Charles M. Covit
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Islamism, the Subject We Still Avoid at Harvard
Harvard rarely shies away from the world’s toughest human rights challenges. This should be no exception.
Harvard’s Plan to Freeze Custodian Wages is Cruelly Hypocritical
Harvard’s solving its financial challenges on the backs of low-wage, likely largely minority custodial workers would be wrong in any case. But when one considers how Harvard’s diversity bureaucracy has exploded in recent years, their treatment looks cruelly hypocritical.
Harvard’s Hyperfixation on Israel Is Academically Unserious
As Harvard wages the necessary battle to defend what truly matters in its looming battle with the administration — the billions of dollars Harvard receives for critical education and research — it will need to be able to make an honest case that, as University President Alan M. Garber ’76 has claimed, it is committed to the fight against antisemitism.
Dissent: On Tyrannical Middle Eastern Regimes, the Editorial Board Wavers
Harvard has taken millions of dollars from countries with reprehensible human rights records, including Bangladesh, Qatar, and others. Does the Board truly believe Qatar sends Harvard money simply because of a benevolent urge to support academia and research in Cambridge?
The Antisemitism Settlements Made Progress. Will Harvard Follow Through?
The adoption of the IHRA definition, even if meant to appease a new presidential administration, should be celebrated. But such a policy change is a bandage on an internal wound. Harvard still has work to do — if it cares to do it.
Reading the PSC Statement, I Have Never Been Prouder of the Jewish State
The PSC statement, despite all but endorsing a slaughter of my own people, did absolutely nothing to harm Israel. It only proved the need for a Jewish state is stronger than ever.
Dissent: The Editorial Board is Scared to Say The Obvious
As we mourn, we continue to believe that maintaining the sanctity of all life — including all Jews and Palestinians — is not just a possibility but a moral duty. We only wish that our peers would too.
Why Is a Harvard Center Celebrating a Man Israel Convicted of Murder?
Platforming and celebrating Abu Srour without even describing to potential attendees the crimes he’s alleged of committing is wrong — and provides yet another indication of anti-Israel bias at CMES.
FSJP Blocked Me on Instagram. Are They Really Free Speech Warriors?
Now, more than ever, we must engage in conversations about the existence of antisemitism at Harvard. I can only hope that our professors will not shut us down.
Al-Quds Day at Harvard
This is not pro-peace activism. Harvard must do better.
Latest Media
With Billions at Risk, Eight Affiliates React
Across the country, the White House has taken the unprecedented step of dangling federal funds as a bargaining chip in its engagement with universities. This week, they came to Harvard under the auspices of an investigation into antisemitism. At a crossroads for our University and higher education as a whole, hear from eight affiliates — among them a former Harvard Hillel President, experts on authoritarianism, and a graduate suing the University — on what comes next. — Max A. Palys ’26 and Saul I.M. Arnow ’26, Editorial Chairs
Harvard Settles, Eight Affiliates React
After more than a year of debate about Harvard’s handling of campus antisemitism, the University has taken its most forceful steps to date. In settling two lawsuits alleging antisemitic discrimination, Harvard adopted a new definition of antisemitism, instituted anti-discrimination protections for Zionists, and pledged to form a partnership with an Israeli university. For the eight Harvard affiliates below — students and faculty, Zionist and anti-Zionist, Jewish and non-Jewish — these policy changes prompt new debates about free speech, student safety, and the proper role of the University in the face of geopolitical turmoil. — Max A. Palys ’26 and Saul I.M. Arnow '26, Editorial Chairs