Social Sciences
Breaking Bread
Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.
by Jack R. Trapanick
Culture in the Cold War
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
Shaping Cities
Stephen Gray pioneers equitable urban design.
by Jacob Sweet
Due Process
Jeannie Suk Gersen on the law, trauma, and “the rhetoric of believing”
by Lydialyle Gibson
“A Prayer for Our Country”
Author Isabel Wilkerson kicks off a Harvard speaker series on storytelling and public health.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Coronavirus Mutations Threaten to Worsen Pandemic
Despite vaccines, Harvard scientists warn, more-transmissible variants make COVID-19 harder to control.
by Jonathan Shaw
Will Congress Fix the Testing Debacle?
Amid skirmishing on the stimulus bill, another chance for wider viral detection
by Jonathan Shaw
Can Financial Crises Be Predicted?
Contrary to expert belief, some financial crises can be predicted—and perhaps averted.
by Jonathan Shaw
First-Gen Inclusion and Belonging
Rachel Gable’s research on helping first-generation and low-income students succeed at elite colleges
by John S. Rosenberg
The Loneliness Pandemic
As the country isolates, are we all alone?
by Jacob Sweet
The American Exception
How faith shapes economic and social policy