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Why America’s Strategy For Reducing Racial Inequality Failed
Harvard professor Christina Cross debunks the myth of the two-parent Black family.
by Saima Sidik
The argument for geographically targeted economic interventions
Could place-based policies solve regional economic and social problems?
by Oset Babür
Ranking Extinctions by Ecological Impact
New research on extinctions shows that their ecological impact can’t be measured in numbers of species lost.
When Capital Trumps Labor
In the antebellum South, slavery was paired with modern business practices.
Probing the language of emotion
Developmental psychologists find a surprising relationship between age and emotional understanding.
Harvard’s HouseZero, the building that thinks
The Center for Green Buildings and Cities aims to reduce energy used to heat and cool buildings to nearly zero.
Air quality’s critical impact on U.S. mortality rates
Harvard researchers revisit and reaffirm a controversial environmental study.
by Oset Babür
Behavioral “nudges” boost student performance
Interventions that mobilize family support networks have powerful effects.
Dipayan Ghosh on how Russia hacked its way into our politics
The digital tools advertisers rely on can be easily manipulated to influence public opinion on politics.
by Oset Babür
Harvard researchers discuss Southern politics’ roots in slavery
A new book traces today’s politics back to chattel slavery.
Sexual imprinting and speciation in deer mice
Mate choice is often controlled by genetics, but sometimes culture plays a role.