Social Sciences
Breaking Bread
Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.
by Jack R. Trapanick
“From Neither Here Nor There”
Sociologist Roberto Gonzales on the predicament of undocumented young people
by Lydialyle Gibson
The Indispensable Power
On restoring American leadership through diplomacy
by Nicholas Burns
Electoral Eccentricity
Problematic features of the Electoral College
At Home with Harvard: Racial Justice
Selections from Harvard Magazine's extensive coverage of racism, inequality, and incarceration
Pandemic in the Workplace
Nearly half of early COVID-19 transmission was work-related—a cautionary note as the economy reopens.
by Jonathan Shaw
A Pandemic Full of Heartbreaks
A conversation on health disparities, with Paul Farmer and Evelynn Hammonds
by Lydialyle Gibson
COVID-19 May Be Much More Contagious Than We Thought
A critical scientific question that bears on policies for fighting the pandemic
by Jonathan Shaw
The Pandemic's Unequal Toll
A Radcliffe Institute online discussion of health disparities laid bare by coronavirus
by Lydialyle Gibson
At Home with Harvard: Rewriting History
From race and colonization to genetics and paleohistory, our favorite stories about the people reshaping the study of history
The Risks of Homeschooling
Elizabeth Bartholet highlights risks when parents have 24/7 authoritarian control over their children.
by Erin O'Donnell