Commentary
In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.
Trump Administration Appeals Order Restoring $2.7 Billion in Funding to Harvard
The appeal, which had been expected, came two days before the deadline to file.
Readers submit their favorite Harvard quotations
Readers: submit your favorite quotations about Harvard and by Harvard figures.
Teaching and learning: readers share experiences and advice for the University
Readers: share your experiences and pedagogical advice for the University.
Sharing academic hurdles and career choices with your student mom
The Undergraduate and her law-student mom ponder career choices.
Letters from our readers
The psyche, kindergarten, more mushroom verse
Readers discuss their experiences with stereotypes and snap judgments
Have you had stereotypes applied to you? Do you notice your own snap judgments? Join our reader discussion.
An undergraduate woman comes to terms with feminism
The Undergraduate comes to terms, on her own terms, with feminism.
by Sarah Zhang
Excerpt from "Reading Obama," by James T. Kloppenberg
Deliberative democracy, philosophical pragmatism, and Barack Obama's conception of American governance
What was a white, Jewish Yankees fan doing singing with Kuumba at Fenway?
As the Kuumba Singers back up President Faust at Fenway Park, a student learns more about life than she ever imagined when she came to Harvard.
Why one summer intern wasn't annoyed to be asked to fetch coffee
Notes on a summer of newsprint, headlines—and coffee
Excerpt from "Because It Is Wrong," by Charles and Gregory Fried
Father and son, lawyer and philosopher debate torture, surveillance, and presidential power