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Born to take on Islamophobia Muslim Americans who endured post-9/11 bias see solutions in education, political involvement DateSeptember 9, 2021September 11, 2021
‘I never saw a survivor’ A first responder remembers Ground Zero DateSeptember 9, 2021September 9, 2021
New York minute She opened her notebook, ready for a day of high fashion. Then, mayhem. DateSeptember 8, 2021September 8, 2021
Hard lessons from 9/11 Professors detail how it reshaped homeland security, foreign policy, study and treatment of PTSD, and crisis planning and management DateSeptember 8, 2021September 9, 2021
Growing up in the shadow of the day Many were not even born yet, but all their lives were touched DateSeptember 8, 2021September 9, 2021
Where were you when it happened? Faculty and staff from across the University reflect on the day and the aftermath DateSeptember 8, 2021September 9, 2021
Biggest threat to America? Not terrorism but apathy, expert says Naval War College and Extension School instructor traces trend of entitlement, nihilism DateSeptember 3, 2021September 3, 2021
How to help your kids with classroom anxieties Graduate School of Education experts offer guidance as another pandemic school year begins DateAugust 30, 2021August 30, 2021
Humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan? Michael VanRooyen of the School of Public Health details likely scenarios after the U.S. pullout DateAugust 27, 2021August 30, 2021
Fear and anxiety for those left behind in Afghanistan Two affiliates fear Taliban will erase strides made by women in past two decades DateAugust 24, 2021August 24, 2021
Power can be abused, scholars say, or harnessed for the greater good New book looks at the need for collective action DateAugust 24, 2021August 24, 2021
China’s response to the Taliban’s takeover Tony Saich on how Beijing views the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan DateAugust 20, 2021
For her, Afghanistan is personal The Belfer Center’s Lauren Zabierek, who deployed three times and lost her brother to the conflict, reacts to Taliban takeover, humanitarian crisis DateAugust 17, 2021August 17, 2021
How food donations can help fight hunger and climate change Law Professor Emily Broad Leib examines legal and other hurdles to reducing waste DateAugust 16, 2021August 16, 2021
The woman who kept running Athletes everywhere followed in the footsteps of author and Harvard Medical School grad Joan Ullyot DateAugust 12, 2021
How the government can support a free press and cut disinformation Law School’s Martha Minow on the First Amendment and making web and media firms more accountable DateAugust 11, 2021August 17, 2021
Learning the hard way Allan Brandt, history of science scholar and ‘Cigarette Century’ author, says opioid negotiators should heed lessons from tobacco settlement DateAugust 4, 2021August 6, 2021
How far can Biden go? Obama-era White House counsel looks beyond vaccination mandate to possible follow-up orders, litigation DateJuly 30, 2021August 9, 2021
Haiti assassination revives concerns over ‘private armies’ Kennedy School intelligence expert Paul Kolbe outlines the murky landscape of security firms DateJuly 28, 2021July 28, 2021
From bad to worse in Latin America Assessing political, social impact of pandemic, scholar zeroes in on structural factors behind death rate DateJuly 27, 2021July 28, 2021
Hey, I know that sprinter in the 200! 16 from Harvard to take part in pandemic-era XXXII Olympiad DateJuly 22, 2021July 26, 2021
Why do we need critical race theory? Here is my family’s story Tauheedah Baker-Jones recounts a history of slavery, Klan violence, and Jim Crow DateJuly 9, 2021July 8, 2021
How COVID taught America about inequity in education Remote learning turned spotlight on gaps in resources, funding, and tech — but also offered hints on reform DateJuly 9, 2021July 19, 2021
Applying public health solutions to acute migration dilemma at border Harvard Chan School to join vice president’s private-sector partnership plan DateJune 24, 2021June 24, 2021
Intel agencies in an age of ‘nuclear’ cyberattacks, political assassinations Top U.S., Israeli leaders detail most dangerous, complex foreign threats DateJune 22, 2021June 23, 2021
Best predictor of arrest rates? The ‘birth lottery of history’ Study: Social context of coming-of-age date matters more than socioeconomics DateJune 22, 2021
‘We are going to soldier on’ Juneteenth activist Opal Lee reflects on import and symbolism of new holiday DateJune 17, 2021June 18, 2021
A diet that’s healthy for people, and the planet Symposium urges greater consumption, and growth, of plants DateJune 17, 2021June 22, 2021
