Nation & World
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Time for mandatory retirement ages for lawmakers, judges, presidents?
Americans seem to mostly say yes; legal, medical scholars point to complexities of setting limits
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Rebutting ‘myths of inequality’
Former veteran legislator, economist Phil Gramm argues unequal distribution of wealth inevitable; policy to engineer level playing field is mistake
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U.S. needs to keep its friends closer, Pence says
First-term Trump VP: ‘If America isn’t leading the free world, the free world is not being led.’
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‘Vibes or hunches’ don’t help win elections
Political analytics conference convenes experts on voter trends, election forecasting, behavioral research
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U.S. just didn’t get China, Bolton says
Asian nation now main economic, military threat to Western democracies, according to former national security adviser
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Artificial intelligence may not be artificial
Researcher traces evolution of computation power of human brains, parallels to AI, argues key to increasing complexity is cooperation
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Sardis named a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Designation comes as Harvard’s decadeslong archaeological dig uncovers new secrets from remains of ancient Turkish city
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What’s driving decline in U.S. literacy rates?
In podcast, experts discuss why learning to love to read again may be key to reversing trend
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Sustainability remains hot topic in corporate America
Low-carbon energy firm CEO says executives dialed in on climate change, pondering adjustments despite shifts in Washington
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Turns out two-parent households are no fix for racial inequality
New data-based study debunks long-held notion, finds wide opportunity gaps remain
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Did U.S.-Russia talks on Ukraine make things worse?
Incursions, increase in aggression really just part of ongoing push by Putin to destabilize ties of allies, scholars and analysts say
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Jill Lepore on ‘We the People’
Jill Lepore describes a document built for tinkering in new history of the Constitution
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How Supreme Court may get chance to re-examine landmark climate ruling
Legal scholars say justices could reverse ruling allowing EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions on technical grounds amid shift in court makeup
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Data bolsters theory about plunging Catholic Mass attendance
Surveys tracking religious engagement globally show decline starts after church’s 1960s reforms
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‘Now I have become death, the destroyer of the worlds’
Oral history offers kaleidoscopic view of angst and relief, hope and dread at test of atomic bomb 80 years ago
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When global trade is about more than money
Economist’s new tool looks at how China is more effective than U.S. in exerting political power through import, export controls
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Global concerns rising about erosion of academic freedom
New paper suggests threats are more widespread, less obvious than some might think
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Setback in the fight against pediatric HIV
Funding cut disrupts effort to liberate Botswana patients from antiretroviral regimen
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Why was Pacific Northwest home to so many serial killers?
In ‘Murderland,’ alum explores lead-crime theory through lens of her own memories growing up there
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Why Malcolm X matters even more 60 years after his killing
New book by Mark Whitaker examines growth of artistic, political, cultural influence of controversial Civil Rights icon
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Foundation for U.S. breakthroughs feels shakier to researchers
Funding cuts seen as threat to nation’s status as driver of scientific progress
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‘By mid-March, corpses littered the street like newspapers’
Young Ukrainian mother and her toddler left to fend for themselves after husband joins soldiers defending Mariupol
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Public servant, trusted mentor, conduit to congressional campaign — and clam bake host
Former students, fellows at Harvard Kennedy School share stories about David Gergen
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As reading scores decline, a study primed to help grinds to a halt
Partnership with Texas, Colorado researchers terminated as part of federal funding cuts targeting Harvard
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Onion holds up mirror; society flashes big smile (with green stuff in teeth)
How some students at University of Wisconsin-Madison created satiric cultural institution
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Brainwashing? Like ‘The Manchurian Candidate’?
More than vestige of Cold War, mind-control techniques remain with us in social media, cults, AI, elsewhere, new book argues
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Why U.S. should be worried about Ukrainian attack on Russian warplanes
Audacious — and wildly successful — use of inexpensive drones against superior force can be used anywhere, against anyone
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Youth gun deaths rise in states that relaxed laws
Study compares child mortality rates before and after 2010 Supreme Court ruling
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Judge sides with Harvard on international students
Extends order blocking government’s attempt to revoke participation in Student and Exchange Visitor Program
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Let’s not send low-income students back to the ’80s
Financial aid red tape nearly derailed Susan Dynarski’s undergrad dreams. Now she sees decades of progress under threat.
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Things money can’t buy — like happiness and better health
That’s according to the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which over its 87-year run has generated data that benefits work on other issues
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Closer look at ‘coolest dictator in the world’
Sociologist traces rise, career of Salvadoran leader some view as savior, others as authoritarian
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Pompeo warns against U.S. pulling back from global leadership role
Former secretary of state offers insider accounts of efforts on Middle East, Iran, China, view of Ukraine war
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When foreign governments took aim at universities
Scholars look to historical examples for insights amid current U.S. tensions
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How hot is too hot?
Teaming up with grassroots organizers in India, Harvard researchers are collecting data to help workers adapt to dangerous spikes in heat
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New, bigger humanitarian crisis in Darfur. But this time, no global outcry.
Regional specialists sound alarm, say displacement, starvation affect many more than two decades ago.