Nation & World

With 2020 behind us, it is apparent that this January won’t be one for resolutions but rather anti-resolutions: the things we’d rather not see or do ever again, thank you.

A major cyberattack by what appears to be Russia targeted the U.S. government and top corporations.

Harvard president backs DACA, TPS, and ending Muslim-nation travel ban.

Harvard psychologists who study charitable giving launched a new donation platform to examine what motivates people to give more effectively.

Mahzarin Banaji, Cabot Professor of Social Ethics in the Department of Psychology, who studies implicit biases, was the featured speaker at an online seminar Tuesday, “Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People.”

Rochelle Walensky, professor at Harvard Medical School and chief of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, was named the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by President-elect Biden.

Professor Mariano Siskind talks about Diego Armando Maradona, the soccer star who died on Nov. 25 of heart failure at age 60, and what he represented for fans of the world’s most popular sport.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand, recipient of the 2020 Gleitsman International Activist Award from Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership, talks about leadership challenges and how she’s dealt with crises from the outside, like the coronavirus pandemic, and from the inside, like self-doubt and sexism in politics.

Natives at Harvard College held the Indigenous Inspirers Panel two days before Thanksgiving to discuss how Indigenous people celebrate Thanksgiving. Among the panelists were North Dakota State Rep. Ruth Buffalo, Sadada Jackson, Autumn Peltier, Chenae Bullock, Pua Case, and Tara Houska.

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing changes big and small to the economy, to society, even to the trajectory of young lives. Harvard experts weigh in on some key areas.

Harvard environmental experts discuss what’s next in climate-change policy.

Report by Belfer Center’s Future of Diplomacy Project says revamped U.S. diplomatic service should be less politicized, more professional, more diverse.

Bob Bauer ’73 and Jack Goldsmith propose what they say are long-overdue reforms to the Office of the President.

Two Harvard alumni created the Bridging Borders Project to assemble the perspectives of world leaders and exchange health policy ideas about the pandemic.

The five panelists on a Tuesday roundtable discussed “Implications of the 2020 Election.”

LaFleur Stephens-Dougan, author of “Race to the Bottom: How Racial Appeals Work in American Politics,” offered a view that went beyond the Trump era.

What is President Trump up to with his ongoing purge of top Pentagon and cybersecurity officials and his false assertions that Joe Biden was not legitimately elected as the 46th president? Experts say it’s not clear yet, but intelligence and national security risks abound.

The incoming Biden administration will hear science, Obama’s top science adviser said. It’s also important for scientists to engage in public debate about science.

The Gazette interviewed husband-and-wife team Cynthia Levinson and Sandy Levinson, who wrote a graphic novel about the Constitution.

Ayanna Pressley spoke about her mandate as a newly re-elected representative of the commonwealth’s 7th Congressional District

The First Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed Harvard’s use of race as one factor among many in its application process. The decision, issued by a two-judge panel in Boston, upheld a district court ruling last year that found Harvard’s admission practices do not discriminate against Asian American applicants and comply with prior Supreme Court rulings.

The Harvard Republican Club finds reasons to celebrate during the presidential election.

Hosted by the Graduate School of Education, Harvard experts look at the election’s impact on politics and policies that affect young people, families, schools, and communities.

The Gazette turns once again to scholars and analysts across in the University to get their views of what happened and what comes next.

Harvard University scholars, analysts, and affiliates take a look at what the election tells us about the prospects for greater unity and progress, and offer suggestions and predictions about where the new administration will, and should, go.

Top political strategists spoke at two Harvard events, analyzing the results of the 2020 election.

It seems political polls may have again missed the mark, but a range of Harvard experts warn the truth is much more complicated.

The Gazette asked scholars and analysts across the University to reflect on lessons learned in the 2020 election.

Legal experts say not to expect President Trump’s election suits to be successful, but they could prove useful to him in other ways.

Kennedy School panelists gathered online for a conversation on the issues and consequences of the presidential election, which they lauded as orderly and successful.