Nation & World

The canonization of Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero, who was killed by a death squad while celebrating Mass in 1980, reflects Pope Francis’ focus on “those who are in need.”

A Harvard student project won an award in Paris for its design of a mobile hygiene unit to aid refugees.

“Who Belongs: Global Citizenship and Gender in the 21st Century,” Radcliffe’s annual gender conference, touched on topics as varied as the hijab and the history of citizenship in America.

New IOP poll finds that young adults don’t trust much, not even the big tech companies. Perhaps that’s why the findings also say they’re promising to turn out for the midterm elections in November in larger numbers.

Making “a case for the small,” Harvard’s Danielle Allen tells symposium that progress in Civil Rights isn’t just about breakthroughs.

Faith helped former gymnast surmount abuse by sports physician Larry Nassar, she tells Harvard audience.

Harvard’s South Asia Institute is examining the history and ramifications of the violent Partition of British India in 1947 into what would eventually become India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

A Nieman Fellow recounts how he and his reporting partner broke the Panama Papers international finance scandal two years ago.

A federal jury found the former president of Bolivia and his defense minister responsible for extrajudicial killings carried out by Bolivian military forces in 2003. Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic was part of the legal team representing eight victims’ relatives.

Harvard scholars reflect on the life, death, and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., 50 years after his assassination in Memphis, Tenn.

A group of Harvard Law School students traveled to Puerto Rico over spring break to offer legal aid to local residents, who are still struggling to get disaster relief from the federal government, six months after Hurricane Maria.

Current and former NFL players took part in a Harvard Law School discussion on criminal justice reform.

Harvard Divinity School Ministry Innovation Fellows diagnose what ails America’s soul and suggest a course of healing in their study “Care of Souls.”

Academic freedom is an important pillar of open societies, but at a Harvard forum, two panelists worried that aspects of it are being targeted both globally and in the U.S.

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At Harvard, they explain their dedication to reducing gun deaths, and their devotion to keep pushing.

Simon Saradzhyan, founder of the Russia Matters project at Harvard Kennedy School, discusses the upcoming election, in which President Vladimir Putin should coast to victory despite harsh criticism from abroad.

The DACA seminar, a series of events highlighting diverse facets of immigration, held “A Day of Hope & Resistance,” with workshops led by artists, poets, and musicians.

Harvard Kennedy School’s Swanee Hunt discussed the lessons learned from the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide — key among them, empowering women — in advance of “Women Rising, Here and Abroad,” her talk as the Lowell lecturer at Harvard Extension School.

The successful effort to ban landmines could be a blueprint for a campaign against nuclear arms, Harvard Law School panel says.

Harvard is hosting a conference on prison education, bringing to campus for the first time formerly incarcerated students and activists.

There are echoes from U.S. history in recent political and cultural animosity toward minorities and immigrants, Harvard Kennedy School panelists say.

The Department of Defense’s new review of U.S. nuclear policy and capabilities calls for an end to decades of disarmament efforts and a return to superpower arms race, not just with Russia but China. The added dimension of cyber warfare further complicates matters.

The long history behind the #MeToo movement and its future impact were the focus of a discussion with Harvard scholars at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

A former chief of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service says technology and China’s rise are among the greatest national-security challenges facing the West.

An interview with Graduate School of Education Professor Roberto Gonzales, one of the organizers of the DACA seminar, a series of events that highlight diverse facets of immigration involving students.

The decline of white, Christian America from its long majority status has prompted national pushback, author says.

New York Times columnist David Brooks touched on tribalism, community, and more in a discussion at the Ash Center.

Tired of waiting for change, a group of articulate high school students who survived the Feb. 14 mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., have taken the reins from adults to push for more gun safety regulations to prevent another mass shooting. A Harvard lecturer suggests what the movement may need next.

A Harvard professor’s new book sees the Cold War as a much longer confrontation, dating to the 1890s and affecting many more countries than usually thought.