Nation & World

Professors who are also good friends join Clipper Round the World yacht race

Tech, society expert Sherry Turkle warns growing number of chatbots for companionship isn’t good for individuals, or democracy

Members to detail role of tribe in making of new film, legacy of murders on community at Kennedy School event

Harvard faculty examine legacy of Henry Kissinger

Scholar says increasing numbers of young adults are weighing what is best for planet, children

Can the Israelis and Palestinians find peace? Scholars discuss — and debate — long history of conflict, prospects for a durable accord

Opportunity Insights researcher notes how opportunity, preparation differences begin early, play major role in success, suggests possible solutions

Trauma expert speaks from brutal experience

Longtime China watcher Tony Saich says two nations want to stabilize ties a bit amid troubling levels of tension

Hundreds of flight attendants argued wearing formaldehyde-treated gear triggered health issues

Danielle Allen says ordinary citizens need to step up, calls for formation of cross-ideological supermajority committed to revitalizing system

Steven Dettelbach cites advances in gun technology, lack of restrictions on access, says change will come when Americans demand it.

Some analysts fear it could lead to violence; others note nation has had other worrisome periods; all agree it’s not a good trend for democracy.

New book traces path of scion of prominent GOP family from Harvard M.B.A. to Bain & Co., Mass. State House, U.S. Senate amid rise of Trump.

Harvard Chan School’s David Hemenway on the rampage in Maine, how ordinary citizens should respond, and the question he hears from horrified students new to the U.S.

New York Times tech reporter examines case of face-recognition software firm, repercussions for privacy, civil liberties, particularly involving law enforcement, social media.

New book puts mid-century unions at center of Rust Belt identity and social life. Shifting economy splintered community and fostered disillusionment.

Big data shows that being rich matters a lot more than how hard someone works. Raj Chetty and Michael Sandel offer insights as part of the Reimagining the Economy series.

Berkman Klein Center affiliate points up the need for a legal framework to govern peacetime intelligence operations.

Psychologist examines genesis of online groups of sexually embittered men, roots in evolutionary behavior, why some turn violent.

Surgeon general calls mental health risks “pivotal issue in public health.”

Harvard’s Caroline Light, an expert on history of firearms restrictions examines upcoming landmark Supreme Court case.

Former Google chairman Eric Schmidt details disruptions, dangers technology will bring to economy, national security, other aspects of American life.

Viewed as example of American ingenuity, prized military weapon exploded in popularity, best known now as tool to kill innocent people.

The roughly three-year initiative is designed to further understanding of ethnic and religious violence while advancing solutions.

Harvard sociologist says her new book, “Seeing Others: How Recognition Works — And How It Can Heal a Divided World,” is a call to “recenter our understanding of inequality.”

Harvard laureates say it gave bully pulpit, brought invitations to speak (sometimes on subjects they know nothing about), meet kings (and play poker with Steve Martin).

Marshall Ganz started at Harvard but took some time off — about three decades — to become Civil Rights, labor, political organizer, and finally scholar, mentor.

Anti-vaxxers, others benefited from mistrust engendered by early stumbles in messaging about virus, prevention, says New York Times health and science reporter Apoorva Mandavilli.

Comparison with other communities finds rate is 62 percent higher, according to new study.