Features
Celebrating Integrity
Harvard passes a test of its values, yet challenges loom.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Egalitarian
Danielle Allen’s mission to return equality to the heart of American democracy
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
Who Owns the Robots Rules the World
Most people’s jobs are at risk of becoming robotized, argues labor economist Richard Freeman.
by Richard B. Freeman
Are Animals “Things”?
Animal law takes hold at Harvard Law School.
by Cara Feinberg
Harvard’s Eugenics Era
When academics embraced scientific racism, immigration restrictions, and the suppression of “the unfit”
by Adam S. Cohen
Caleb Strong
Brief life of an exemplary politician: 1745-1819
by Richard D. Brown
Elbow Room
How the Dark Room Collective made space for a generation of African-American writers
by Sophia Nguyen
When Water Is Safer Than Land
Harvard human-rights expert Jacqueline Bhabha critiques the inadequate response to the world’s migration crises.
by Jacqueline Bhabha
Cora Du Bois
Brief life of a formidable anthropologist: 1903-1991
by Susan C. Seymour
Rhetoric and Law
The double life of Richard Posner, America’s most contentious legal reformer
by Lincoln Caplan
Street Doctor
James O’Connell has spent 30 years caring for the homeless.