Social Sciences
The Dark History Behind Chocolate
A Harvard course on the politics and culture of food
by Lydialyle Gibson
Fracking’s Deadly Toll
Harvard researchers find that fracking shortens the lives of elderly Americans living downwind of unconventional oil and gas wells.
by Daniel Oberhaus
Why Aid Cuts Didn’t End Worker Shortages
Why cutting jobless aid during the pandemic didn’t send workers scrambling for work
by Erin O'Donnell
“Ukraine Today, Taiwan Tomorrow?”
The East Asian implications of the Russia-Ukraine War
by Jacob Sweet
Harvard Horizons Spotlights Seven Scholars
Ph.D. students discuss subjects from aliens to infrastructural aesthetics.
by Jacob Sweet
Authoritarian Regimes’ AI Innovation Advantage
Unfettered access to personal data may give Chinese companies an edge in artificial intelligence.
by Daniel Oberhaus
How the Pandemic Killed the Uninfected
COVID-19’s toll on black patients extends to those who never got the virus.
by Erin O'Donnell
The Upward Mobility Problem
Most Americans earn less than their parents did. Can community colleges bridge the gap?
by Nancy Walecki
The Broken Social Contract
Danielle Allen on America’s broken social contract
Gun Violence
The impacts on survivors and their families.
by Jonathan Shaw
Building Native Nations
A Harvard Kennedy School course tackles governance in sovereign Indian territories.
by Juliet Isselbacher