School grad returns for student panel

Environmental law experts say rollbacks will reverse advances in recent decades

Former national security official Fiona Hill says that much will depend on whether other European nations step up

Mayors from U.S., Mexican cities flanking divide compare notes on immigration, national leadership, tariffs

Former solicitors general recall what it’s like representing U.S. government amid shifts on bench

Pulitzer-winning historian speaks to country’s past and future in conversation with Faust

Encourages European autonomy while retaining trans-Atlantic dialogue

Panelists weigh potential consequences of Trump plan to eliminate agency, transfer authority to states

Nicholas Burns on being U.S. envoy to China, returning to Harvard, lessons from long career in diplomacy

Fredrik Logevall, Pulitzer winner writing three-volume Kennedy bio, on what surprised him and what he’d still like to know

Health law policy expert says biotech firm’s uncertain future shows need for protections of personal, genetic information

Study traces surge in activism among Black men who faced discrimination while defending country

National security expert details what’s being done, what can be done as U.S. appears to rethink decadeslong support

At India Climate Conference, Harvard’s South Asia ties take center stage

Robert Putnam traces nation’s plummeting social connection and rocketing discord, offers way to start thinking of solution

Public policy expert discusses possible ways to cut costs amid national housing crunch

Ed School panel looks at how to reverse declining scores on recent ‘Nation’s Report Card’

Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development

Former diplomats see unnecessary deaths, lost opportunities for American corporations, workers, and diminished geopolitical influence

Yoni Appelbaum argues legal, political hurdles over past 50 years have had troubling economic, social consequences