Commentary
In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.
Jack Reardon and Walter Cabot, Remembered
Plus, veteran higher education leader Thomas Ehrlich reflects on university curricula for his 70th reunion
by Primus VI
Letters on American democracy, voting fraud, and students and cigarettes
Letters on compromise, constitutional revision, voting fraud, American democracy, and students and cigarettes
Andrea Louise Campbell reviews The Unheavenly Chorus, on skewed political power
Andrea Louise Campbell reviews The Unheavenly Chorus, by Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba, and Henry E. Brady.
Excerpt from Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot’s book "Exit:The Endings That Set Us Free”
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot on life's liberating exits
An undergraduate journalist gains experience working at a newspaper in Chile.
A young journalist gains experience in Chile.
by Andrew Chow
Lawrence Lessig Q&A
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Column by Harvard President Drew Faust
A letter from President Drew Faust
Letters on Senator Franken, dating, taxes, lilacs, the lecture, primate research
Letters on E.O. Wilson, Senator Franken, dating data, Overseers, lecture lessons, softball, basketball, taxes, lilacs, and primate research
Perfection isn't perfect: an undergraduate perspective on its human cost
The Undergraduate considers the human cost of perfection.
by Isabel Ruane
Harvard's Alexandar Keyssar analyzes voter suppression measures
Voting rights and partisan practices in a highly contested election year
Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson urge compromise in U.S. politics
Continuous campaigning and gridlocked governing in American politics