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Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Pippa Norris on the global rise of populist authoritarianism

Harvard political scientist Pippa Norris chronicles the rise of populist authoritarians in Western democracies.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Professor arrested, giving guidelines, and a grad-student union update

A professor arrested, gift-giving guidelines, and an update on the graduate-student union

Short-term increases in air pollution linked to several new diseases

Researchers studying 95 million Medicare records find new fine-particle impacts in the blood, gut, skin, kidneys, and other organs.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard Alumni Association club and SIG awardees

The HAA recognizes those who bolster Harvard clubs and SIGs.

Lindsay Reed, Harvard women’s ice-hockey goalie

The many saves of a six-foot goalie

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Law School professor Alan Jenkins

A brief look at a Harvard Law School professor's long journey

by Jacob Sweet

Letters from our readers

Beautiful math, guns, sexual harassment, and more

Index funds defer to corporate management

Index funds cast a large proportion of proxy votes in U.S. companies, but take a hands-off approach with management.

by Erin O’Donnell

Karl May, best-selling German novelist

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

by Eugene Stelzig