Nation & World

Historians trace role of physicians, medicine, disease during war in articles marking 250th anniversary of Declaration of Independence

Education scholar Thomas Kane says that’s lesson of recent ‘Southern Surge’ in test scores

President acted in response to ‘culmination of threats,’ says Morgan Ortagus

Atlantic staff writer weighs Ukraine’s future, ‘radical’ threats to global stability

Most older adults say they want to spend their golden years in their own homes. The reality is more complicated, says urban planning expert.

In podcast, experts dig into why wedlock’s appeal is fading — for one group especially — and how to make it work better

Landmark suit to examine 1996 law, questions about mental health, other harms, role of website design

Tech policy expert cites global divisiveness, urges creating annual conference like that for climate change to advance talks

Journalist blends history, on-the-ground reporting, finds answer may be civic education that goes far beyond 3 branches of government

Baseball superstar’s method for acing ambitions can help anyone, says Business School professor

First step, says columnist David Brooks, is to understand its role in the problem

Ex-POW joins discussion of four-year conflict ahead of another round of negotiations

Sociologist Robert J. Sampson investigates plunging arrest rates for youngest millennials

Experts weigh national security concerns against free speech in discussion of video app’s future

Experts discuss vulnerabilities, need for oversight of tech development, regulation

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says current backlash is owing to cloudy mission, aggressive tactics

Republican Utah governor, Democrat U.S. congressman find common cause

New research builds upon previous work that focused on moving families from high-poverty areas, broadening social milieu of young

Scholars see solutions in classroom creativity, higher teacher pay — and attendance

Surveillance, control, propaganda aren’t the only options, says security technologist

Rooted in values, scorned as elitist, and now, in the age of AI, about to go extinct?

They have greater tendency to seek out, believe material that conforms to pre-existing views, expert says.

Hope for imminent Russia-Ukraine peace is out of touch with reality, expert says

Tech, education experts share new initiatives on learner profiles, making STEM more accessible, ‘microschool’ experiments

Business School initiative brings together leaders from business, government, academia

Political philosopher says rampant schadenfreude among electorate poses risk to democracy

Conference examines ways to deal with unique vocational, educational challenges

Leading sociologist says emotional, family, social disruptions likelier cause than school closures

New book takes as focus ‘greatest sentence ever written,’ how it may help a riven nation recall common values

Psychologist takes issue with cancel culture in ‘common knowledge’ conversation at the IOP