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An illustration of social capital, the subject of the book being reviewed, in the form of an individual versus a group working together

Review of new Putnam and Garrett book, “The Upswing,” by Idrees Kahloon

In search of optimism, a sweeping interpretation of American social history

by Idrees Kahloon

Emaciated cattle at a market in the Sahel region of Africa

A Climate Refugee Crisis in the Offing

Detail of a handwritten page from suffragist Susan B. Anthony’s journal, used as an example of the kinds of manuscripts volunteers are transcribing for Harvard libraries and archives.

Harvard libraries welcome volunteers’ help with historical manuscripts

Volunteer transcribers help make Harvard library documents accessible.

by Diane E. Booton

Photograph of Harvard Science Center tent where arriving first-year College students began virus-testing procedures

Harvard’s fall semester: an update

A semester conducted in the shadow of the coronavirus

by John S. Rosenberg

Portrait photos of HAA Award winners

2020 HAA Award winners

Six alumni are honored for significant volunteer service.

Black-and-white photograph of Karl Puchner in 1937 with his wife, young son, and a tiny, barely visible swastika button on his jacket

Review of Martin Puchner’s “The Language of Thieves”

A German American scholar is unsettled by an ancestor’s secret.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Ross Douthat standing in a wooded park

Ross Douthat’s conservative conservatism, a profile by Lydialyle Gibson

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat’s journey through American decadence and upheaval

by Lydialyle Gibson

In Harvard Yard, workers unload gigantic heads of lettuce and other greens from a truck prominently labeled United Farm Workers as students celebrate the University's decision to support the union workers by buying only UFW-certified produce.

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Outdoors at Boston's Armenian Heritage Park

Urban Adventure Quest, Boston

Scavenger-hunting in historic Boston

by Nell Porter-Brown

An abstract illustration of a branching tree shows the varying outcomes of government spending on programs that benefit children

When spending on social programs pays

Economic analysis of U.S. government spending shows that some social programs more than pay for themselves.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Photograph of Louisa Thomas standing outside

Profile of Louisa Thomas, “New Yorker” sports critic

Louisa Thomas takes a different view.

by Jacob Sweet

Black and white photo of a group of Vietnamese children, titled “Schoolchildren Playing Cards”

Photographer Mark Erickson’s street scenes of 1990s Vietnam

Photographer Mark Erickson on the Vietnam he never knew

by Dan Kelly