Tag: inequity
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Nation & World
Power can be abused, scholars say, or harnessed for the greater good
In a new book, “Power, for All: How It Really Works and Why It’s Everyone’s Business,” Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro argue that power is available to everyone and is a necessary force for change.
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Nation & World
Why do we need critical race theory? Here is my family’s story
As part of the Gazette’s Unequal series, Tauheedah Baker-Jones, Ed.L.D. ’21, explains why we need critical race theory in K-12 curriculum.
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Nation & World
Two mayors talk pandemic, civic unrest, and the value of a network of peers
The Gazette recently spoke to Kathy Sheehan, mayor of Albany, N.Y., and Randall Woodfin, mayor of Birmingham, Ala., and asked them to share how their experience at Harvard as part of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative prepared them to face the toughest year of their careers.
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Nation & World
A focus on fairness
Using a simple game in which candy is distributed between two players, researchers found that children in various countries were quick to reject unfair deals, but in three countries they were also willing to reject deals unfair to others.