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  • Samantha Power: The world in her rearview mirror

    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.

  • Can Olympics bridge two Koreas?

    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.

    Olympic banner South Korea
  • Beyond ‘I Have a Dream’

    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.”

  • ‘The Space Between Us’

    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.

  • Daily life and death on the U.S.-Mexico border

    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.

  • What’s next for the Mormon Church?

    Harvard Divinity School Professor David Holland examines the legacy of Thomas S. Monson, the recently deceased president of the Mormon Church.

  • The women’s revolt: Why now, and where to

    The women’s revolt against sexual harassment and abuse: why now, and where to.

  • Tax on university endowments passes

    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.

  • A renewed Harvard-Cuba connection

    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.

  • The young: Fearful of future

    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.

  • As Europe’s economic picture brightens, new threats emerge

    Europe’s economic recovery is well underway, but the EU faces serious new threats, foreign policy experts said at a Harvard Summit in November.

  • How Michael slipped away

    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.

    Danielle Allen talks about her latest book, “Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.,” a memoir of her cousin’s short, troubled life.
  • ‘We know’ Russia hacked election

    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.

  • Taxing advanced degrees

    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…

  • Zimbabwe after Mugabe

    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.

    Robert and Grace Mugabe
  • Native leader, legal beacon

    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.

  • The lives of Harvard’s Rhodes

    Rhodes Scholars from Harvard reflect on learning at Oxford, the world’s oldest English-speaking university.

    All Souls College provides one of the University of Oxford's more iconic views. Photo by Anthony Chiorazzi
  • For Faludi, a rare internal gaze

    “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.

  • Advanced Leadership Initiative creates room for innovation

    Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative brings 44 top business executives to campus so they can do something off course.

  • Face time with refugees

    Shipping container visiting Harvard Divinity School gives immersive screen time with refugees living in Germany, Gaza City, Jordan, and Iraq.

  • The lifeline of endowment aid

    Education experts have expressed concern that taxing endowments would harm students and faculty and could impact critical programs and initiatives.

  • How leaders are shaped

    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.

  • Waiting for the pendulum to swing back won’t cut it

    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.

  • Protecting those who have protected us

    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.

    Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin
  • Beyond the Nobel Peace Prize

    Two Harvard Law clinicians and four students took part in negotiating the treaty banning nuclear weapons as partners of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which recently received the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • Martin Luther, fallible reformer

    Michelle C. Sanchez of Harvard Divinity School considers the legacy of Martin Luther 500 years after his 95 Theses set the Reformation in motion.

    Harvard Divinity School Assistant Professor Michelle Sanchez
  • Sunstein on impeachment

    In a new book, Harvard’s Cass R. Sunstein discusses the vital role that the impeachment process plays in American democracy and dispels some misconceptions about the scope of presidential powers.

    Federal charges have been brought against two former Trump advisers, including Paul Manafort (center). If evidence links Trump to criminal activity, Congress may have to consider impeachment. But as Harvard Professor Cass Sunstein points out, the Constitution sharply limits the category of impeachable offenses.
  • For politics, a ray of hope

    At a time when American politics are beset by deep divisions and regular paralysis, five U.S. senators told a Harvard Law School audience that there is real reason for concern and yet some hope for their institution and the country.

    From left, moderator David Gergen, Sens. Tom Cotton, Mark Warner, Tim Kaine, Elizabeth Warren, and Jack Reed.
  • Racial discrimination still rules, poll says

    A panel at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discussed a poll that found more than half of African-Americans reported being discriminated against in the workplace and in police interactions.

    Panelists in last week's Chan School Forum "Discrimination in America: African American Experiences," were Dwayne Proctor (from left), Elizabeth Hinton, David Williams, and Robert Blendon.
  • A supremely jolly affair

    Six Supreme Court justices, five current and one retired, took part in an amiable public conversation at Sanders Theatre to mark the 200th anniversary of Harvard Law School.

    On the steps of Langdell Library, Harvard Law School faculty surround six Supreme Court justices. Back row, from left: Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy ’61; Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ’79; Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer ’64; and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch ’91. Front row: Associate Justice (retired) David H. Souter ’66 and Associate Justice Elena Kagan ’86, the former dean of HLS.