Social Sciences
The Dark History Behind Chocolate
A Harvard course on the politics and culture of food
by Lydialyle Gibson
Diagnosing the “Skills Gap”
Educators and employers aren't collaborating well—and what to do about it
by Nancy Walecki
Deprivation’s Mark on the Brain
Neglected children’s neurodevelopmental impairments persist into young adulthood.
by Daniel Oberhaus
How Coupons Keep Drugs Costly
Pharmaceutical companies subsidize the cost of their drugs to keep prices high.
by Erin O'Donnell
Hybrid Work’s Sweet Spot
A business school study finds hybrid workers generate more novel and useful information.
by Colleen Walsh
The Happiness Revolutionary
Arthur Brooks moved beyond policy—to something deeper.
by Nancy Walecki
An Exchange of Violence
On the “exit wounds” of America’s gun industry in Mexico
by Lydialyle Gibson
The Power of Plants
Exploring the “plant humanities” at Harvard’s Dumbarton Oaks
by Jonathan Shaw
Reparations for Slavery?
Documenting the history and scope of federal “reparatory compensation.”
by Jonathan Shaw
The Off-Kilter Economy
Reckoning with inflation and its remedies
by Jonathan Shaw
Where We Went Wrong
A sweeping history of society and the economy in the twentieth century