Social Sciences
Breaking Bread
Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.
by Jack R. Trapanick
Could College Be Free?
David Deming says existing federal higher-education subsidies, if redeployed, could make public colleges free.
by Cherone Duggan
The Coming Eldercare Tsunami
Can technology coupled with cultural understanding improve the health and wellness of the elderly?
by Jonathan Shaw
Forum: Doing Less Harm
David Hemenway advocates a pragmatic, public-health-based solution to gun homicides and suicides.
by David Hemenway
Why We Eat What We Do
“Resetting the Table,” a new exhibit at the Peabody Museum, examines American food traditions.
by Jacob Sweet
Can the Catholic Church Help Explain Western Psychology?
A social-science analysis of how Catholicism transformed Western culture
by Drew Pendergrass
Medicine for an Ailing Democracy
How to reform voting and elections in the United States to create a representative democracy
by Jonathan Shaw
Reforming the Electoral College
A conference at Harvard Law School focused on reform of the Electoral College
by Cherone Duggan
Lightning Strikes Twice
Professor Michael Kremer shares the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences with two scholars from MIT.
"Stories Are Powerful"
Harvard and the University of Michigan’s second joint summit on opioids addresses stigma, race, and access to care.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Where Teachers Thrive, Students Do
Education policy should focus on schools as a whole, not individual teachers, argues Susan Moore Johnson.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova