Letters
Letter to the Editor: Abolishing HUPD Is Not The Answer
HUPD is not innocent of aggressive policing, but abolishing HUPD is not the answer to systemic racism in the criminal justice system, either for America in general or Harvard in particular.
Letter to the Editor: My Own Experience of Inequity and Progress in Harvard’s Anthropology Department
If the potentially transformative measures currently being eyed go forth, as I hope they will, they won’t be solely the outcome of such accusations, or even of new and dynamic departmental leadership.
Harvard Coalition Pens Letter to President Bacow Calling for Racial Justice
The Harvard Coalition for Black Lives, a group spanning multiple schools and student organizations, penned a letter to University President Lawrence S. Bacow Friday asking the University to take a number of actions to promote racial justice.
Letter to the Editor: The Dignity of Dorm Crew
While not always glamorous or exciting, there is dignity in custodial work that is worthy of a more nuanced and thoughtful examination by the Harvard community.
Responding to University Carbon-Neutral Pledge, Activist Groups Reiterate Divestment Demands
After Harvard pledged to transition its endowment to carbon-neutral by 2050, fossil fuel divestment activists wrote a letter to University administrators Wednesday urging them to take “drastic climate action.”
Letter to the Editor: In Response to ‘The End of the Harvard Century’
My hope is for students to be exposed to a broad range of ideas (which is why I invited Mr. Teng, among others, to speak in my class in the spring of 2015) and to form their own judgments about China's past and present.
Harvard Researchers Advocate Economic Aid for ‘Devastated’ Native American Tribes Amid Pandemic
Harvard researchers sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin last week advocating for support for Native American tribes facing economic hardship in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Myth of Infinite Money
Limitations on federal debt are not simply theoretical constructs from “mainstream discourse” in economics as the author suggests; they are historical facts.
HKS Equity Coalition
The Equity Coalition at Harvard Kennedy School drafted a letter advocating for increased diversity within the school's culture and environment.
HKS Dean Elmendorf’s Response Too Little Too Late
While we appreciate Dean Douglas W. Elmendorf’s engagement and the steps the Kennedy School has taken, they are too little too late.
Letter to the Editor: Athletes Can Change Their Minds, Too
The freedom to change your mind and to acquire new interests — that is, the right to an education in the full sense of the term — belongs to athletes at Harvard every bit as much as it belongs to other Harvard students.
Hundreds of Harvard Affiliates Sign Letter Protesting India’s Citizenship Amendment Act
More than 220 Harvard affiliates signed a letter to the Indian government supporting protests against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act and condemning suppression of student protests at Indian universities.
Harvard Professors Sign Letter Supporting President Trump’s Impeachment
Twenty-five Harvard faculty joined more than 1,500 historians to sign an open letter Monday denouncing President Donald J. Trump’s “numerous and flagrant abuses of power” and calling for his impeachment.
Letter to the Editor: In Response to 'Still Waiting for Nuance'
In response to The Crimson’s staff editorial, “Still Waiting for Nuance” (October 9), I wish to clarify Harvard's unrecognized single-gender social organizations policy and our procedures for enforcing it.
Letter to the Editor: Context Matters
We also believe that context is everything in thinking about the use of images such as this flag. We would never wave it at a Japan-South Korea sporting event, where it functions as a provocation to Korean fans. We condemn those who do so.
Letter to the Editor: Divestment, So Much More than Optics
At the end of the day, Divest Harvard is fueled not by fear, but by hope. The climate crisis is not a lost cause. It’s an overwhelming challenge and that’s why we’re starting at home.
Students Lobby University to Tenure Latinx Studies Professor
More than a dozen students have launched a letter-writing campaign in support of Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literature and History and Literature Lorgia Garcia Peña’s bid for tenure.
Letter to the Editor: Promoting an Inclusive Community for All GSAS Students
Inclusion and belonging are a priority for me as dean, as it was for my predecessors. I’ve seen firsthand the efforts of the Dudley House leadership, staff, and fellows to make Dudley a welcoming home for all students.
Letter to the Editor: The Agenda-Setter's Veto
Yet as trust lies at the core of civil debate, clear efforts to restore that trust would carry far more weight than lecturing us about the dangers of inconveniencing the administration.
Letter to the Editor: A Clarification on Embedded EthiCS
We want to clarify a couple of things in the staff editorial just so that readers have a better understanding of where the program is.
Mothers of Opioid Victims Urge Harvard to Remove Sackler Name, Bacow Refuses
The mothers’ efforts to pressure the University come at a time when other prestigious institutions that have received donations from the Sacklers are grappling with similar entreaties from activists.
Letter to the Editor: Editorial Board Fell Short on UC
A recent piece by The Crimson Editorial Board criticizing the outgoing leadership of the Undergraduate Council — of which I am the former Vice President — represents a failure of adequate research.
Letter to the Editor: Article Misrepresented Dershowitz
Virginia Roberts leveled her false accusations four years ago. At the time, I disproved them categorically.
Letter to the Editor: Queer Love is Beautiful, Too
Every healthy and consensual sexual preference and practice is valid, and we criticize the shaming of sex that falls into this category.
Letter to the Editor: Proposed Tax Would Undermine Massachusetts’ Education, Innovation Ecosystem
The proposed endowment tax would be a step back and would directly undermine Massachusetts’ strong higher education sector and all that it enables.