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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.
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.
Harvard Alumni Association club and SIG awardees
The HAA recognizes those who bolster Harvard clubs and SIGs.
Excerpt from Bernard Bailyn, “Illuminating History”
An addiction to reading
Lindsay Reed, Harvard women’s ice-hockey goalie
The many saves of a six-foot goalie
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.
Excerpt from Adam Cohen, “Supreme Inequality”
A thumb on the scales
Karl May, best-selling German novelist
Brief life of a myth-making writer: 1842-1912