In new memoir, Lamar Alexander says it used to be just elected officials, voters. Then came rise of more extreme activist groups, worsening polarization.
Hospitalization, a shift in campaign messaging, and carrying on: Harvard faculty members and others discuss what may be ahead as President Trump’s COVID-19 battle ripples across America.
Harvard College alum and community organizer Sav Miles is working to facilitate collective action among local Christians in their hometown of Gadsden, Alabama.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.