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Nation & World
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U.S. literacy crisis keeps getting worse
Education experts call decline in U.S. student scores a crisis with potential economic, political fallout. But, they say, it’s fixable.
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Bearing witness in war zones
Award-winning filmmaker, photographer recounts three decades of trying to produce images that bring about positive change
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Far right’s breakthrough year in Germany
Panelists at the Center for European Studies weigh what AfD’s rise means for German politics
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Does the Alaska election lawsuit have a chance?
Scholar says DOJ’s Sullivan claim has ‘no legal basis,’ adding: ‘There can’t be a federal interest in ensuring that the right partisan candidate wins.’
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Why American electorate isn’t holding up its end on keeping informed
Kennedy School panel blames information overload, social media political bubbles, reduced transparency in government
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Which grade is most important to a child’s development?
Stats suggest high stakes for one year in particular
Part of the Wondering series
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Want better schools? It’s all up to states.
Education scholar Thomas Kane says that’s lesson of recent ‘Southern Surge’ in test scores
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Ex-Trump envoy makes case for Iran attack
President acted in response to ‘culmination of threats,’ says Morgan Ortagus
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Anne Applebaum inspects the shards of post-war order
Atlantic staff writer weighs Ukraine’s future, ‘radical’ threats to global stability
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Aging independently, by design
Most older adults say they want to spend their golden years in their own homes. The reality is more complicated, says urban planning expert.
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‘Harvard Thinking’: Is marriage worth saving?
In podcast, experts dig into why wedlock’s appeal is fading — for one group especially — and how to make it work better
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Is social media responsible for what happens to users?
Landmark suit to examine 1996 law, questions about mental health, other harms, role of website design
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Updating Cold War-era Outer Space Treaty long overdue. But big hurdles loom.
Tech policy expert cites global divisiveness, urges creating annual conference like that for climate change to advance talks
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How to end polarization? Schools may be best hope.
Journalist blends history, on-the-ground reporting, finds answer may be civic education that goes far beyond 3 branches of government
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Crush your goals the Ohtani way
Baseball superstar’s method for acing ambitions can help anyone, says Business School professor
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How academia can help America heal
First step, says columnist David Brooks, is to understand its role in the problem
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Can Russia be denied?
Ex-POW joins discussion of four-year conflict ahead of another round of negotiations
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New factor in predicting who becomes criminal: when you were born.
Sociologist Robert J. Sampson investigates plunging arrest rates for youngest millennials
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What would the Founding Fathers think of TikTok?
Experts weigh national security concerns against free speech in discussion of video app’s future
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Worried about how AI may affect foreign policy? You should be.
Experts discuss vulnerabilities, need for oversight of tech development, regulation
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Border security isn’t really the problem
Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says current backlash is owing to cloudy mission, aggressive tactics
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A start in bridging divisiveness: Rein in social media
Republican Utah governor, Democrat U.S. congressman find common cause
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How design of public housing can lift future prospects of children
New research builds upon previous work that focused on moving families from high-poverty areas, broadening social milieu of young
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How to help lift slumping American math scores
Scholars see solutions in classroom creativity, higher teacher pay — and attendance
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What if we used AI to strengthen democracy?
Surveillance, control, propaganda aren’t the only options, says security technologist
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‘Gifted’
Rooted in values, scorned as elitist, and now, in the age of AI, about to go extinct?
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Why are older adults more likely to share misinformation online?
They have greater tendency to seek out, believe material that conforms to pre-existing views, expert says.
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Hope for imminent Russia-Ukraine peace is out of touch with reality, expert says
Hope for imminent Russia-Ukraine peace is out of touch with reality, expert says
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What’s working, not on front lines of AI in classroom
Tech, education experts share new initiatives on learner profiles, making STEM more accessible, ‘microschool’ experiments
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A call for corporate America to step up on homeless crisis
Business School initiative brings together leaders from business, government, academia
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Think the viral meme of that legislator is funny?
Political philosopher says rampant schadenfreude among electorate poses risk to democracy
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How AI is disrupting classroom, curriculum at community colleges
Conference examines ways to deal with unique vocational, educational challenges
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Girls fell further behind in math during, after pandemic
Leading sociologist says emotional, family, social disruptions likelier cause than school closures
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Our self-evident truths
New book takes as focus ‘greatest sentence ever written,’ how it may help a riven nation recall common values
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Steven Pinker wants to hear your ideas – even the bad ones
Psychologist takes issue with cancel culture in ‘common knowledge’ conversation at the IOP
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What unites Americans?
Civil Discourse panelists debate how to strengthen national ties
