Nation & World

Former Harvard students recall the confusion and fear of 9/11, the desire to do something, and the sense that everything would be different now.

Harvard Muslim Americans discuss the impact of Sept. 11 on their lives and what it means to be Muslim American 20 years after 9/11.

On the morning of 9/11, David Battat, a Harvard grad and longtime volunteer firefighter, got a call from his College roommate telling him that a plane had crashed into a tower at the World Trade Center and urging him to stay away. Battat assured his friend he would remain where he was, hung up the phone, grabbed his gear, and headed to the towers.

When the planes hit the twin towers, Jill Radsken was a reporter covering New York Fashion Week in midtown Manhattan. Within minutes she was a news reporter capturing a world-changing terrorist attack.

Harvard analysts discuss changes since 9/11.

A different kind of education awaited Joe Linhart ’03 in Iraq.

Faculty and staff from across the University recall where they were on September 11, 2001, and how they think about the attacks 20 years later.

In his new book, “Our Own Worst Enemy,” Extension School instructor Tom Nichols writes that the greatest threat to American democracy is the growing narcissism and nihilism of the public.

Experts from the Harvard Graduate School of Education offer advice to parents and teachers on how to ease student anxiety as another pandemic school year begins.

The director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative talks about Afghanistan’s probable future without aid.

In a new book, “Power, for All: How It Really Works and Why It’s Everyone’s Business,” Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro argue that power is available to everyone and is a necessary force for change.

Tony Saich on how Beijing views the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The Belfer Center’s Lauren Zabierek reflects on her service in Afghanistan — and her brother’s — amid the humanitarian chaos unleashed by the Taliban’s rout of U.S.-backed forces.

Every year, nearly 700 million people suffer from hunger around the world, while 1.3 billion tons of food are thrown away.

Remembering Harvard Medical School grad Joan Ullyot, the long-distance runner who normalized running for women around the world.

Harvard Law’s Martha Minow says there are plenty of steps the federal government could take to clean up the flood of disinformation and misinformation.

Harvard’s Allan M. Brandt, history of science scholar and “Cigarette Century” author, says opioid negotiators should heed lessons from tobacco settlement.

Harvard Law School’s W. Neil Eggleston says President Biden is on solid legal ground to mandate that federal workers get vaccinated against COVID-19.

After authorities say Haiti’s president was assassinated by a hired hit squad, a former senior CIA career official talks about the world of private armies.

Associate Professor Alisha Holland discusses the political impact of the pandemic in Latin America.

Harvard is sending a range of competitors, both current students and alumni, to the Olympic/Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

As part of the Gazette’s Unequal series, Tauheedah Baker-Jones, Ed.L.D. ’21, explains why we need critical race theory in K-12 curriculum.

This installment of the Unequal series looks at the how the pandemic called attention to issues surrounding the racial achievement gap in America.

Harvard Chan School Dean Michelle Williams, who is on the leadership council of Vice President Harris’ Partnership for Central America, said stemming the flow, while difficult, is possible.

Former U.S. and Israeli intelligence heads, John Brennan and Tamir Pardo, told students that it will be up to them to beat back the threats posed by cyberwarfare and politically driven disinformation.

Study: Social context of coming-of-age date matters more than socioeconomics.

After a lifetime of struggle against racism and years pushing for the Juneteenth holiday, Opal Lee’s wishes came true this week.

In the Solutions series, Arthur Brooks, a “happiness scholar” at HKS and HBS, explains why we’re so divided as a nation and suggests some actions people can take to begin healing rifts in everyday lives.

At a virtual event, global experts examined obesity and malnutrition in the context of global warming, zoonotic disease, and other agriculture-related threats.

Professor Annette Gordon-Reed discusses the rising importance of “Juneteenth” as symbol and holiday.