Nation & World

Alum explains why being NYC sanitation commissioner is a dream job — if you care about delivering essential services.

Recent event examines what social sciences can tell us about rising economic, geopolitical power.

President Biden’s budget highlighted the projected Medicare shortfalls and proposed a solution, almost certainly dead on arrival in the Republican-held House. Health care policy expert John McDonough takes a look at what’s real and what’s politics.

Climate change talk may ignite fears for children, guilt for parents, but focusing on solutions may be the key, experts at HGSE webinar say.

“There is this culture that doctors are supposed to be perfect … and that culture makes it harder for us to ask for help.”

The University Consortium for Afro-Latin American Studies will bring together researchers from Global North and Global South, something that has never been done before.

Banning cellphones may help protect classroom focus, but school districts need to stay mindful of students’ sense of connection, experts say.

Géraldine Schwarz discusses her memoir, “Those Who Forget: My Family’s Story in Nazi Europe,” with Abadir Ibrahim and Cass Sunstein at Harvard Law School event.

Russian historians, political and cultural analysts assess the strength of President Vladimir Putin’s regime since the war in Ukraine began, and lay out what could be in store in 2023.

Harvard grad who wrote “Fair Play” explains the perception gap between moms and dads highlighted by new Pew study.

Jessica Katzenstein, an Inequality in America fellow, has been analyzing police militarization in an effort to show how and why departments are resisting changes and the ways this resistance is not as straightforward as it’s often portrayed.

Harvard Kennedy School Professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad explains the importance of including the Advanced Placement course in African American studies in high school curriculum.

Fritz Schwarz, former chief counsel of the 1975-76 U.S. Senate panel known as the Church Committee, discusses what it was like to undertake the largest, most consequential investigation of U.S. intelligence in American history.

Dmytro Kuleba spoke about Ukraine’s push for support from Western powers, mistakes that set the stage for the Russian invasion, and prospects for a Ukrainian victory.

Analysts look back at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine one year later.

A group of Harvard students share their experiences after making the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina.

Noam Ebner and Jen Reynolds analyze scenes from the “Star Wars” saga for lessons on negotiation and conflict resolution.

Drought has shrunk the water supply from the Colorado River, but seven states rely on it for at least some of their water.

Kenneth Roth says autocracies are weakening; democracies also face flaw.

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.”

Speakers at Radcliffe conference look at divisive, fraught history, predict where legal battles go next.

A new study finds high rates of serious complications among Salvadoran patients who were forced to carry severely malformed fetuses to term.

An excerpt from “Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility” by Martha C. Nussbaum, M.A. ’71, Ph.D. ’75.

Marie Yovanovitch makes a case for standing by Ukraine as the war drags on, warning that defeat would embolden Putin and other dictators.

A study by Harvard psychologists finds that preserving personal charity preferences and offering targeted matching funds help.

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.

Professor Tommie Shelby hopes his book helps others who are trying to decide whether they support prison abolition over criminal justice reform.

Participants representing complex set of views engage at Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics discussion.

U.S. needs to smooth process without lowering high bar for constitutional change, says Stephen Sachs

Disproportionate influence of smaller states creates ‘significant democratic deficit,’ Vicki Jackson argues