Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
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
Lincoln Caplan reviews “When Should Law Forgive?” by Martha Minow
…and don’t always forgive
Where teachers thrive, students do
Education policy should focus on schools as a whole, not individual teachers, argues Susan Moore Johnson.
Can perfect equality exist?
Eric Nelson says John Rawls led modern philosophy astray.
Sesame Street's fiftieth anniversary party at Harvard
Sesame Street celebrates a 50-year collaboration with Harvard.
Eighth Annual HILT Conference Focuses on Peer Learning
The eighth annual conference of the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching
The Case for Smaller Classes
We look back to one of the classic experiments in education: an attempt to determine the effects of class size on young students’ learning.
John Rawls and the remaking of political philosophy
The lasting influence and limitations of John Rawls’s political philosophy
Updates on Peter Brand, Roland Fryer, the graduate-student union, and more
A coach cashiered, a professor sanctioned, an Allston update, and more
Historian Elizabeth Hinton: a profile
Historian Elizabeth Hinton probes the roots of a gathering crisis.
Adella Hunt Logan
Brief life of a rebellious black suffragist: 1863-1915