Featured series 
Tag: Government
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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
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Nation & World
Class surges as factor in who gets sent to prison
Incarceration rates fall for Black Americans, soar for white Americans without college education, finds study
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Nation & World
Danger ahead
Former national security official surveys hot spots in Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe — and how new president’s ideas are being received
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Nation & World
Who’s softer on crime? Democrats or Republicans?
Turns out neither. New research finds mayors on both sides mixed in implementing effective policies.
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Nation & World
Who can save us from social media? At this point, perhaps just us.
Nicholas Carr argues it may be too late for regulation as platforms took hold so quickly, outpacing our ability to spot darker effects on society, democracy
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Nation & World
Is TikTok’s time nearly up?
Privacy and cybersecurity law expert examines national security, First Amendment issues as popular video website faces legal deadline
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Nation & World
Are reparations the answer?
Harvard symposium explores case for restitution to Black Americans legally, economically, ethically
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Work & Economy
How China tariffs could backfire on U.S.
Economists say there could be unintended consequences, including higher prices, supply chain disruptions, and possibly opening door to improving Beijing’s ties to American allies
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Nation & World
‘Because Larry has shown up for us’
Friends, colleagues gather for 70th birthday conference honoring economic scholar, former Treasury Secretary and University President Lawrence Summers
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Nation & World
What Trump got right
Kellyanne Conway, president-elect’s 2016 campaign manager and former senior adviser, discusses election, what comes next
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Campus & Community
Ketanji Brown Jackson? Present!
Supreme Court justice revisits Michael Sandel’s class, which left her with lessons that lasted long beyond her time in it as first-year
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Work & Economy
How free-market policymakers got it all wrong for decades
Conservative economist says singular focus on deregulation, unfettered trade failed to deliver for American households
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Nation & World
What’s ahead for U.S. foreign policy in ‘Trump 2.0’?
Peter Baker and Susan Glasser predict push to end Ukraine war on Russia’s terms, instability for NATO, possible global realignment
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Nation & World
Many in Native communities applaud U.S. apology over boarding schools
Deloria, Gone say action over decadeslong initiative to forcibly assimilate children overdue, necessary
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Nation & World
Did Trump election signal start of new political era?
Analysts weigh issues, strategies, media decisions at work in contest, suggest class may become dominant factor
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Nation & World
Why it’s become harder to project presidential winner on election night
Elections and public opinion expert details lessons learned since 2000, rise of absentee voting
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Nation & World
‘A sense of illumination, if not calm, about the fate of American democracy’
Social Science faculty lend insight, analysis ahead of election
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Nation & World
IGs oversee most federal agencies. Why not the Supreme Court?
Inspector general would boost accountability, trust in federal judiciary, argues Glenn Fine in talk promoting new book, ‘Watchdogs’
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Science & Tech
Amid Hurricane Milton’s devastation, a sliver of good news
Cellphone data suggest evacuation mandates, warning systems worked
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Nation & World
Key to negotiated peace in Ukraine? Having the West keep Russia honest.
Former defense minister says U.S., allies need to continue financial, arms aid, remove curbs on missiles to bring Putin to table
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Nation & World
Your side might lose. But you don’t have to lose your mind.
Political engagement is healthy. Doomscrolling? Not so much.
