Nation & World

Noam Ebner and Jen Reynolds analyze scenes from the “Star Wars” saga for lessons on negotiation and conflict resolution.

Drought has shrunk the water supply from the Colorado River, but seven states rely on it for at least some of their water.

Kenneth Roth says autocracies are weakening; democracies also face flaw.

Edward P. Djerejian looks at the major concerns surrounding Israel’s new government policies and the Palestinian issue, including what role the U.S. can play in “conflict management.”

Speakers at Radcliffe conference look at divisive, fraught history, predict where legal battles go next.

A new study finds high rates of serious complications among Salvadoran patients who were forced to carry severely malformed fetuses to term.

An excerpt from “Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility” by Martha C. Nussbaum, M.A. ’71, Ph.D. ’75.

Marie Yovanovitch makes a case for standing by Ukraine as the war drags on, warning that defeat would embolden Putin and other dictators.

A study by Harvard psychologists finds that preserving personal charity preferences and offering targeted matching funds help.

Harvard Law School’s W. Neil Eggleston, a veteran of Congressional investigations and the White House Counsel’s office, discusses the Jan. 6 committee’s work.

Professor Tommie Shelby hopes his book helps others who are trying to decide whether they support prison abolition over criminal justice reform.

Participants representing complex set of views engage at Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics discussion.

U.S. needs to smooth process without lowering high bar for constitutional change, says Stephen Sachs

Disproportionate influence of smaller states creates ‘significant democratic deficit,’ Vicki Jackson argues

Cognitive scientist details research on the different ways Republicans and Democrats, use Twitter.

Comedian Jon Stewart, who has done advocacy work on behalf of U.S. military veterans and 9/11 first responders for two decades, spoke about what he’s learned during a talk at Harvard Kennedy School.

Amendment would demonstrate ‘absolute commitment’ to full participation in U.S. democracy, argues Tomiko Brown-Nagin

Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Harvard Law School and Harvard College alum, previews what the public can expect from the committee in the coming weeks.

Harvard bibliographer Olha Aleksic rushes to save her homeland — or at least its story.

Law School discussion weighs effectiveness of legislation, technology, policies.

Mideast scholar Cemal Kafadar untangles anti-gay, migrant labor, geopolitical tensions rising as World Cup soccer tournament is set to begin in Arab nation for the first time.

Co-organized by several Harvard College environmental groups, an event on Nov. 16 will highlight stories of the impact of climate change in seven students’ communities. Organizers aim to highlight stories of students who are taking part in the fight against climate change.

At a Harvard event, veteran analysts sorted through various surprises of the midterm election

In the wake of the demise of the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, the Inflation Reduction Act may hold the seeds of its success.

Imani Perry returns to Alabama to interview Angela Davis, another daughter of Birmingham, in excerpt from new book

Scholars involved in Legacy of Slavery Initiative discuss findings, remind that each of enslaved was “real person … with dreams, with pain.”

Sanford Levinson on the ‘enduring dysfunctionality’ of Article V

Most political reporters and pundits agree that the results from Tuesday’s midterm elections have been a surprise.

New research looks at intergenerational tensions, Gen Z as coming change agents.

A better Electoral College requires a Congress as elastic and flexible as the drafters of the Constitution intended, says Danielle Allen