Nation & World
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Time for mandatory retirement ages for lawmakers, judges, presidents?
Americans seem to mostly say yes; legal, medical scholars point to complexities of setting limits
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Rebutting ‘myths of inequality’
Former veteran legislator, economist Phil Gramm argues unequal distribution of wealth inevitable; policy to engineer level playing field is mistake
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U.S. needs to keep its friends closer, Pence says
First-term Trump VP: ‘If America isn’t leading the free world, the free world is not being led.’
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‘Vibes or hunches’ don’t help win elections
Political analytics conference convenes experts on voter trends, election forecasting, behavioral research
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U.S. just didn’t get China, Bolton says
Asian nation now main economic, military threat to Western democracies, according to former national security adviser
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Artificial intelligence may not be artificial
Researcher traces evolution of computation power of human brains, parallels to AI, argues key to increasing complexity is cooperation
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U.S. abruptly drops new visa rules for international students
Facing widespread opposition led by Harvard and MIT, the government abandoned a policy requiring international students to take classes in person during the pandemic.
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Taking action to help others in tough times
Alumni tackle issues worsened by the COVID-19 crisis, including domestic violence, clinical trial recruitment, and food insecurity.
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Making American schools less segregated
Graduate School of Education researchers co-wrote a report that examines parents’ support for school integration and their challenges to walk the talk.
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Nathan Pusey’s battle with Joseph McCarthy
An excerpt from the new book “Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy” by Larry Tye.
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Taking China’s pulse
Ash Center research team unveils findings from long-term public opinion survey.
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Higher ed leaders back Harvard-MIT fight against ICE rules
Harvard and MIT file suit against a federal order requiring international students to attend classes in person this fall or risk deportation, visa denial.
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For the character
Colonel Everett Spain is training the next generation of leaders to go through life with character and a code.
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Waves of progress
A. R. Siders is a social scientist and a lawyer, advocating for audacious climate adaptation that’s fair for everyone.
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Risks and Rewards
Kenneth Tucceri has followed his passions and travelled the globe, all in pursuit of inspiring others and being a positive force in the world.
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Police reform in the spotlight
A panel of experts explores the history of policing in the U.S., and meaningful reform.
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Will coronavirus change college admissions?
Richard Weissbourd of the Graduate School of Education discusses what college admissions deans expect from applicants during the pandemic, and opportunities to reform the process.
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China’s tightening leash on Hong Kong
Harvard scholar discusses what China’s sweeping new security law will mean for the future of democratic rule in the semiautonomous territory of Hong Kong.
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Lessons from James Baldwin on betrayal and hope
Princeton’s Eddie Glaude and Harvard Professor Cornel West discuss Glaude’s “Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own,” and the hope Baldwin saw for change.
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The path to zero
Harvard Global Health Institute, the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, and more join to launch new COVID Risk Level map for policy makers and the public.
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Hunger on the rise amid pandemic
Experts on food insecurity and diet gathered at an online forum on Tuesday to discuss COVID-19’s impact on hunger in America, and ways to make the post-pandemic food landscape better than that before COVID struck.
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Making the case for reproductive rights
Harvard Law Today spoke with Julie Rikelman, ’93, J.D. ’97, about her Supreme Court win and the case’s implications for reproductive rights.
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‘What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?’
A 4th of July community reading to explore the resonance of Frederick Douglass’ famous speech, reflect on the past, and what comes next.
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Fatal encounters with police
The metaLAB(at)Harvard project gathers the names and stories of 28,000 people who died during police encounters, highlighting racial disparities.
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Examining COVID’s impact on Asians and Pacific Islanders
Harvard’s Sociology Department and UNESCO look at rise in various aspects of racism.
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House majority whip shares the value of communication
House Majority Whip James Clyburn, the highest-ranking African American in Congress, brought a unique perspective to Harvard for Juneteenth.
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Rewriting history — to include all of it this time
“A Conversation on Tulsa and the Long History of Dispossession of African Americans: What We Don’t Know” focused on the race issues dividing the United States — and the possibility that open discussion could move us forward.
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Must we allow symbols of racism on public land?
Historian and legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed explores the controversy surrounding the removal of Confederate statues.
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Supreme Court decision shielding DACA draws relief, celebration
Harvard’s president, recipients, and professors hope the Supreme Court’s narrow rejection of Donald Trump’s move to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will lead to more comprehensive immigration reform.
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Juneteenth in a time of reckoning
Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery across the nation, when the Union Army took official control of Texas on June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Harvard experts call ruling on LGBT rights a landmark
Harvard faculty members in law and gender issues declared Monday’s Supreme Court ruling protecting gay and transgender workers a landmark for LGBT rights.
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After the protest … what next?
As protests condemning police brutality against African Americans and systemic racism in the U.S. continue, Harvard faculty share their views on what they’d like to see happen next.
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‘Indian Sex Life’ and the control of women
The intellectual questions Durba Mitra asks are formed both from her research and from her conversations with women on their experiences of social judgment.
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How Black protest may be key to finally ending racial violence
An Ash Center panel probes the history of entrenched violent racism in America from its roots to its current manifestation.
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Waiting for someone else to speak out
Francesca Gino at Harvard Business School discusses how toxic cultures can flourish within police departments and other organizations.
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Racism, coronavirus, and African Americans
Harvard panel discusses long-festering wounds of racial inequities and steps forward.