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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Cruel summer
Faculty from HLS and HKS examined recent upheaval in the Middle East as part of a new Harvard Hillel series on politics and public policy.
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To speak out, or not
In a panel discussion, Harvard academics wrestle with the issue of when to speak out on pressing public issues.
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Court sense
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan peeled back part of the curtain on the court’s inner workings during a lively discussion with Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow.
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U.S. unprepared for housing needs of aging population
America’s older population is experiencing unprecedented growth, but the country is not prepared to meet the housing needs of this aging group, concludes a new report released today by Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies and the AARP Foundation.
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The fumbles in Ferguson
Crisis management expert Herman “Dutch” Leonard talks about how the confrontation in Ferguson, Mo., was mishandled.
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Running the show
Newly elected the next commissioner of Major League Baseball, Harvard Law School grad Rob Manfred talks about the future of the game.
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Targeting teacher tenure
HGSE economist Tom Kane explains the issues behind the debate over tenure policies for public school teachers in New York and California.
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Getting a handle on inversion
Mihir Desai spoke with the Gazette about the controversy surrounding tax inversion.
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Radio revolution
In a new paper, Shorenstein Fellow Steve Oney details the radical vision of NPR????s earliest days.
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Seeing what leaders miss
Max Bazerman, a leadership and applied behavioral psychology expert at HKS and HBS, writes that successful leaders must seek out what they don’t know to overcome the human tendency to turn a blind eye to unethical behavior.
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The rise of ISIS
A question-and-answer session with political scientist Harith Hasan al-Qarawee on the rise of the Sunni extremist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
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The big share
Harvard Business School professor Nancy Koehn weighs in on the importance and the future of the sharing economy.
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Making hay while sun shines
Students at HGSE are hard at work building new companies they hope will someday transform learning and young lives.
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Chinese economists zero in on crises
Economist Lawrence Summers and foreign policy expert Graham Allison talk about lessons learned from a Chinese research team’s comparison of the conditions around the Great Depression and the recession of 2008.
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A virtual analysis
A new analysis of four blended-format courses taught last fall offers practical guidance for faculty members interested in fresh pedagogical approaches. The pilot study led by the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning placed a premium on person-to-person interaction, and found redundancies between in-class and online instruction.
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Family strife
Harvard Business School’s John A. Davis, who chairs the Families in Business program, talks about the struggles that companies like New England grocery chain Market Basket face when family members are at the helm.
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The price is right
Urban demographic patterns in the United States often defy logic, but a new research paper co-authored by Harvard Kennedy School Professor Edward Glaeser is shedding light on why many Americans continue to move to cities that are on the downturn.
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The latest violence in the Middle East
Following the July 9 airstrikes, Stephen M. Walt, the Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School, discusses the factors behind this latest outbreak of violence between Israel and Palestine and what the international community can do about it.
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Academic boot camp
Harvard President Drew Faust welcomed to campus the Warrior-Scholar Project, an academic boot camp for veterans thinking of applying to college, while Professor Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. introduced the students to the two works he considers seminal to understanding American politics.
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Renewing urban renewal
Edward Glaeser, an economics, government, and public policy expert at Harvard Kennedy School, and Jerold Kayden, an urban planning and design professor at the Graduate School of Design, discuss findings from a new Brookings Institution study on the rise of innovation districts across the nation.
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‘The Children We Mean to Raise’
In this edition of the EdCast, Harvard Graduate School of Education senior lecturer Richard Weissbourd discusses the findings in the recent report, “The Children We Mean to Raise.” What messages are adults sending children without even knowing it?
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Falling fertility rates
For the past several years, Mary Brinton, Radcliffe fellow and chair of Harvard’s sociology department, and a team of collaborators have been exploring declining fertility rates in postindustrial societies.
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Denial of coverage
A question-and-answer session probes the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that for-profit companies can object to the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate on religious grounds.
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In soccer, a game plan for life
Several Harvard students and alumni will work in some of Brazil’s most underserved communities this summer, helping change lives through soccer.
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The death penalty and Christianity
In a question-and-answer session, Harvard Divinity School’s Francis X. Clooney discusses how Christian advocates and opponents of the death penalty turn to Scripture for support of their positions.
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Old Harvard, old France, old crime
An exhibit drawn from the holdings of the Harvard Law School Library combines detailed scholarship with a touch of scandal.
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World Cup worries
Harvard Kennedy School associate professor, a native of Brazil, reflected on the World Cup and its likely repercussions.
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A rising tide
Early results from new reforms instituted at the Lawrence Public School system show promise.
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For good policy, forget party
Collaboration and inclusion, even of political opponents, is critical to forging successful health policy, former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis told a group of health ministers from around the world gathered at Harvard.
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Disarray at the VA
In a question-and-answer session, Linda Bilmes, the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, discusses how to fix serious shortcomings in the management of Veterans Affairs.