Mathias Risse
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To the Editor: The Carr Center is Hyperfixated on Human Rights
We are hyperfixated on human rights, in serious ways: please join us!
Students Blacklisted, Students Arrested: All Voices of Reason, Speak Up Now
Voices of reason, please speak up. We all should be frightened, and if you are not, you are missing the bigger picture.
Why Harvard Has So Few Conservative Faculty – Or Does It?
Let’s not pretend we have a problem where we do not. For none of these groups is affirmative action called for.
Can Harvard Remain Nonpartisan in Trump’s America? Yes and No
In the face of a Republican party that, regardless of what it has gotten right, has subscribed to a cult of personality and returned to power on a story anathema to democracy itself, can Harvard remain nonpartisan? Yes and no.
Harvard’s Human Rights Centers Should Speak On Human Rights Issues
A research center whose very mission embodies certain principles — such as a human rights center — should always be free to make statements consistent with those principles.
I’m a Human Rights Expert. After October 7th, We Need Moral Complexity.
The way forward is to acknowledge the full humanity of all people in this conflict, and to see that they have claims to dignity and a flourishing life.