Nation & World

Marya T. Mtshali spoke to the Gazette about the long history of American fears of racial mixing, the importance of decentering whiteness in discussions of race and relationships, and why we should value love as a scholarly subject.

Professor Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett discussed their new book, “The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again,” at a Kennedy School event.

LaTosha Brown, founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund and the Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium, shares insight on increasing voter turnout in a post-election conversation on Feb. 11.

An all-star panel of former University athletes came together in a Black Varsity Association Zoom event to discuss the impact of race on the college and professional sports worlds.

Trump is the first president to be impeached for a second time and will be the first to be tried after leaving office.

Igniting growing demonstrations of outrage across Russia, the prosecution of anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny could pose a rare challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s iron grip on power.

The Harvard chairs of a new Lancet commission studying universal health care in India say the coronavirus’ impact there has created a moment of opportunity for change.

Cameron Brate will line up with his idols and football legends Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski for Super Bowl LV.

Ten years later, Arab scholars and analysts on campus take a closer look at the uprising known as the Arab Spring.

Kicking off a monthly series designed to harness “the power of storytelling,” was Pulitzer Prize-winner Isabel Wilkerson, author of “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.”

Following the Jan. 6 riot that left five people dead and 140 police officers injured, a Harvard panel of experts reflected on the critical damage done to democracy and the arduous work ahead to figure out how to save it.

Harvard undergrads learned how culture, society, and systems of power shape the exchange of care between individuals and communities, and they put their lessons into practice through semester-long “community care projects.”

Harvard faculty members reflect on the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and the challenges that await them in the months ahead.

Harvard alumna Amanda Gorman delivered the inaugural poem during the ceremony on Wednesday.

Harvard faculty and students reflect on a solemn, powerful presidential inaugural for troubled times.

How the symbolic aspects of a cornerstone of American democracy evolved.

An interview with constitutional scholar Sandy Levinson about the history behind Inauguration Day and the reasons why he thinks it should be moved to an earlier date.

The Dalai Lama said that personal connections are the right response to the world’s turmoil, even amid COVID-19.

As the Capitol riot sparks a security surge, scholars mull how to maintain safe and open access to the nation’s symbols of democracy.

Eric S. Lander will step down from his role at the Broad Institute and will take a leave-of-absence from his faculty positions to serve as White House Science Advisor.

First U.S. youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman to deliver reading at Biden inauguration.

HPAIR Harvard Conference 2021: Embracing Change goes virtual, running Jan. 15-18.

The U.S. House of Representatives made history by impeaching a president for a second time.

“Teaching and Learning at Harvard: Looking Back, Looking Forward” has Harvard deans looking at achievements and challenges from the past year.

Richard Weissbourd, a psychologist and senior lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, talks about how to navigate conversations around difficult topics with children of all ages.

U.S. K-12 schools are struggling through a difficult school year, with a significant number of children who are learning remotely becoming chronically absent, a Harvard education experts said Tuesday.

In addition to winning the White House, Democrats will soon take control of Congress for the first time since 2007 after last week’s historic Senate runoff victories by the Rev.…

In a stunning display, violent insurgents who support President Donald Trump briefly occupied the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, disrupting its work on certifying the presidential election. Harvard faculty reacted critically, and President Larry Bacow said the rioters “assaulted the democratic process.”

Harvard is a partner in an effort to increase the number of postdoctoral researchers and faculty in STEM fields who come from historically underrepresented minority groups.

The myth of meritocracy is not merely self-deluding, Michael Sandel argues in his new book, but it also fuels our divisiveness.