Alumni | November-December 2021
People-Powered Journalism
At Democracy Now! Amy Goodman goes “where the silence is.”
Sandra Susan Smith, profiled by Marina Bolotnikova
Sandra Susan Smith studies work and incarceration in an unequal, atomized America.
Profile of Radhika Jones
Radhika Jones at the helm of Vanity Fair
How cartographers filled “empty” space with animals
The era of imaginative mapmaking
Peabody Museum Discovers Possible Slave Remains in Its Collections
“We must begin to confront the reality of a past in which academic curiosity and opportunity overwhelmed humanity,” Harvard president Lawrence Bacow wrote.
Most Harvard Staff Will Be Remote through June 30
And other changes to Harvard’s COVID-19 workforce policies
Appeals Court Rules in Harvard’s Favor in Admissions Lawsuit
The latest ruling in a yearslong lawsuit alleging that the College’s admissions process discriminates against Asian-Americans
Up Close (Virtually) with the Forbes Pigment Collection
Harvard’s world-famous collection of colors can now be enjoyed from home.
See Their Faces
Confronting “some of the most challenging images in the history of photography”
Right Now | November-December 2020
When spending on social programs pays
Economic analysis of U.S. government spending shows that some social programs more than pay for themselves.
John Harvard's Journal | November-December 2020
Appeals Court considers Harvard admissions lawsuit
The First Circuit Court of Appeals will rule on a much-watched lawsuit that could determine the future of affirmative action.
Montage | November-December 2020
Review of Martin Puchner’s “The Language of Thieves”
A German American scholar is unsettled by an ancestor’s secret.