Featured series 
Tag: Government
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Science & Tech
Experts see a ‘low information’ reversal of U.S. climate leadership
Salata panelists warn that damage from executive orders and cuts to research funding won’t be easily overcome
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Campus & Community
Harvard amends lawsuit to push back against new funding cuts
Government is seeking to ‘micromanage’ University, complaint says, posing threat to advances in health and science
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Work & Economy
Rick Scott argues tariffs will level playing field, help U.S. workers
Republican senator also views China as nation’s most concerning competitor
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Health
‘Devastating’ global health void, Gawande says
Surgeon-author speaks from his experience as a leader at USAID before it was gutted
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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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Nation & World
What we still need to learn from pandemic
School closures, shutdowns caused lasting damage, and debate was shut down in favor of groupthink, public policy experts say
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Work & Economy
When making positive change, sometimes you ‘break things’
Key is to avoid hurting people in process, Gina Raimondo says
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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
EPA plans target climate change initiatives
Environmental law experts say rollbacks will reverse advances in recent decades
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Nation & World
No quick end to Russia-Ukraine war, analysts say
Former national security official Fiona Hill says that much will depend on whether other European nations step up
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Nation & World
Separated by a border, but with fates entwined
Mayors from U.S., Mexican cities flanking divide compare notes on immigration, national leadership, tariffs
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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
Envisioning a country with no Dept. of Education
Panelists weigh potential consequences of Trump plan to eliminate agency, transfer authority to states
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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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Nation & World
Declassified JFK files provide ‘enhanced clarity’ on CIA actions, historian says
Fredrik Logevall, Pulitzer winner writing three-volume Kennedy bio, on what surprised him and what he’d still like to know
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Campus & Community
Harvard launches pilot initiative to tackle some of today’s biggest challenges
Harvard Impact Labs will provide funding and support for faculty to conduct solutions-focused research and drive real-world impact
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Nation & World
Want a less divisive America? Just a matter of trust.
Robert Putnam traces nation’s plummeting social connection and rocketing discord, offers way to start thinking of solution
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Health
U.S. innovation ecosystem is envy of world. Here’s how it got started.
Economist who studies technological change looks at public-private research partnership amid rising questions on federal funding
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Nation & World
NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns
Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development
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Nation & World
How planned major U.S. foreign aid cuts expected to shake out abroad — and at home
Former diplomats see unnecessary deaths, lost opportunities for American corporations, workers, and diminished geopolitical influence
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Campus & Community
5 things we learned this week
How closely have you been following the Gazette? Take our quiz to find out.
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Nation & World
What exactly is a republic anyway?
Government professor looks at long history, evolution of form of governance in class that’s drawing high interest in current moment
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Nation & World
We’re already forgetting what 2020 was like
5 years later, sociologist urges us to confront lessons from pandemic
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Nation & World
What are the prospects for Ukraine?
Former top Ukrainian diplomat says options appear narrow as U.S. aggressively pushes for ceasefire deal with Russia
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Campus & Community
Keeping cool when debate turns hot
Inaugural global Ethics Center conference features scholarship, presentations on fostering civil, productive dialogue
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Nation & World
What jazz teaches about necessity of civil discourse
Musician, composer Wynton Marsalis visits campus to help launch Culture and Civil Society Initiative
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Nation & World
Who sustains the rule of law?
The question is a personal one for voters, scholar argues — or should be
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Campus & Community
Conflict is inevitable. Rancor isn’t.
It all begins, undergrad nonprofit founder says, with nurturing curiosity about what other side really thinks, and why
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Health
Primary care has money problems. This might help.
Physician-researcher sees promise in five-year ‘prospective payment’ experiment
