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April 11, 2023
Tori Otten
Harvard Names Graduate School After Republican Billionaire Megadonor Who Loves Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis is leading an attack on academic freedom. And Ken Griffin is one of his biggest financial backers.
March 8, 2023
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Pablo Manríquez
Republicans Hate “Transgenderism”—but Is That All They Hate?
They insist they see a distinction between the -ism and the human beings. But the legislative attack on trans rights continues apace.
February 17, 2023
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Daniel Strauss
Christopher Rufo Claims a Degree from “Harvard.” Umm... Not Quite
The activist who is now a leading education policy figure on the right actually matriculated at Harvard Extension School. There’s a difference.
October 12, 2022
Apocalypse Soon
Ilana Cohen
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Michael E. Mann
Princeton Will Stop Taking Oil Money. Now the Pressure Is on Harvard, MIT, and Columbia.
Rich, elite institutions should stop taking donations from the fossil fuel industry immediately, to preserve the integrity of their climate research.
January 24, 2022
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Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Gets Ready to End Affirmative Action
Conservative legal activists looking to roll back the legal remedies for historical racial discrimination couldn’t ask for a more accommodating high court.
January 25, 2021
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William Hogeland
Against the Consensus Approach to History
How not to learn about the American past
December 23, 2020
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Win McCormack
Meritocracy on Trial
It undermines equality and the common good.
August 21, 2020
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J.C. Pan
The Conservative Misdirection of the Affirmative Action Debate
The battle over Ivy League admissions focuses on a handful of elite schools and ignores deeper educational inequalities exacerbated by Covid-19.
April 28, 2020
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Kate Aronoff
Don’t Let Larry Summers Block Climate Progress Again
He torpedoed clean energy plans in the Obama administration. Now he’s advising Joe Biden.
September 4, 2019
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Daniel Bessner
The Fog of Intervention
Samantha Power did not set out to justify war.
August 28, 2019
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Nick Martin
Deporting Harvard Students Was Always the Goal
Trump's anti-immigration policies were introduced with talk of "rapists" and "murderers," but that was just a pretext to come after the rest.
May 18, 2019
Lucy Caldwell
Harvard Was Right to Fire Ron Sullivan
The ex-lawyer for Harvey Weinstein isn't a victim of political correctness or #MeToo excess. He put his professional brand above his students' welfare.
April 2, 2019
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Max Holleran
The Dean
Out of the ruins of war, Walter Gropius made a vital political community.
October 23, 2018
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Samuel Moyn
A War Without Civilian Deaths?
What arguments for a more humane approach to war conceal
October 23, 2018
Jonathan Zimmerman
How Colleges Fail Young Trump Supporters
Students who back the president are afraid to speak up. Professors should encourage them to break their silence.
May 30, 2018
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Jillian Steinhauer
Outside the Comfort Zone
Adrian Piper’s art plays with identity and confronts defensiveness.
January 16, 2018
Sarah Jones
For disgraced Republicans, there’s always Harvard.
October 5, 2017
Emily Atkin
Harvard is already using Trump’s failures in Puerto Rico as a teachable lesson.
September 25, 2017
Graham Vyse
Betsy DeVos is headlining Harvard’s Koch-backed conference on school choice—with no critics of school choice.
September 15, 2017
Clio Chang
People like Chelsea Manning have always been unwelcome at places like Harvard.
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