Social Sciences
Breaking Bread
Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.
by Jack R. Trapanick
Plants on a Changing Planet
How long will the world’s forests impound carbon below ground?
by Jonathan Shaw
The Homelessness Public Health Crisis
Homelessness has surged in the United States, with devastating effects on the public health system.
by Lydialyle Gibson
AI: The Course
A new Harvard course on artificial intelligence teaches students how to use the tool responsibly.
by Jonathan Shaw
Private Equity and the Practice of Medicine
Hundreds of U.S. hospitals are owned by private equity firms—does monetizing medicine affect the quality of care?
by Colleen Walsh
Universities in Public Debates
Institutional position-taking at Harvard and in higher education
by Jonathan Shaw
How Air Pollution Affects Our Brains
An expert Harvard panel discusses the links between air pollution and dementia, learning, mental health, and mood.
by Jonathan Shaw
Fictions about the Forces Driving Migration
Glenda Carpio on the new migration narrative
by Nina Pasquini
Controlling AI Influence over Consumers
When pricing algorithms take advantage of an individual’s ignorance, legal scrutiny is in order.
by Max J. Krupnick
Geopolitics and the Energy Transition
International relations during the shift to a net-zero economy
by Jonathan Shaw
Cousins in the Ancient World
Long-distance human migration and population bottlenecks revealed in ancient DNA
by Jonathan Shaw