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The School of Public Health’s Palestine Program is Complicit in Discrimination

By Barak Medina
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The Crimson’s Oct. 11 report about the controversy over the Harvard School of Public Health’s collaboration with Birzeit University missed the central aspect of the dilemma.

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Back Up, Congress. Your Probe Is Useless.

The House probe is a prime example of political theater.

Op Eds

Broken Tools, Missing Chairs: Harvard Undersupports Underrepresented Kids in STEM

While the University touts its commitment to diversifying STEM fields, I have experienced how these initiatives can fall short due to inadequate resources.

Editorials

President Garber, Follow Your Own Policy

Five months ago, Harvard announced that the University and its leaders would refrain from weighing in on public controversies. Did anyone bother to tell University President Alan M. Garber ’76?

Opinion's Choice

  1. The Editorial Board's Guide to The 2024 Board of Overseers Election
  2. Allston Is Gentrifying, but Harvard Isn’t To Blame
  3. Harvard Must Learn Its Lesson. Institutional Neutrality Is Step One.
  4. We’re Really Sorry About That Antisemitic Cartoon, Guys
  5. Harvard Admissions Should Be More Meritocratic

Editorials

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Dissent: Time's up for Time Caps

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Every single person on the Editorial Board benefits from the labor of academic workers. It’s a shame the Board refuses to reciprocate.

Harvard Has To Stop Pushing Out Its Best Teachers

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When the best and brightest of the best and brightest come to Harvard, we shouldn’t let them walk away on a technicality.

The Pro-Palestine Coalition Must Not Excuse a Massacre

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The pro-Palestine coalition must find a way to engage over these issues with compassion. We all must.

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It’s My Job To Find the People Harvard Enslaved. It Can’t Outrun History.

I did not come to Harvard to compromise Harvard’s principles or tarnish Harvard’s name – or my own for that matter.

October 7th’s Twin Crises — In Israel and at Harvard

The gruesome images of Hamas’s slaughter on October 7, 2023 only hint at the scars that day and its aftermath have left on the Jewish community.

I’m an Israeli Professor at Harvard. It Has Never Been Harder.

By Boaz Barak
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Being an Israeli-American faculty member at Harvard has been complicated since October 7th.

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To Be a Harvard Man

It shouldn’t be so difficult to say “I write about transgender issues at Harvard.” But as simple as they sound, these seven words make a whole world of difference.

Clubs, Classes, Houses: When Survivors of Sexual Assault Can’t Avoid Their Assaulters

Students shouldn’t have to trade the clubs and Houses they love for safety and peace of mind.

Sections Are Way Too Big

Our sections are too large, and students lose a lot of learning as a result.

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