Featured series 
Tag: Democracy
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Campus & Community
‘Our students are seeking not just to coexist, but to understand’
8 projects win Building Bridges grants to spark constructive dialogue on campus
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Nation & World
Our self-evident truths
New book takes as focus ‘greatest sentence ever written,’ how it may help a riven nation recall common values
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Campus & Community
Life and times of ‘the birth certificate of the U.S.’
First-years spend semester delving into 1770s texts, influences that shaped nation, its founding document
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Campus & Community
Building momentum on open inquiry
Schools implement recommendations to foster more, better conversations on tough topics around campus
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Nation & World
What unites Americans?
Civil Discourse panelists debate how to strengthen national ties
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Nation & World
Princeton leader defends campus free speech efforts amid ‘civic crisis’
Eisgruber, author of ‘Terms of Respect,’ says campus tensions reflect wider U.S. divisions
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Nation & World
Voice of DOJ experience makes case for ‘deference doctrine’
Visiting professor who served 3 decades with Justice Dept. sees urgent need to protect presumption of regularity
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Nation & World
Finding boundaries of debate
Times columnist Michelle Goldberg discusses Israel, social conservatism, immigration, and where free speech becomes something else
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Nation & World
One idea for equalizing higher education: admissions lotteries
David Deming and Randall Kennedy discuss — and debate — good, bad of meritocracy with ‘Justice’ philosopher
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Nation & World
How independent is the Justice Department now?
Former federal legal officials were worried even before election, but Comey, James indictments crossed line, journalist says
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Nation & World
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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Nation & World
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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Nation & World
‘Vibes or hunches’ don’t help win elections
Political analytics conference convenes experts on voter trends, election forecasting, behavioral research
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Nation & World
Jill Lepore on ‘We the People’
Jill Lepore describes a document built for tinkering in new history of the Constitution
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Campus & Community
Court victory for Harvard in research funding fight
Government acted unlawfully when it cut grants, ruling says
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Campus & Community
Federal judge blocks Trump plan to ban international students at Harvard
Ruling notes administration action raises serious constitutional concerns
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Campus & Community
Take a stand, Abdul-Jabbar tells graduating seniors
Writer and basketball legend speaks to the moment in Class Day address
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Nation & World
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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Nation & World
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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Campus & Community
How the Cold War continues to shape German identity
Addie Esposito’s thesis — based on interviews with lawmakers in the Bundestag — examines ‘persistent divide’ between East and West
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Campus & Community
Garber announces new initiatives to fight antisemitism, anti-Israeli bias
Actions come as task force releases full report
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Campus & Community
Garber announces new steps to combat bias against Arabs, Muslims, and Palestinians
Moves come amid release of final report from Task Force on Combating Anti-Muslim, Anti-Arab, and Anti-Palestinian Bias
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Campus & Community
Harvard files lawsuit against Trump administration
Filing argues freeze of research funding violates First Amendment, laws, procedures
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Campus & Community
Harvard won’t comply with demands from Trump administration
Changes pushed by government ‘unmoored from the law,’ Garber says. ‘The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights.’
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Nation & World
Leveraging social capital to defend worthy causes, people in need of representation
Legal scholar and Law School grad returns for student panel
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Campus & Community
Cutting drug costs, embracing aging, demystifying AI — and more research ideas
8 graduate students pitch their work in Harvard Horizons talks
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Nation & World
When arguing cases before Supreme Court is your job
Former solicitors general recall what it’s like representing U.S. government amid shifts on bench
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Nation & World
Meacham sees a stark choice for America
Pulitzer-winning historian speaks to country’s past and future in conversation with Faust
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Nation & World
Lesson No. 1: It pays to be nice to your allies
Nicholas Burns on being U.S. envoy to China, returning to Harvard, lessons from long career in diplomacy
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Campus & Community
Passion for advocacy nurtured at home
Maryam Guerrab, a child of Algerian immigrants, seeks to combine important lessons from classroom with powerful ones from life
