Commentary
In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.
Harvard Football: Villanova 52, Harvard 7
The Crimson’s inaugural playoff appearance is nasty, brutish, and short.
Letters from our readers
Authoritarianism, labor law, climate change, and more
The View from Mass Hall
President Bacow on encountering—and coming to terms with—COVID-19
On faculties and longer-range planning for Harvard
Faculty governance and long-range intellectual planning for Harvard
The Undergraduate on power and the denial of scholarship
A student scientist contemplates power and the denial of scholarship.
Ways to cope with the federal debt
The politics, policymaking, and public consequences of mounting government debt—and how to cope with it
David Cutler on trimming U.S. healthcare costs
Administrative costs, greed, overutilization—can these drivers of U.S. medical costs be curbed?
by David Cutler
The College Pump
Houseboating in Boston Harbor, Apthorp North, and clothing counts
by Primus VI
The End of Spontaneity
Lauren Fadiman ’21 on being away from college, where one is never alone
A Harvard Senior’s Call to the Home Front
“We are the generation that is coming of age in the COVID-19 crisis,” writes Lauren Spohn ’20. “What can we build? What can we sacrifice? What risks can we take?”
by Lauren Spohn
Harvard at Dusk
“I feel lucky that I took for granted my Harvard experience before its abrupt end.”
by Julie Chung