Tag: Christina Pazzanese
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How an authoritarian wields social media
Filipino journalist and 2021 Nobel laureate Maria Ressa issues a warning about information warfare on social media, and what it may mean for democratic institutions such as free press and free elections.
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What should Biden do about inflation? Mostly sit tight
Harvard economist says economy is on right track, and there are few things he can try, but higher prices will eventually resolve themselves.
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Take those old records off the shelf
After dominating the music industry, albums fell out of favor as CDs appeared. But vinyl has made a comeback and is having its best year in decades.
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Exploring the dark, puzzling inner workings of Facebook
Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, who led the expose known as “The Facebook Files,” spoke about what he learned from his unsparing look behind the curtain at the internet giant.
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Adam Schiff vows speedy, aggressive probe of Jan. 6 assault
Rep. Adam Schiff discusses why he sees his work on the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol as part of a broader continuum that began with the Ukraine matter.
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‘I quit’ is all the rage. Blip or sea change?
Lawrence Katz answers questions about the historic wave of workers quitting their jobs during the pandemic.
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Where are we now, 16 months after George Floyd?
As part of the Truth and Transformation conference at Harvard Kennedy School, Ibram X. Kendi and Heather McGhee spoke about the challenges the movement faces.
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Where’s all your stuff? It’s complicated.
HBS’ Willy Shih on the shipping logjam and trucking shortage that could spell trouble for holiday retails and how the ubiquitous dollar stores, which rely on imports from Asia and low wages, are hoping to defy dark trends.
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How women led anti-Trump resistance
Washington Post political columnist Jennifer Rubin discusses the key role women played in the “resistance” to Donald Trump’s presidency in advance of her Oct. 7 virtual book talk at Harvard Radcliffe Institute.
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A life’s mission sparked by disbelief over Tuskegee study
Harvard Kennedy School Professor Marcella Alsan wins a MacArthur “genius” grant for her work in public health.
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Regulators put cryptocurrency in crosshairs
HBS economist Scott Duke Kominers explains the explosive growth of cryptocurrency and why U.S. regulators now appear poised to swoop in.
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Should we be worried about Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google?
Economist Nancy Rose, a 2021-2022 Harvard Radcliffe Institute fellow, wants to refine and empower antitrust enforcement.
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Answer to U.S. labor shortage? ‘Hidden’ workforce
Businesses could address labor shortages by tapping into 27 million workers who are “hidden” from corporate hiring processes.
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Visionary, criminal, or both?
Eugene Soltes, a Harvard Business School expert on white-collar criminals, evaluates the case against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.
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Humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan?
The director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative talks about Afghanistan’s probable future without aid.
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Tying COVID information to worker — and employer — well-being
With COVID-19 cases going back up just as workplaces and schools prepare to reopen, a Harvard Chan School talk digs into the challenges of maintaining worker well-being on the job.
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How the government can support a free press and cut disinformation
Harvard Law’s Martha Minow says there are plenty of steps the federal government could take to clean up the flood of disinformation and misinformation.
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Haiti assassination revives concerns over ‘private armies’
After authorities say Haiti’s president was assassinated by a hired hit squad, a former senior CIA career official talks about the world of private armies.
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Why all the abuse of servers, flight staffs, sales clerks as COVID rules ease?
Ryan W. Buell discusses what’s behind the sudden spike in customer rage at service workers and what firms can do to support their employees.
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A key inflation index leaps. Getting worried?
Economist Kenneth Rogoff discusses how consumers’ perceptions about inflation are an important factor that influences inflationary cycles.
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There is more to Jeremy Lin than ‘Linsanity’
NBA star and activist Jeremy Lin ’10 spoke to graduating seniors about how he’s come to see his identity as a barrier-breaking Asian American in a new light.
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How unjust police killings damage the mental health of Black Americans
Harvard Chan’s David Williams, whose research looks at how discrimination affects Black people’s health, talks about his pioneering work to assess the toll that police killings are having on Black mental health.