Nation & World
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Unfuzzy math: U.S. needs to do better
Ed School expert has some ideas, including a rethink of homework bans, after ‘discouraging’ results
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What to expect when you’re elected
Bipartisan group of lawmakers gets to know Washington by way of the IOP
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Defining and confronting campus antisemitism
Scholars in Jewish Studies say education, conversation can bolster efforts to defeat hate
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Are reparations the answer?
Harvard symposium explores case for restitution to Black Americans legally, economically, ethically
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Exact cause of Notre-Dame fire still unclear. But disaster perhaps could’ve been avoided.
Leadership expert says foreseeable factors all contributed to complex failure. Consistent focus needed on best practices, rules, procedures.
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How the presidency was won, lost
Top campaign leaders from both sides talk about what worked, didn’t at Kennedy School postmortem
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Concern over a DACA deadline
An interview with Graduate School of Education Professor Roberto Gonzales, one of the organizers of the DACA seminar, a series of events that highlight diverse facets of immigration involving students.
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Worry in white, Christian America
The decline of white, Christian America from its long majority status has prompted national pushback, author says.
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Isms stalk the land, but David Brooks hasn’t lost hope
New York Times columnist David Brooks touched on tribalism, community, and more in a discussion at the Ash Center.
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Turning protest into policy
Tired of waiting for change, a group of articulate high school students who survived the Feb. 14 mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., have taken the reins from adults to push for more gun safety regulations to prevent another mass shooting. A Harvard lecturer suggests what the movement may need next.
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The Cold War’s endless ripples
A Harvard professor’s new book sees the Cold War as a much longer confrontation, dating to the 1890s and affecting many more countries than usually thought.
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Musician to filmmaker to Native American historian
Philip Deloria has joined Harvard’s history department as the School’s first tenured Native American professor.
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A complicated problem, made worse by politics
The inaugural Mahindras Humanities Center conference on “Migration and the Humanities” tackled different facets of the many population movements now crisscrossing the globe.
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Harvard’s Dreamers have their say
As part of the DACA seminar series highlighting diverse facets of immigration, five undocumented students at Harvard spoke about how they navigate elite academic spaces amid fears of deportation.
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Media columnist surveys the landscape
Margaret Sullivan, media columnist for The Washington Post, talks about the turmoil in journalism, the difficulties of covering the Trump administration, and the landscape ahead.
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Trump’s language, unseemly to critics, reassures his base
First as a candidate and now as president, Donald Trump’s expressions and arguments are pointed directly at the worried white working class, and remain a draw for his political base.
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Gauging how children grow, learn, thrive
Two professors at the Harvard Graduate School of Education are leading a longitudinal study to research children’s development in both formal and informal early education settings in Massachusetts.
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China’s philosophical dilemma
A forum at Tsai Auditorium marked the publication of “Encountering China: Michael Sandel and Chinese Philosophy.”
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Durbin outlines plight of the undocumented
As the fate of thousands of undocumented Dreamers hangs in the balance, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, a champion of immigration and co-sponsor of the original DREAM Act, spoke at Harvard Kennedy School Thursday evening about the difficulty Democrats will face next week getting new legislation passed through Republican-controlled Congress.
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Wanted: A firewall to protect U.S. elections
A new bipartisan initiative at Harvard Kennedy School picks up where the federal government leaves off, bringing together experts in national security, cybersecurity, and politics to develop practical strategies, tools, and guidance to help U.S. political campaigns protect themselves from cyber threats.
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The big squeeze on American democracy
Political polarization has risen dangerously high in the United States over issues involving race, religion, and culture, two Harvard authors say. The trend could threaten democracy itself.
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Samantha Power: The world in her rearview mirror
After eight years in the Obama administration working on human rights and diplomacy issues from the front lines, former U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power returns to Harvard, and reflects.
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Can Olympics bridge two Koreas?
In light of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, John Park of Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs offers his perspective on the complex relationship between the two Koreas.
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Beyond ‘I Have a Dream’
An interview with Professors Tommie Shelby and Brandon Terry, co-editors of “To Shape a New World, Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King Jr.”
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‘The Space Between Us’
Assistant Professor of Government Ryan Enos talks about his new book, “The Space Between Us,” in which he explores the influence of geography in politics and daily life.
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Daily life and death on the U.S.-Mexico border
Using her training as a first responder, Harvard anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte offers a front-line perspective on the tensions at the border between Mexico and the U.S.
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What’s next for the Mormon Church?
Harvard Divinity School Professor David Holland examines the legacy of Thomas S. Monson, the recently deceased president of the Mormon Church.
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The women’s revolt: Why now, and where to
The women’s revolt against sexual harassment and abuse: why now, and where to.
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Tax on university endowments passes
Harvard President Drew Faust said that the tax bill represents an unprecedented attack on the tax-exempt status of nonprofits and charities because it taxes, for the first time, income for such an institution’s core mission — in this case, education.
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A renewed Harvard-Cuba connection
Representatives from Harvard University traveled to Havana last weekend to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Cuban Ministry of Higher Education. The agreement signals renewed commitment between Harvard’s 12 Schools and the ministry to support faculty and student research and study in Cuba.
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The young: Fearful of future
A new national poll of 18- to 29-year-olds by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School found that two-thirds of young Americans are more fearful than hopeful about the nation’s future.
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As Europe’s economic picture brightens, new threats emerge
Europe’s economic recovery is well underway, but the EU faces serious new threats, foreign policy experts said at a Harvard Summit in November.
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How Michael slipped away
Danielle Allen talks about her latest book, “Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.,” a memoir of her cousin’s troubled life and death, and an indictment of mass incarceration and the war on drugs.
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‘We know’ Russia hacked election
Sen. Angus King of Maine, who serves on the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, discussed the latest findings in the investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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Taxing advanced degrees
Nobody enters a Ph.D. program to earn money. Students have long known that preparing for a career in research or academia often means trading financial reward today for the chance to tackle…
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Zimbabwe after Mugabe
Glen Mpani, a Harvard Kennedy School Mason Fellow, discusses the soft coup in Zimbabwe that has toppled dictator Robert Mugabe and explains what the shake-up could mean for the beleaguered nation.