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I’m a Progressive. Here’s Why I’m Glad Harvard’s New Provost Isn’t.
John F. Manning ’82, Harvard’s newly minted interim provost, is a conservative. He’s also an exceptional pick.
The Title IX Process is Like a Trial. Many Survivors Navigate it Alone.
The Title IX process is often one of the most difficult ordeals a survivor will ever endure. Harvard can show it is serious about protecting students by providing survivors with essential legal support.
Remembering Aaron Bushnell: Palestine and the Legacy of Self-Immolation
The least we can do for Aaron Bushnell is to speak up. To remember him, it is imperative we join the mass movement for Palestine that is working each day on the right side of history.
Trans People Can’t Afford Institutional Neutrality, Harvard.
Harvard can afford to be neutral. But neutrality is a luxury that trans people do not have.
Antisemitism Continues to Thrive in Garber’s Harvard
Harvard needs a president who will protect Jewish students from this explosion of hate. If Garber isn’t up for the job, it’s time for him to step up — or else, step down.
Harvard Can Kill the Diversity-Excellence Dichotomy
We must remind the world of our selectivity and rigor by tightening standards in undergraduate admissions and faculty hiring.
Harvard’s Bubble Economy Is Not the American Economy
We applaud Harvard’s attempt to free its students from the anxieties of navigating rent, groceries, and utilities. But it is important to recognize that this approach produces a cohort of young people insulated from the economy everyone else is waking up to.
It’s Alright to Demand the Disinvitation of Speakers
Speaker disinvitations may often be objectionable. But students have every right to pursue them.
Take It From a Former Activist: Universities Need to be Neutral
Embracing the Kalven report can effectively sever the administration’s subtle yet influential grip on campus discourse and perspectives.
Institutional Neutrality or Institutional Deception?
There are other things we can do to harden the University to the present sense of siege.
Which Side Are You On?
The legacies we pursue and ultimately leave behind serve as a testament to our values, aspirations, and the very essence of our character.
Stop Telling Me There Are Only Two Sexes
We must not accept the binary as an indisputable and restrictive truth.
Fixing Fraud in College Admissions
As college applications grow steadily more competitive, students have been pushed to ever-greater lengths to gain admission — including mounting pressures to embellish or outright falsify application data.
Harvard Doesn’t Need a President, Yet
Harvard has no permanent president. Let’s keep it that way — for now.
Let Fascist Republicans Speak at Harvard
We should invite MAGA Republicans to speak at Harvard — even though they’re fascists.
How Harvard Killed Its Best Title IX Resource
The change from OSAPR to OGE may seem inconsequential, but the gutting of OSAPR was not just another administrative consolidation — it meant the loss of perhaps the best-known, most-trusted resource for survivors on Harvard’s campus.
The Corporate Balancing Act No One Can Win
If we desire to create an economy where everyone can balance commitments to both family and career, we must think critically about which industries set our standards for success, prestige, and worthiness.
Free Speech Aids Racial Justice. Activists Must Defend It.
This alienation between supporters of civil rights and civil liberties is harmful and avoidable. Reconciliation is essential and urgently needed.
New York Times, Get out of My School
Politics this, plagiarism that. Harvard is in the limelight, which means that the student journalists of the Harvard Crimson have picked up some competition.
Young Scholars Are Not the Enemies of Free Speech on Campus
Younger scholars are not the enemies of free speech on campus.
Higher Education Has a Viewpoint Diversity Problem. Here’s How to Respond.
Harvard scholars and leadership would do well to recall Richard Feynman’s wise words: “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.”
When Harvard Became Black
As we reflect on our rich tradition, we have a choice: Lose our connection to it or allow it to inform our quest for Justice in the here and now.
Investing in Trans Inclusion Isn’t a Choice. It’s Harvard’s Imperative.
People can be trans at Harvard, but Harvard isn’t meaningfully invested in supporting trans people.