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Harvard epidemiologist warns of possible tough coronavirus winter ahead

The Boston Globe | 10.6.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Failing the Coronavirus-Testing Test

Trump doesn’t need Russian trolls to spread disinformation. The mainstream media does it for him.

The Washington Post | 10.6.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Voter-Fraud Disinformation Campaign

Against Covid-19, Imperfect Measures Do the Most Good

The New York Times | 10.6.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Failing the Coronavirus-Testing Test

Could the Amazon Save Your Life?

The New York Times | 10.5.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Vita: Alexander Hamilton Rice

Mellon Foundation to Spend $250 Million to Reimagine Monuments

The New York Times | 10.4.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Calhoun-Fall

Public health — not political partisanship — must take the lead in COVID-19 vaccination

The Boston Globe | 10.4.2020

Constance Hall Buchanan, pioneering leader of women’s studies in religion at Harvard, dies at 73

The Boston Globe | 10.4.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: A Shift in the Created Order

Kevin Young, Poet and Author, Is Named to Lead African American Museum

The New York Times | 10.1.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: “Learning to See” and Kicking Off Commencement 2018

The First Photos of Enslaved People Raise Many Questions About the Ethics of Viewing

The New York Times | 9.29.2020

A vote for equity at the polls

The Boston Globe | 9.29.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Egalitarian