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Karl May, best-selling German novelist

Brief life of a myth-making writer: 1842-1912

What Trump Means for John Roberts’s Legacy

Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.

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Harvard In the News

A legal victory against Trump, hazing in the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, and kicking off a Crimson football season with style

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The Life of a Harvard Spy

Richard Skeffington Welch’s illustrious—and clandestine—career in the CIA