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House Rejects Measure to Bar Military Force in Venezuela

The New York Times | 1.22.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard Scholars Discuss Venezuela After Maduro

Trump Rescinds Canada’s Invitation to Join His ‘Board of Peace’

The New York Times | 1.23.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Mark Carney on the Limits of Soft Power

Harvard found a way to the women’s Beanpot trophy, but all four teams take lessons into the season’s homestretch

The Boston Globe | 1.21.2026

6 daily habits to slow aging, from a Harvard brain expert

The Washington Post | 1.21.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Ask a Harvard Professor with Rudolph Tanzi and Your Brain on Exercise

This Harvard professor spent 8 years traveling the world researching the secret history of capitalism and how ‘marginal’ and ‘weak’ it used to be

Fortune | 1.18.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Beckert's “Empire of Cotton” Wins a Bancroft Prize in History and History turns toward the global, the scientific, and the quantitative

Washington Needs A Stadium As Grand as Harvard's

The Wall Street Journal | 1.20.2026

Trump Imposes Limited Tariffs on Foreign Semiconductors

The New York Times | 1.14.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Five Questions with Willy Shih

A Crypto Revolt Against a Crypto Bill

The New York Times | 1.15.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Crypto—To Regulate or Not?

A Tale of Two Meetings: Trump Chooses Oil Over Democracy

The New York Times | 1.16.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard Scholars Discuss Venezuela After Maduro

Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip

The New York Times | 1.15.2026