Nation & World

What the framers were really thinking

Origin story of Declaration of Independence involves more than just embrace of Enlightenment ideas, scholars say

When AI goes rogue

Computer security expert says recent OpenAI, Anthropic breaches highlight need for regulations that balance safety, speed of development

Why we need to break the grip of ‘oldigarchy’

Legal historian’s new book argues older Americans control power, wealth — and lack sense of urgency to fix nation’s most pressing problems

Part of the Excerpts series

How somewhat obscure English duke helped stoke American revolutionary ambitions

Danielle Allen’s new book unearths role of Charles Lennox in supporting ‘radical’ writers, thinkers including Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin

How AI may change public policy, how we lead

Kennedy School unveils 10-year strategic plan that features robust new focus on promise, perils of technology

You’re getting a divorce. What happens to the frozen embryo?

Panelists dig into fraught legal, ethical questions at heart of fertility cases