First as a candidate and now as president, Donald Trump’s expressions and arguments are pointed directly at the worried white working class, and remain a draw for his political base.
Two professors at the Harvard Graduate School of Education are leading a longitudinal study to research children’s development in both formal and informal early education settings in Massachusetts.
As the fate of thousands of undocumented Dreamers hangs in the balance, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, a champion of immigration and co-sponsor of the original DREAM Act, spoke at Harvard Kennedy School Thursday evening about the difficulty Democrats will face next week getting new legislation passed through Republican-controlled Congress.
A new bipartisan initiative at Harvard Kennedy School picks up where the federal government leaves off, bringing together experts in national security, cybersecurity, and politics to develop practical strategies, tools, and guidance to help U.S. political campaigns protect themselves from cyber threats.
Political polarization has risen dangerously high in the United States over issues involving race, religion, and culture, two Harvard authors say. The trend could threaten democracy itself.
After eight years in the Obama administration working on human rights and diplomacy issues from the front lines, former U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power returns to Harvard, and reflects.
In light of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, John Park of Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs offers his perspective on the complex relationship between the two Koreas.
An interview with Professors Tommie Shelby and Brandon Terry, co-editors of “To Shape a New World, Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King Jr.”
Assistant Professor of Government Ryan Enos talks about his new book, “The Space Between Us,” in which he explores the influence of geography in politics and daily life.
Using her training as a first responder, Harvard anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte offers a front-line perspective on the tensions at the border between Mexico and the U.S.
Harvard President Drew Faust said that the tax bill represents an unprecedented attack on the tax-exempt status of nonprofits and charities because it taxes, for the first time, income for such an institution’s core mission — in this case, education.
Representatives from Harvard University traveled to Havana last weekend to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Cuban Ministry of Higher Education. The agreement signals renewed commitment between Harvard’s 12 Schools and the ministry to support faculty and student research and study in Cuba.
A new national poll of 18- to 29-year-olds by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School found that two-thirds of young Americans are more fearful than hopeful about the nation’s future.
Danielle Allen talks about her latest book, “Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.,” a memoir of her cousin’s troubled life and death, and an indictment of mass incarceration and the war on drugs.
Sen. Angus King of Maine, who serves on the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, discussed the latest findings in the investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Nobody enters a Ph.D. program to earn money. Students have long known that preparing for a career in research or academia often means trading financial reward today for the chance to tackle…
Glen Mpani, a Harvard Kennedy School Mason Fellow, discusses the soft coup in Zimbabwe that has toppled dictator Robert Mugabe and explains what the shake-up could mean for the beleaguered nation.
Julian SpearChief-Morris is the first indigenous president of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau in its 104 years. The bureau is the country’s oldest student-run organization providing free legal services, and one of the three honor societies at Harvard Law School.
“Suspicious of the privileging of the personal,” author and journalist Susan Faludi, who’ll speak at the Schlesinger Library soon, has written an unexpected look at her own life.
The Harvard historian has a new book about five leaders — Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Rachel Carson — and what links their stories.
Georgetown Professor Michael Kazin says the ideas of the left are more popular than ever, but to succeed changes must be made — and he lists three ways that can happen.
David Shulkin, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, spoke to Harvard Law School in advance of giving the 2017 Disabled American Veterans Distinguished Lecture at Harvard Law School.
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