Nation & World

Harvard Kennedy School professor Kathryn Sikkink discusses a new ethics of responsibilities to deal with climate change, voting, digital privacy, and other pressing issues.

At a talk following a recent screening of “Just Mercy,” Harvard professors discussed the death penalty as “a point of meditation.”

As part of the 1776 Salon series at the American Repertory Theater, Harvard Professor Vincent Brown will discuss his book, “Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War.”

Greek Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis presented his plans for “Reinventing Athens” during a talk at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.

Harvard’s Democratic Knowledge Project bridges core knowledge, diverse perspectives, and agency to statewide pilot of new interactive schools’ curriculum.

In a new book, authors say Donald Trump is remaking the American presidency into something far more powerful and personal than the country has ever seen.

To allow more school principals to access their Leadership for School Excellence Program, instead of bringing Australian teachers to Cambridge, Harvard brought the program to them.

NBA coach Steve Kerr visits the Kennedy School to talk both sports and personal politics.

Neal Hovelmeier, a gay teacher fired from his job in a Zimbabwean school who is now a Radcliffe Fellow and Harvard Scholar at Risk, is working on a play informed by his experience and a curriculum based on intolerance.

Long-term exposure to the smoke-filled air hanging over much of the country could lead to many premature deaths in Australia.

Harvard researchers develop interactive map that provides detail about mass uprisings around the world.

Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn return to Kristof’s rural Oregon hometown to find the roots of white working-class anger

Harvard men’s basketball team got a behind-the-scenes look at the Supreme Court.

In his book, “Do Morals Matter?,” Joseph S. Nye Jr. rates every U.S. president from FDR to Trump on the ethics of their foreign policy decisions.

In his new book, “How America Lost Its Mind: The Assault on Reason That’s Crippling Our Democracy,” Thomas Patterson looks at the rejection of logic and reason in American political life and how it threatens Democracy.

A Harvard physics professor spends a sabbatical trying to break the world record for fastest trans-America run.

Following a visit to Harvard Law School, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Kelvin K. Droegemeier shared the goals of the Joint Committee on the Research Environment and the progress being made.

A postdoctoral scholar and incoming assistant professor, Christina Cross talks about rethinking the ideal family, the limits of demographic research, and policy alternatives for alleviating poverty in America.

Health care experts discussed whether revolutionary change to a single-payer national health insurance plan or more incremental change from tweaking the ACA is preferable should Democrats pick up power in November.

U.S. Ambassador Wendy Sherman discusses the dangers posed by Iran’s announcement that it will not abide by limits set forth in the 2015 nuclear deal, an accord she negotiated on behalf of the U.S.

Miao Qian, a postdoctoral research fellow with the Inequality in America Initiative, studies the development of implicit racial biases in children to understand better how and when unconscious prejudices and stereotypes form in the brain.

Morocco’s Prince Moulay Hicham el Alaoui relinquished his title to press for democratic principles. In an Epicenter article, he assessed the Arab Spring.

Harvard experts recalling some of the biggest moments of the 2010s.

Harvard faculty reflect on 2019’s word of the year: “climate emergency.”

Analysts look back at the unexpected rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin, now 20 years in power.

To gain a better understanding of the issues in play following the House impeachment of President Donald Trump, the Gazette asked Harvard faculty and affiliates in history, law, politics, government, psychology, and media to offer their thoughts.

At a recent talk, Chanan Tigay offered listeners an enticing peek at his narrative, describing how he landed on the story of the mysterious manuscript.

Chef José Andrés discusses how food is connected to many other realms, from public health, to climate, to history, and even to moral philosophy.

Martha Minow discusses her book, “When Should Law Forgive?,” in which she argues for more forgiveness in the law.

Nikole Hannah-Jones of The New York Times and Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. discuss the newspaper’s landmark 1619 Project, which commemorates the 400th anniversary of slavery and reconsiders the historical record.