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Toward Racial Justice at Harvard
The University must ensure that race is treated as a society-wide, discipline-wide issue, rather than one that concerns only a select number of individuals.
In Support of Prison Divestment
Private prisons and prison profiteering need to stop. And divestment is the best way for the University to contribute to that ongoing struggle.
Abolish HUPD
A criminal enforcement system like policing, with no such commitment, lacking the trust of many, and with deep, clear institutional blight, is neither compassionate nor sustainable. And it has no place on our campus.
What Comes Next: How Harvard Must Combat Systemic Racism
While many student organizations have organized donation matching efforts (open to all!) for bail funds and anti-racist nonprofits and campaigns, the University as a whole has only sent hollow messages.
From One, Many: What We’ll Remember from Quarantine
With this commencement editorial, we’re stepping back from our collective voice — assessing together our respective times apart.
When We Return: Hope for a New Harvard
Our peers remind us that moral optimism — the courage to imagine a more just University and world — is not futile. We dare to believe that when we return the University can be a more just, self-reflective, and equitable institution.
Bacow: Title IX Changes Require a Trip to Washington
Harvard must use its institutional heft against these changes, which threaten the safety of many students at Harvard as well as on other campuses. This is not a fringe issue.
Plain Speaking for What Comes Next
We hope the administration works to move beyond vague emails and a two-question survey whose value as a genuine inquiry into student opinion seems limited.
What Harvard Sold Jeffrey Epstein
The Epstein report reveals that Harvard served as a powerful platform for a sex offender to pay for a reputation retouch.
The Climate Cannot Wait Until 2050
The cataclysmic effects of climate change pose a global crisis of even greater proportions than the pandemic, and they demand greater action and moral leadership than what Harvard offered this Earth Day.