Nation & World

First-term Trump VP: ‘If America isn’t leading the free world, the free world is not being led.’

Political analytics conference convenes experts on voter trends, election forecasting, behavioral research

Asian nation now main economic, military threat to Western democracies, according to former national security adviser

Researcher traces evolution of computation power of human brains, parallels to AI, argues key to increasing complexity is cooperation

Designation comes as Harvard’s decadeslong archaeological dig uncovers new secrets from remains of ancient Turkish city

In podcast, experts discuss why learning to love to read again may be key to reversing trend

Low-carbon energy firm CEO says executives dialed in on climate change, pondering adjustments despite shifts in Washington

New data-based study debunks long-held notion, finds wide opportunity gaps remain

Incursions, increase in aggression really just part of ongoing push by Putin to destabilize ties of allies, scholars and analysts say

Jill Lepore describes a document built for tinkering in new history of the Constitution

Legal scholars say justices could reverse ruling allowing EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions on technical grounds amid shift in court makeup

Surveys tracking religious engagement globally show decline starts after church’s 1960s reforms

Oral history offers kaleidoscopic view of angst and relief, hope and dread at test of atomic bomb 80 years ago

Economist’s new tool looks at how China is more effective than U.S. in exerting political power through import, export controls

New paper suggests threats are more widespread, less obvious than some might think

Funding cut disrupts effort to liberate Botswana patients from antiretroviral regimen

In ‘Murderland,’ alum explores lead-crime theory through lens of her own memories growing up there

New book by Mark Whitaker examines growth of artistic, political, cultural influence of controversial Civil Rights icon

Funding cuts seen as threat to nation’s status as driver of scientific progress

Young Ukrainian mother and her toddler left to fend for themselves after husband joins soldiers defending Mariupol

Former students, fellows at Harvard Kennedy School share stories about David Gergen

Partnership with Texas, Colorado researchers terminated as part of federal funding cuts targeting Harvard

How some students at University of Wisconsin-Madison created satiric cultural institution

More than vestige of Cold War, mind-control techniques remain with us in social media, cults, AI, elsewhere, new book argues

Audacious — and wildly successful — use of inexpensive drones against superior force can be used anywhere, against anyone

Study compares child mortality rates before and after 2010 Supreme Court ruling

Extends order blocking government’s attempt to revoke participation in Student and Exchange Visitor Program

Financial aid red tape nearly derailed Susan Dynarski’s undergrad dreams. Now she sees decades of progress under threat.

That’s according to the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which over its 87-year run has generated data that benefits work on other issues

Sociologist traces rise, career of Salvadoran leader some view as savior, others as authoritarian