Nation & World

In a country more fractured than ever, Harvard Professor Danielle Allen, The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg, and writer Adam Serwer discuss what it will take to bring our democracy back together.

Rebecca Scofield is writing a more complete history of the American West that includes the rich tradition of gay rodeos

Harvard University doctoral candidate Kayla Davis is combating a STEM crisis in Oklahoma through an online educational resource.

In a simulation, North Korea has just tested a missile that will soon be capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to the continental U.S. The move took Washington by surprise as the project was likely funded via a new Chinese digital currency.

Harvard College student Jason Lam spent the summer after high school promoting affordable housing in his home state of New Jersey, and ended up finding a career path.

With populism’s rise and the U.S. retreat, Poland’s former President Lech Walesa comes out of semi-retirement to urge the U.S. to retake its leadership post and to pass the torch to the next generation of activists.

Harvard Institute of Politics national youth poll finds important divides emerging between general election and Democratic primary voters on ending private insurance, electoral college reform, and gun control.

Richard Weissbourd, a senior lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, discusses the problem of angry parents in sports and possible solutions.

Harvard University professor Daniel D’Oca is helping St. Louis residents become the city’s best asset for fighting inequality.

Harvard University graduate student Kristin Oberiano is writing a history of Guam inclusive of all who call it home.

Harvard Professor Roberto Gonzales talks about the findings of his report, the impact the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has had on the lives of thousands of young people who have benefited from it.

Alexandra Lahav, a fellow at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute, explains how a global settlement could handle the more than 2,000 lawsuits filed against drug companies and distributors.

Harvard Professor Joseph Henrich and a team of collaborators researched how a Roman Catholic Church ban in the Middle Ages loosened extended family ties and changed values and psychology of individuals in the West.

In his new book, “They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy,” Lawrence Lessig writes about the issues undermining American democracy, such as big money in politics, gerrymandering, vote suppression, and the inequities of the Electoral College system.

In a wide-ranging conversation Tuesday afternoon, activist Angela Davis reflected on a range of topics, from how music and art can help transform and create community to the challenges of talking about race in America to the need for prison reform.

Former career Ambassador Victoria Nuland, a top State Department expert on Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasian affairs, discusses the chaos in Syria, Putin’s biggest fear, and what it was like to be “Patient Zero” of Russia’s phone-hacking attacks.

“400 Years of Inequality” focused on how the effects of slavery have persisted, maintaining a basic disparity in health care.

During a panel discussion at Harvard Kennedy School, several leading conservative voices discuss why the movement’s political tenets still matter, even for a political party loyal to President Trump.

Q&A with Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the U.N. independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Harvard’s Project Teach helps students envision a future that includes higher education.

New York Times and New Yorker writer James B. Stewart discusses President Trump’s ongoing war with federal law enforcement agencies and how his effort to label anyone who challenges him as the “deep state” will have damaging repercussions for the nation.

With the fate of Brexit up in the air, the Gazette speaks with Peter Ricketts, a former top diplomat and life peer in Britain’s House of Lords, for insight into what may happen next.

Harvard panel speakers differ on whether disabling the Electoral College in favor of a national popular vote would solve presidential selection-system ills.

Marking the launch of “To Serve Better,” a series of stories about people committed to improving communities around the nation.

A new survey at Harvard and 32 other institutions found that the levels of sexual violence are largely unchanged from a 2015 study. In a Q&A session, Harvard’s co-chairs of a steering committee focused on the survey’s implementation discussed the new results and what needs to happen next.

Veterans of past impeachment battles offer insiders’ looks into the politics, procedure, and strategy of investigators and lawmakers.

Cristela Alonzo weaves the experiences of her difficult-yet-joyful upbringing into stand-up humor.

Members of Harvard and the higher education community react to ruling in admission lawsuit.

Although she’s only a College sophomore, Winona Guo has not only found what might be her lifelong pursuit, she’s already made a considerable impact doing it —much of it, including co-founding a nonprofit and co-writing a textbook, before she even graduated high school.

Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and a nuclear disarmament advocate, shares her experience.