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Billie Jean King Accepts Gleitsman Award, Urges Students to Continue Fight for Equity
By Nell A. Sparks •
Tennis icon Billie Jean King accepted the 2026 Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award at the Harvard Kennedy School on Tuesday, reflecting on six decades of advocacy for gender and pay equity in sports and urging students to carry the work forward.
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Former Australian PM Turnbull Urges World Leaders to Stand Up to Trump at IOP Forum
By Nell A. Sparks •
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm B. Turnbull slammed foreign leaders for appeasing U.S. President Donald Trump, arguing they have a “duty” to confront him directly during a John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at Harvard’s Institute of Politics on Thursday.
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Israeli Journalist Rejects Genocide Claims, Opposes Palestinian Statehood at Kennedy School Talk
Israeli journalist and political analyst Amit Segal rejected accusations that Israel’s conduct in Gaza amounted to genocide and argued against Palestinian statehood during a virtual conversation hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School last Tuesday.