Tag: Cape Town

  • Nation & World

    Crime, fear, and loathing

    In their book “The Truth about Crime,” Harvard Professors Jean and John Comaroff consider how shifts in attitudes toward criminality have contributed to the fear of other people, to racial violence, and to public distrust of government.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Fighting poverty, by design

    A young Harvard architect, with an eye to other cultures, challenges his profession to use design to end poverty and spur social justice.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    President Faust in Africa

    Harvard President Drew Faust saw firsthand how Harvard is helping the African nation of Botswana to fight AIDS, when she toured facilities in two communities where a Harvard-Botswana partnership is operating anti-AIDS programs.

    2 minutes