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Teens in classroom.

How schools teach children about their social station

Sociologist Peter Francis Harvey embedded with students at private upper-middle-class, public working-class schools to explore implicit lessons

DateJune 6, 2023June 6, 2023

Brennan Klein, Elizabeth Hinton, and Brandon Terry.

COVID prison releases expose key driver of racial inequity

As incarcerated population dropped overall, proportion of Black prisoners rose. Researchers point to unequal sentencing.

DateJune 6, 2023

Voters in Detroit casting ballots in the 2022 midterm election. Danielle Allen points out that voting turnout rates in the U.S. are lower than other developed democracies.

Danielle Allen thinks our democracy needs renovation

Her new book lays out vision for power-sharing liberalism that will lead to greater inclusion, responsiveness, participation — and better lives for all

DateMay 26, 2023

In scene from "Succession," Shiv Roy talks in the phone in an ATN board room with election coverage on TVs in background.

Fanning the flames on ‘Succession’

Scholar who played pundit on dark election episode — ‘that was me behind Tom and Greg’ — describes surreal experience of ‘art imitating life’

DateMay 18, 2023May 19, 2023

President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

How 14th Amendment can help Biden avoid default

Laurence Tribe says in requiring president to pay U.S. debts it supersedes debt-limit law, breaks impasse over GOP demands

DateMay 15, 2023May 16, 2023

Robert Sampson.

How birth year predicts exposure to gun violence

In long-term study, risk of getting shot or witnessing a shooting varied by respondents’ race, sex, and when they came of age

DateMay 15, 2023May 15, 2023

Ali Dzhemiliev.

From Kyiv to Harvard and back

Scholars at Risk training is an urgent matter for Ukraine doctors

DateMay 10, 2023

Morgan Broccoli.

A doctor’s lessons from Haiti, Turkey, Ukraine border

Rushing to war and disaster zones to provide urgent care has convinced Morgan Broccoli there’s a smarter way to help

DateMay 5, 2023May 5, 2023

Tennessee Representative Justin J. Pearson, speaks during a conversation with March For Our Lives Founder David Hogg '23 moderated by Archon Fung,

Gen Z, millennials need to be prepared to fight for change

Tenn. lawmaker Justin Pearson, Parkland survivor David Hogg ’23 talk about tighter gun control, GOP attempts to restrict voting rights, importance of local politics

DateApril 27, 2023April 28, 2023

Monitoring people electronically.

Fighting for our cognitive liberty

Dangers involved in rise of neurotechnology that allows for tracking of thoughts, feelings examined at webinar

DateApril 26, 2023April 26, 2023

Sad, neglected child.

Putting children first legally, politically, economically

Law professor says nation disregards their rights, fails to protect them, create conditions so they can thrive

DateApril 25, 2023April 25, 2023

Panelists at the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Memorialization Committee event.

Dealing with legacy of slavery must include voices of descendants

That’s advice offered to Harvard by experts at James Madison’s Montpelier at campus event

DateApril 21, 2023April 21, 2023

Mmicrogrids being installed

Lending hand as nation-building renaissance grows in Indian Country

Harvard Kennedy School Project on Indigenous Governance and Development gets $15 million in gifts to expand research, sharing innovation, best practices

DateApril 19, 2023April 20, 2023

State Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, and expelled Rep. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis,

Rising political tide of young adults, Gen Z

Polling expert points to backlash after expulsion of 2 Black Tennessee legislators in their 20s after gun-control rally in wake of Nashville school shooting

DateApril 14, 2023April 14, 2023

Boston Marathon finish line, following explosions, April 15, 2013.

‘Governor, I don’t know what’s going on, but there are body parts all over the street’

Deval Patrick, Juliette Kayyem say leadership lessons of Marathon bombing response underscore value of preparedness, political unity, transparency — touch of kindness

DateApril 13, 2023April 13, 2023

Adam Schiff.

Some intelligence leaks are better than others

Rep. Adam Schiff contrasts recent disclosure of U.S. documents, Russian invasion buildup in Kennedy School talk on foreign policy, future of democracy

DateApril 12, 2023April 13, 2023

Michael Szonyi on Boylston Street at marathon finish line.

Scars remain a decade later

Memories of Boston Marathon bombing still vivid for Harvard community runners, families

DateApril 12, 2023April 12, 2023

Tommy Orange.

Go for Tommy Orange lecture. Stay for surprise reading of new book.

Acclaimed Cheyenne and Arapaho writer offers first public sample of hotly awaited novel at Native American Program event

DateApril 7, 2023April 7, 2023

Eli Rosenbaum.

It started the summer he first hunted Nazis

Law School grad with decades of experience prosecuting war crimes turns his attention to Russia

DateApril 6, 2023April 7, 2023

Times columnist Tressie McMillan Cottom.

Here’s a radical suggestion: Stop simplifying Black women

Sociologist, columnist Tressie McMillan Cottom explores complexities of race, class, politics (and problem with TikTok) at Radcliffe talk

DateApril 6, 2023April 7, 2023

Margaret Burnham

Can prisons be abolished? Look at 1973 Walpole takeover

On 50th anniversary, former prisoners, activists recall when inmates ran prison without incident during guard strike

DateApril 3, 2023April 3, 2023

Tourists at Yellowstone National Park.

How did ‘the great outdoors’ get so exclusive?

Millions visit our national parks each year. Most are white. Panelists explore why ‘America’s best idea’ isn’t winning over people of color.

DateApril 3, 2023April 4, 2023

Anne Applebaum

Why Soviet playbook isn’t working in Ukraine

Pulitzer-winning journalist says Russians misjudged resistance, their troops lack sense of mission, leading to ‘nihilism’ of wider, more random destruction

DateMarch 31, 2023March 31, 2023

Supreme Court in D.C.

Time for Supreme Court to adopt ethics rules?

Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner says lack of transparency, recent incidents involving justices, spouses, activists have tarnished public standing

DateMarch 29, 2023March 30, 2023

Jocelyn Imani

Putting Black culture on the map — of historic places

Preserving past Black experience is the next frontier of environmental justice, says historian Jocelyn Imani

DateMarch 29, 2023March 29, 2023

Gary King

Election forecasts often miss. Annoying, yes, but real problem for scholars

Researchers come up with better, more accurate model that also unearths fresh insights into American democracy

DateMarch 28, 2023March 28, 2023

Agnes Callard.

In era of bitter division, what would Socrates do?

Lessons for voters and lawmakers in philosopher’s wisdom, Agnes Callard says: ‘He’s not trying to win. He’s trying to find out.’

DateMarch 27, 2023March 27, 2023

Harvard President Larry Bacow with University of Haifa President Ron Robin.

Bacow meets with university presidents, students, Harvard alumni in Middle East

Discussions focus on need for collaboration, role of higher education in meeting societal, global challenges

DateMarch 24, 2023

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Exiled Belarus opposition leader calls for unified EU, U.S. support

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya says fights in homeland, Ukraine are linked by desire for democracy, independence from Russia

DateMarch 23, 2023March 23, 2023

Mario Luna Romero.

‘In eye of hurricane’

Activist coming to Harvard to detail his tribe’s fierce war with big business, government for control of river Yaqui consider sacred birthright

DateMarch 22, 2023March 24, 2023

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