Nation & World
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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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Footnote leads to exploration of start of for-profit prisons in N.Y.
Historian traces 19th-century murder case that brought together historical figures, helped shape American thinking on race, violence, incarceration
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Lessons emerge as 7 thirsty states war over Colorado River water
Drought has shrunk the water supply from the Colorado River, but seven states rely on it for at least some of their water.
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Is global tide turning in favor of autocrats?
Kenneth Roth says autocracies are weakening; democracies also face flaw.
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Defining moment for longtime allies
Edward P. Djerejian looks at the major concerns surrounding Israel’s new government policies and the Palestinian issue, including what role the U.S. can play in “conflict management.”
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Lessons of Roe, 50 years later
Speakers at Radcliffe conference look at divisive, fraught history, predict where legal battles go next.
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How total abortion ban puts maternal health at risk
A new study finds high rates of serious complications among Salvadoran patients who were forced to carry severely malformed fetuses to term.
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They can think, feel pain, love. Isn’t it time animals had rights?
An excerpt from “Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility” by Martha C. Nussbaum, M.A. ’71, Ph.D. ’75.
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Don’t give Russia an inch, former U.S. diplomat says
Marie Yovanovitch makes a case for standing by Ukraine as the war drags on, warning that defeat would embolden Putin and other dictators.
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Nudging donors toward more effective giving
A study by Harvard psychologists finds that preserving personal charity preferences and offering targeted matching funds help.
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Will Trump be charged after House panel’s Jan. 6 report?
Harvard Law School’s W. Neil Eggleston, a veteran of Congressional investigations and the White House Counsel’s office, discusses the Jan. 6 committee’s work.
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What is case for prison abolition?
Professor Tommie Shelby hopes his book helps others who are trying to decide whether they support prison abolition over criminal justice reform.
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Striving for impassioned, but reasoned, post-Roe conversation on abortion
Participants representing complex set of views engage at Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics discussion.
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Amendments should start with states
U.S. needs to smooth process without lowering high bar for constitutional change, says Stephen Sachs
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Change the Senate
Disproportionate influence of smaller states creates ‘significant democratic deficit,’ Vicki Jackson argues
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How demagogues wield social media
Cognitive scientist details research on the different ways Republicans and Democrats, use Twitter.
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Fighting for 9/11 families, first responders, vets
Comedian Jon Stewart, who has done advocacy work on behalf of U.S. military veterans and 9/11 first responders for two decades, spoke about what he’s learned during a talk at Harvard Kennedy School.
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Enshrine an affirmative right to vote
Amendment would demonstrate ‘absolute commitment’ to full participation in U.S. democracy, argues Tomiko Brown-Nagin
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Will anything come of Jan. 6 hearings?
Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Harvard Law School and Harvard College alum, previews what the public can expect from the committee in the coming weeks.
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Rushing to save her homeland — or at least its story
Harvard bibliographer Olha Aleksic rushes to save her homeland — or at least its story.
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Halting rising violence against health care workers
Law School discussion weighs effectiveness of legislation, technology, policies.
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A Cup as complex as world
Mideast scholar Cemal Kafadar untangles anti-gay, migrant labor, geopolitical tensions rising as World Cup soccer tournament is set to begin in Arab nation for the first time.
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Climate change in urban America, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Calif. reservation
Co-organized by several Harvard College environmental groups, an event on Nov. 16 will highlight stories of the impact of climate change in seven students’ communities. Organizers aim to highlight stories of students who are taking part in the fight against climate change.
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Biggest loser in midterm election? The Supreme Court
At a Harvard event, veteran analysts sorted through various surprises of the midterm election
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How inflation act may help rescue greenhouse-gas goals of repealed Clean Power Plan
In the wake of the demise of the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, the Inflation Reduction Act may hold the seeds of its success.
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Heading South in search of the real heart of America
Imani Perry returns to Alabama to interview Angela Davis, another daughter of Birmingham, in excerpt from new book
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Saying their names
Scholars involved in Legacy of Slavery Initiative discuss findings, remind that each of enslaved was “real person … with dreams, with pain.”
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Let’s fix how we fix the Constitution
Sanford Levinson on the ‘enduring dysfunctionality’ of Article V
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November surprise
Most political reporters and pundits agree that the results from Tuesday’s midterm elections have been a surprise.
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Mapping out a better society with focus on inclusion, environment
New research looks at intergenerational tensions, Gen Z as coming change agents.
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Let the House grow!
A better Electoral College requires a Congress as elastic and flexible as the drafters of the Constitution intended, says Danielle Allen
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Baker blames social media, political operatives, press for fueling divisiveness
Republican Charlie Baker, who closes out his eight years as the governor of Massachusetts in January, discussed governing in a democracy and the duties of citizenship in this year’s Edwin L. Godkin Lecture at Harvard Kennedy School.