Nation & World
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What’s working, not on front lines of AI in classroom
Tech, education experts share new initiatives on learner profiles, making STEM more accessible, ‘microschool’ experiments
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A call for corporate America to step up on homeless crisis
Business School initiative brings together leaders from business, government, academia
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Think the viral meme of that legislator is funny?
Political philosopher says rampant schadenfreude among electorate poses risk to democracy
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How AI is disrupting classroom, curriculum at community colleges
Conference examines ways to deal with unique vocational, educational challenges
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Girls fell further behind in math during, after pandemic
Leading sociologist says emotional, family, social disruptions likelier cause than school closures
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Our self-evident truths
New book takes as focus ‘greatest sentence ever written,’ how it may help a riven nation recall common values
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IGs oversee most federal agencies. Why not the Supreme Court?
Inspector general would boost accountability, trust in federal judiciary, argues Glenn Fine in talk promoting new book, ‘Watchdogs’
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Lessons learned from being only man in class
Or how a gender-equality seminar sparked change for women in Côte d’Ivoire
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Key to negotiated peace in Ukraine? Having the West keep Russia honest.
Former defense minister says U.S., allies need to continue financial, arms aid, remove curbs on missiles to bring Putin to table
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World appears on track for even more dangerous Cold War 2.0
Pulitzer winner warns China, which is building nuclear arsenal, would be third major player besides U.S., Russia — and six other nations now have bombs, too.
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Outside of the U.S., how do leaders view Harris and Trump?
Weatherhead panelists offer insights on geopolitical stakes of presidential election
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Your side might lose. But you don’t have to lose your mind.
Political engagement is healthy. Doomscrolling? Not so much.
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How can higher ed make democracy better?
Kennedy School panel says it’s a combination of knowledge — and skills
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Is China headed toward instability?
Foreign policy experts discuss likely fraught succession at kickoff of two months of events marking 75th anniversary of People’s Republic
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Penslar, Feldman examine plight of Jewish Americans after 10/7 attack
Scholars trace history of group in U.S., discuss why many wrestling with what it means for Israel, their own place in nation’s culture
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Can a 50-year-old philosophy help make democracy better today?
New book based on ideas of renowned Harvard scholar John Rawls argues it all comes down to fairness
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U.S. seems impossibly riven. What if we could start from scratch?
Key would be focusing on social, political, economic fairness, according to new book on ideas of political philosopher John Rawls
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What are the risks of wider Middle East conflict?
Kennedy School scholars examine spread of conflict between Israel and Hamas to include Hezbollah, Iran
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A tale of three cities — and their turn to right in heartland
Government professor’s new book focuses on roles of race, class, and religion in evolution of former New Deal Democrats
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Why do election polls seem to have such a mixed track record?
Democratic industry veteran looks at past races, details adjustments made amid shifting political dynamics in nation
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You’d never fall for an online scam, right?
Wrong, says cybersecurity expert. Con artists use time-tested tricks that can work on anyone regardless of age, IQ — what’s changed is scale.
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Two bereaved mothers who know price of war work for peace
Layla Alsheikh, Robi Damelin argue path to Mideast reconciliation begins with acknowledging common humanity
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Taking the phones out of school
Experts discuss growing movement to restrict devices in class
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‘The first new information we’ve heard in 50 years’
Unseen Legacies researchers are answering decades-old questions about the fates of Vietnamese soldiers
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‘Could I really cut it?’
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discusses new memoir, ‘unlikely path’ from South Florida to Harvard to nation’s highest court
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For this ring, I thee sue
Unhappy suitor wants $70,000 engagement gift back. Now court must decide whether 1950s legal standard has outlived relevance.
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Speech is never totally free
Cass Sunstein suggests universities look to First Amendment as they struggle to craft rules in wake of disruptive protests
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EVs fight warming but are costly. So why aren’t we driving $10,000 Chinese imports?
Experts say tension between trade, green-tech policies hampers climate change advances; more targeted response needed
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Toll of QAnon on families of followers
New book by Nieman Fellow explores pain, frustration in efforts to help loved ones break free of hold of conspiracy theorists
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The urgent message coming from boys
When we don’t listen, we all suffer, says psychologist whose new book is ‘Rebels with a Cause’
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Your kid can’t name three branches of government? He’s not alone.
Efforts launched to turn around plummeting student scores in U.S. history, civics, amid declining citizen engagement across nation
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‘We have the most motivated people, the best athletes. How far can we take this?’
Six members of Team USA train at Newell Boat House for 2024 Paralympics in Paris
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Harvard Library acquires copy of ‘Green Book’
Rare original copy of Jim Crow-era travel guide ‘key document in Black history’
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Looking at how prejudice is learned, passed
Research suggests power, influence of watching behavior of others
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How to help urban young people progress? Nurture hope.
Youth development specialist promotes holistic approach to healing, growth of individuals, communities amid poverty, drugs, trauma
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‘I hope they take their time in their recovery’
Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, held for 544 by Iran, offers advice to three Americans just released by Russia