Nation & World
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What the judge was thinking and what’s next in Trump documents case
Obama-era White House counsel says key point in Nixon decision should have ended inquiry
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What’s the point of kids?
New book explores history, philosophy of having children and shifting attitudes in 21st century
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Boston busing in 1974 was about race. Now the issue is class.
School-reform specialist examines mixed legacy of landmark decision, changes in demography, hurdles to equity in opportunity
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History of Chichén Itzá written in DNA
Research using new method upends narrative on ritual sacrifices, yields discovery on resistance built to colonial-era epidemics
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Examining the duality of Israel
Expert in law, ethics traces history, increasing polarization, steps to bolster democratic process
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One way to help big groups of students? Volunteer tutors.
Research finds low-cost, online program yields significant results
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Soccer under siege
Matt Andrews, an associate professor of public policy at the Center for International Development at Harvard University, discusses the ongoing corruption scandal under now-disgraced FIFA President Sepp Blatter, and how to begin to clean up the sport.
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Muslims wonder what’s ahead
As rhetoric against Muslims rises across the nation, members of the Harvard community increasingly are pondering how to safeguard and support the rights of all.
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An Rx for the T
Ash Center senior research fellow Charles Chieppo weighs in on how to begin to fix the troubled MBTA, and assesses the reforms thus far.
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Bent toward violence
Harvard psychiatrist Ronald Schouten answers questions on the San Bernardino attack and the psychology behind both terrorism and the fear it spreads.
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Unraveling Mexican secrets
Mexican journalist Jacinto Rodriguez spent more than a decade examining documents at the National Archive of Mexico. Now he’s reviewing documents at the Houghton Library, looking for clues to the relationship between intellectuals and power in Mexico in the 1960s and ’70s.
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Struggle in the shadows
New book by Roberto Gonzales, an assistant professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education, says undocumented young adults are at risk of becoming a disenfranchised underclass.
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Shifting careers to drive change
Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative helps professionals transition to new careers aimed at solving societal problems.
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Civil rights, then and now
Through the prism of St. Louis and Ferguson, a panel on Civil Rights discussed how the movement has evolved, and where common ground remains.
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Carter: Islamic State will be defeated
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter spoke about the ongoing war with Islamic State and touted the many public service opportunities in the military for students, even if they don’t envision a career on the battlefield.
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Beware of those toxic co-workers
New HBS research finds that avoiding a toxic employee realizes twice the savings of hiring a superstar.
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Lessons from Lessig
Lawrence Lessig speaks candidly about his failed presidential bid, in which he spotlighted the importance of campaign finance reform.
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The plight of the Roma
At Harvard Law School, human rights activists delved into legal ways to fight discrimination against Europe’s largest ethnic minority.
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Justice for all
Chase Strangio, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union, discussed the efforts to protect gay and transgender prison inmates, who are often the target of violence and sexual assault.
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For law students, a cautionary tale
The Law School hosted Victor Rosario and his attorneys for a discussion examining his wrongful conviction.
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Deeper crisis
Professors Jacqueline Bhabha and Michael Ignatieff talked about the Syrian refugee crisis in the wake of the Paris attacks in an event sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center.
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Crossing a line
Former New York Times Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse spoke at Harvard about the boundaries between journalism and citizenship and why she has crossed that line more than once.
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For French scholar, hope survives terror
The French scholar Patrick Weil visited the Law School to give a talk titled “After the Paris Attacks: What Is the Future for French Society?”
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Reforming criminal justice
A new program at Harvard Law School aims to help reform the criminal justice system in the United States with assistance from Harvard students and faculty, says executive director Larry Schwartztol.
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Religion is changing, fellowship too
Two Harvard Divinity School students uncover a new sense of community for millennials who choose a different way to “worship.”
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With attacks, ISIS now a global worry
During a pair of interviews, Harvard Kennedy School analysts weigh in on the deadly and shocking terrorist attacks believed orchestrated by the Islamic State in Paris and Beirut.
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Background on Black Lives Matter
Four Harvard professors speak about the historical background of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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An academic reality show
Online course ‘PredictionX’ brings together faculty from across the University to discuss the human need to know the future.
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A call to build on differences
Promoting a global society that celebrates both its common humanity and its differences is the antidote to the world’s deepening divisions, the Aga Khan — the worldwide spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims — said in a visit to Harvard Thursday.
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What’s past is prologue
Celebrated author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates discussed how U.S. policy on criminal justice today is still deeply enmeshed with the nation’s fraught racial legacy.
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Agreeing to disagree
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer discusses the dynamics on the Supreme Court, his role and view on sentencing reform and Citizens United, and how American democracy is strengthened by our understanding of the legal thinking of other nations.
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Playing without rules
Eugen Dimant, who studies corruption in sports, discusses the implications of charges on Monday by the World Anti-Doping Agency that Russia has a massive, state-run doping operation in its athletic programs.
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Making government work
Kennedy School initiative takes an unconventional, holistic approach to researching, designing, and implementing policy around international development.
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Using law to protect veterans
Fifteen active-duty or veteran soldiers have matriculated at Harvard Law School this year. Among them is Anne Stark, who commanded a company that was responsible for the daily operations of a 500-soldier battalion.
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Coffee with a cause
Kennedy School student Andy Agaba has created a startup that he hopes will translate coffee’s popularity into support for African farmers.
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For growth, look to Africa
African economies fared better than those in many regions during the global financial crisis and, despite the current slow worldwide growth, many firms there continue to grow more quickly than those in industrialized nations, according to the former president of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka.