Nation & World
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What’s the point of kids?
New book explores history, philosophy of having children and shifting attitudes in 21st century
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Boston busing in 1974 was about race. Now the issue is class.
School-reform specialist examines mixed legacy of landmark decision, changes in demography, hurdles to equity in opportunity
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History of Chichén Itzá written in DNA
Research using new method upends narrative on ritual sacrifices, yields discovery on resistance built to colonial-era epidemics
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Examining the duality of Israel
Expert in law, ethics traces history, increasing polarization, steps to bolster democratic process
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One way to help big groups of students? Volunteer tutors.
Research finds low-cost, online program yields significant results
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Footnote leads to exploration of start of for-profit prisons in N.Y.
Historian traces 19th-century murder case that brought together historical figures, helped shape American thinking on race, violence, incarceration
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Marking the passing of a grim pandemic milestone for the nation
Harvard scholars reflect on the death toll from the novel coronavirus.
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Undoing injustice
Harvard Law School alum Omavi Shukur went into law to improve his fellow Arkansans’s material reality, and that’s exactly what he’s doing.
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Miles home
Harvard College alum and community organizer Sav Miles is working to facilitate collective action among local Christians in their hometown of Gadsden, Alabama.
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Hope in darkness
Rev. Mel Kawakami brought his experience in supporting those dealing with tragedy to Sandy Hook, Connecticut, just when they needed it most.
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Will Tuesday’s presidential debate change the course of the election?
Analysts discuss what may happen at the first presidential debate Tuesday night between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, and talk about how they would coach the candidates.
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Through lines
Vivekae Kim and Meena Venkataramanan are using engaging, intimate journalism to highlight the untold stories of immigration.
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Fertile ground
Harvard College alum Julian Miller has created a center for justice in his home state of Mississippi that aims to foster lasting change.
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Bringing law to life
Sarah Sadlier’s interest in Native American history and law isn’t purely academic. It’s also deeply personal.
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Pinning down success
Educator, wrestling coach, and Harvard College alum Ken Kakesako is finding creative ways to pin down success for his fellow Hawaiians.
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Challenges mount for election officials
Pandemic procedural complications and crises of voter confidence all but ensure a rocky election.
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‘What’s at stake is the future of the country’
Ruth Simmons, who testified during the admissions trial in support of Harvard’s admissions practices, spoke with the Gazette about the importance of diversity in education.
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How far right will Trump’s nominee move the Supreme Court?
Harvard professor discusses how far right Trump’s nominee could move the Supreme Court.
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As Indian Country bears brunt of the pandemic, new calls on Washington to act
Panelists hosted by the Harvard Project of American Indian Economic Development said Congress has been slow to deliver the direct relief it promised last spring.
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Improving improvements
Thomas Kane and Jennifer Ash are working to improve outcomes for students in Ohio by helping school districts find solutions that work for them
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Pollster looks at how pandemic, loss of RBG may affect election
Polling methodology expert Chase Harrison talks about why the 2020 election polls can explain how COVID-19 may reshape the vote, and offers some useful insights into the presidential race.
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Sea change
Harvard Business School alum Jonathan Stone has spent over 30 years working to protect Narragansett Bay, one of Rhode Island’s most important natural resources.
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A portrait of JFK, in full
Fredrik Logevall’s biography on John F. Kennedy aims to chronicle a complex life amid a pivotal time for a nation.
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The life and legacy of RBG
As the country mourns the death of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday at 87, the Gazette asked members of the Harvard community to reflect on her legacy.
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Getting out the vote
Tova Wang spoke with the Gazette about how young Americans can get political leaders to listen to them and persuade cynical friends or family members that every ballot matters.
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Appeals court hears arguments in admissions case
A three-judge panel heard oral arguments Wednesday in the appeal of a ruling last fall that found Harvard’s admissions policies do not discriminate on the basis of race.
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Science and citizenship
Over the course of 10 weeks this summer, Harvard Medical School graduate students spent their time outside of the lab working at the Massachusetts State House as fellows in the Scientific Citizenship Initiative.
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In this election, ‘costly signal deployment’
As the 2020 presidential campaign rhetoric heats up, Harvard experimental psychologist Joshua D. Greene, who studies the science behind tribal instincts and moral judgments, looks at the strategy behind President Trump’s increasingly provocative, extreme language.
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Report finds fathers feel closer to children during pandemic
Recent Harvard research has uncovered one significant — if perhaps fleeting — silver lining for fathers and children during the coronavirus pandemic. Fathers across the U.S., many of whom now work at home due to coronavirus lockdowns, are feeling closer to their children.
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Dissecting racial disparities in Mass. criminal justice system
Brook Hopkins and Felix Owusu are two of the authors on a report on racial disparities in Massachusetts state prisons
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Helping teachers and principals confront their own racism
Interview with Sarah Fiarman and Tracey Benson, former school principals and HGSE graduates, who co-wrote “Unconscious Bias in Schools: A Developmental Approach to Exploring Race and Racism” to help teachers and school leaders start conversations about race in schools.
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Why some Americans refuse to social distance and wear masks
Michael Sandel offers up his thoughts on what we owe others in the age of coronavirus.
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Crowd-sourcing the story of a people
Tiya Miles, a professor of history and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, spoke to the Gazette about the vital role of public history in shaping American cultural understanding.
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Defining a centennial
A panel discussed the political experiences of Black women in the years between the ratification of the 19th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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How rape culture shapes whether a survivor is believed
New political science research from Harvard Kennedy School faculty and alumna finds that rape culture bias not only is real, but it shapes how people determine what a believable case looks like, who is likely a victim, and in what circumstances rape is less likely to take place.
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Faith in the ballot
How white evangelicals tour the nation’s capital and redeem a Christian America.