Nation & World
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When ‘base’ of Republican Party shifted
In new memoir, Lamar Alexander says it used to be just elected officials, voters. Then came rise of more extreme activist groups, worsening polarization.
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Constitution was made to be amended. So what’s stopping us?
Jill Lepore argues in her new Pulitzer-winning history that it desperately needs update, traces emergence of roadblocks
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How did Ben Franklin’s barber keep up with news on war for independence?
Houghton exhibit showcases newspapers, pamphlets, other media, offering on-the-ground view of what regular citizens knew, and when they knew it
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Why are white-Black marriage rates so low?
New research suggests increased exposure between groups results in more couplings across class but not racial lines
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SCOTUS might surprise you
Sarah Isgur argues growing distrust of justices says more about our tribalism than any change in way judiciary works
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How U.S. ties to Japan help manage rising challenge of China
Region expert Kenneth Weinstein argues real challenge in Indo-Pacific is economic, not military
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‘By mid-March, corpses littered the street like newspapers’
Young Ukrainian mother and her toddler left to fend for themselves after husband joins soldiers defending Mariupol
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Public servant, trusted mentor, conduit to congressional campaign — and clam bake host
Former students, fellows at Harvard Kennedy School share stories about David Gergen
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As reading scores decline, a study primed to help grinds to a halt
Partnership with Texas, Colorado researchers terminated as part of federal funding cuts targeting Harvard
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Onion holds up mirror; society flashes big smile (with green stuff in teeth)
How some students at University of Wisconsin-Madison created satiric cultural institution
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Brainwashing? Like ‘The Manchurian Candidate’?
More than vestige of Cold War, mind-control techniques remain with us in social media, cults, AI, elsewhere, new book argues
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Why U.S. should be worried about Ukrainian attack on Russian warplanes
Audacious — and wildly successful — use of inexpensive drones against superior force can be used anywhere, against anyone
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Youth gun deaths rise in states that relaxed laws
Study compares child mortality rates before and after 2010 Supreme Court ruling
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Judge sides with Harvard on international students
Extends order blocking government’s attempt to revoke participation in Student and Exchange Visitor Program
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Let’s not send low-income students back to the ’80s
Financial aid red tape nearly derailed Susan Dynarski’s undergrad dreams. Now she sees decades of progress under threat.
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Things money can’t buy — like happiness and better health
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
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Closer look at ‘coolest dictator in the world’
Sociologist traces rise, career of Salvadoran leader some view as savior, others as authoritarian
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Pompeo warns against U.S. pulling back from global leadership role
Former secretary of state offers insider accounts of efforts on Middle East, Iran, China, view of Ukraine war
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When foreign governments took aim at universities
Scholars look to historical examples for insights amid current U.S. tensions
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How hot is too hot?
Teaming up with grassroots organizers in India, Harvard researchers are collecting data to help workers adapt to dangerous spikes in heat
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New, bigger humanitarian crisis in Darfur. But this time, no global outcry.
Regional specialists sound alarm, say displacement, starvation affect many more than two decades ago.
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Freezing funding halts medical, engineering, and scientific research
Projects focus on issues from TB and chemotherapy to prolonged space travel, pandemic preparedness
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‘If you’re boring, you’re not going to educate.’
Randall Kennedy has blazed a path as an open-minded, nuanced, and independent thinker
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What we still need to learn from pandemic
School closures, shutdowns caused lasting damage, and debate was shut down in favor of groupthink, public policy experts say
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Leveraging social capital to defend worthy causes, people in need of representation
Legal scholar and Law School grad returns for student panel
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EPA plans target climate change initiatives
Environmental law experts say rollbacks will reverse advances in recent decades
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No quick end to Russia-Ukraine war, analysts say
Former national security official Fiona Hill says that much will depend on whether other European nations step up
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Separated by a border, but with fates entwined
Mayors from U.S., Mexican cities flanking divide compare notes on immigration, national leadership, tariffs
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When arguing cases before Supreme Court is your job
Former solicitors general recall what it’s like representing U.S. government amid shifts on bench
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Meacham sees a stark choice for America
Pulitzer-winning historian speaks to country’s past and future in conversation with Faust
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Former Greek PM outlines strategies to strengthen EU
Encourages European autonomy while retaining trans-Atlantic dialogue
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Envisioning a country with no Dept. of Education
Panelists weigh potential consequences of Trump plan to eliminate agency, transfer authority to states
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Lesson No. 1: It pays to be nice to your allies
Nicholas Burns on being U.S. envoy to China, returning to Harvard, lessons from long career in diplomacy
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Declassified JFK files provide ‘enhanced clarity’ on CIA actions, historian says
Fredrik Logevall, Pulitzer winner writing three-volume Kennedy bio, on what surprised him and what he’d still like to know
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What happens to your data if 23andMe collapses?
Health law policy expert says biotech firm’s uncertain future shows need for protections of personal, genetic information
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How World War I veterans shaped the Civil Rights Movement
Study traces surge in activism among Black men who faced discrimination while defending country