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  • Fears of national insecurity

    Former Obama cabinet members talk with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow about national security issues in the Trump administration.

  • China peers ahead

    Harvard Kennedy School’s Anthony Saich previews China’s upcoming national congress, where President Xi Jinping is likely to begin his second term as general secretary of the Communist Party.

  • Tracing migration’s impact

    A symposium at the Harvard Global Institute examined the ethical, legal, social, cultural, and economic implications of migration.

  • To commemorate a centennial, a look back at a tragedy — and maybe an attempted genocide

    Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum will discuss her research on the Holodomor, a famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s that killed nearly 4 million people, and which she contends was orchestrated by Joseph Stalin.

  • Now more than ever, political discussion is critical, professor says

    At an Ed Portal public lecture on “Driving Forces in American Government,” Kennedy School Professor Tom Patterson urged his audience to keep talking about politics.

  • Questions and concerns about America’s future

    The Institute of Politics at Harvard opened up the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum to students’ questions and concerns about America.

  • Crime, fear, and loathing

    In their book “The Truth about Crime,” Harvard Professors Jean and John Comaroff consider how shifts in attitudes toward criminality have contributed to the fear of other people, to racial violence, and to public distrust of government.

  • Harvard student finds his place in rural Uganda

    Austin Valido ’18 shares his transition from Harvard student to living in rural Uganda and the lessons he learned.

  • Finding the humor in politics, barely

    The host of “The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper” shared thoughts on Trump, satire, and our polarized nation during a visit to the Kennedy School.

  • Straight talk with TV’s Joe and Mika

    “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski stop by Harvard to discuss the difficulties women face getting equitable treatment in the workplace, the future of the Republican Party, and critique their former friend President

    MSNBC "Morning Joe" hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski visit fall fellows at IOP.
  • Honoring Charles Ogletree

    Harvard Law School held a symposium to honor Professor Charles J. Ogletree Jr. of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice.

  • The national anthem as lightning rod

    Harvard scholars and experts weigh in on NFL players’ recent protests during the national anthem.

  • To improve education, reallocate funds, DeVos urges

    U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos argued in favor of more school choice as a remedy for the nation’s beleaguered public education system during a protest-marked forum at the Harvard Kennedy School Thursday evening.

    U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks on the topic of school choice at a JFK Jr. Forum.
  • The un-dropouts

    After a two-year absence helping cultivate a startup to a point of business stability, five students return to Harvard.

  • Thurgood Marshall: The soundtrack of their lives

    Five former law clerks of the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall took part in a panel discussion at Harvard Law School about his life and legacy.

    William W. Fisher (from left), Randall Kennedy, and Carol Steiker speak during a panel discussion on Thurgood Marshall.
  • An electoral French revolution

    Two recent Harvard Kennedy School graduates talk about how their involvement in Emmanuel Macron’s insurgent campaign in France had roots in their time at Harvard.

    Kennedy School graduates Guillaume Liegey (left) and Brune Poirson discuss their experience guiding Emmanuel Macron to victory just weeks after graduating. Arthur Goldhammer (right) also participated in the event. Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer
  • The Obama years, in photos

    Pete Souza, former White House photographer for Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama, joined Ann Marie Lipinski at the JFK Jr. Forum to discuss his time photographing the First Families.

  • Santos receives 2017 Great Negotiator Award

    Colombian President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Juan Manuel Santos was honored with Harvard Law School’s 2017 Great Negotiator Award for his work to end his country’s 52-year civil war.

  • Spotlight on populist plutocrats

    A Harvard Law School conference will bring experts to analyze the phenomenon of populist plutocrats, political figures who, after being elected on ground-level campaigns, use the presidency to advance the interests of themselves and their allies.

  • On DACA, questions top answers

    When it comes to DACA, panelists say, the road ahead still promises more questions than answers.

  • In their activism, a different kind of strength

    In a conversation with sportscaster James Brown ’73, Berkeley Professor Harry Edwards described the history of activism by black athletes and how current players such as Colin Kaepernick continue their legacy.

  • Harvard doctor recalls fall of Saigon

    Harvard doctor Bertram Zarins recalls watching copters being pushed off his ship, operating on some of the last people to leave Vietnam as Saigon fell.

    Crew members aboard the USS Okinawa push a South Vietnamese helicopter overboard to make room for incoming flights filled with evacuees Saigon fleeing the Vietcong.
  • Campaign ’16: How coverage rerouted

    A comprehensive report from the Berkman Klein Center found stark differences between what conservative media consumers read and shared online and what everyone else was doing.

  • Where Washington actually works

    On Capitol Hill, the everyday business of government rolls along, aided by many Harvard-trained officials.

  • Cheaper estimate for Boston rail link

    The price tag for constructing a long-discussed north-south rail link between Boston’s North and South stations is now estimated at $4 billion to $6 billion, much less than prior estimates, according to a new study.

  • The focal point: White supremacy

    Bart Bonikowski, an associate professor who studies political sociology and nationalist political movements, discusses the seeming resurgence of white supremacist and nationalist groups in the wake of the weekend violence in Charlottesville, Va.

  • Nation’s opioid emergency shows in findings on ICUs

    Investigators at Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center reported a sharp rise in opioid-related admissions and deaths in U.S. intensive care units since 2009.

  • Gauging the bias of lawyers

    Political scientist Maya Sen discusses why she believes that, despite accusations by the president and many on the right, a lawyer’s history of political donations to Democrats isn’t proof of professional bias.

  • First interned, then left behind

    A paper co-authored by Harvard economist Daniel Shoag found that Japanese-Americans who were sent to internment camps in poorer regions fared worse than those who were sent to richer areas, and the economic disadvantage persisted for generations.

  • The mayors, who have to make government work

    Forty mayors from the United States and overseas gathered in New York City for the inaugural session of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, whose aim is to promote urban innovation.