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Like a fish out of a war zone
“I was joined by journalist George Stamkoski [standing] and my friend Ben Cohen in interviewing a group of Bosnian military officers in Bihác, a small Muslim enclave in the northwest corner of Bosnia...
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One L, only harder
Haben Girma and her guide dog, Maxine, traveled all over the country to give talks on disability rights and inclusion. Here, they are pictured together at the University of Kansas.Photo Courtesy of...
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Flight from reason
Thomas Patterson’s new book tackles the misinformation epidemic.Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer Nation & World Flight from reason Thomas E. Patterson January 17, 2020 long read Thomas...
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How America went astray
Yamhill general store. Photo by Lynsey Addario Nation & World How America went astray In their new book, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn return to Kristof’s rural Oregon hometown to find the...
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Girl with the golden arm
Arts & Culture Girl with the golden arm January 31, 2020 long read A star pitcher struggles with the dystopian AutoAmerica police state in Gish Jen’s new satire The following is excerpted from the...
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A room of one’s own
The Bunting fellows in conversation. Tillie Olsen is fourth from left.Photo by Olive Pierce Campus & Community A room of one’s own Maggie Doherty July 11, 2020 long read ‘The Equivalents’ follows...
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Nathan Pusey’s battle with Joseph McCarthy
Nation & World Nathan Pusey’s battle with Joseph McCarthy Excerpt from new book recalls how college leaders sometimes defied and other times equivocated when faced with bullying demagoguery Larry...
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Toppling the myth of meritocracy
Nation & World Toppling the myth of meritocracy Michael Sandel speaks in the Sanders Theatre during a 2018 event.Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard file photo Michael J. Sandel January 5, 2021 9 min read...
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Only eat organic? You’re paying too much, and it’s not worth it, author says
Health Only eat organic? You’re paying too much, and it’s not worth it, author says Not safer, better nutritionally, or likely produced by small, local farm, Robert Paarlberg argues in new book Robert...
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How to make exercise happen
Daniel E. Lieberman: “The least fun exercise experience I ever had was the 2018 Boston Marathon. The only explanation I can give is that I ran for social reasons. Peer pressure is a powerful...
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How the Black Church saved Black America
Nation & World How the Black Church saved Black America Photo by Jack Delano/Creative Commons March 9, 2021 long read Henry Louis Gates’ new book traces the institution’s role in history,...
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Her daughter about to be sold away, an enslaved mother carefully packs her a...
Ashley’s sack, embroidered with a piece of her family history.Credit: Middleton Place Foundation Campus & Community Her daughter about to be sold away, an enslaved mother carefully packs her a...
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Thrown into the deep end in the psych ward
Campus & Community Thrown into the deep end in the psych ward Excerpt from memoir chronicles an intern’s day in the ER Adam Stern September 1, 2021 9 min read Excerpted from “Committed: Dispatches...
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A son nearing adulthood, his mom nearing death
Atticus Lish ’04 is the author of “The War for Gloria.”Photo by Ryan Hermens Arts & Culture A son nearing adulthood, his mom nearing death September 10, 2021 9 min read Corey's estranged father...
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Why doesn’t rationality seem to matter anymore?
Rationality is “not a power that an agent either has or doesn’t have, like Superman’s X- ray vision. It is a kit of cognitive tools that can attain particular goals in particular worlds,” writes...
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Tracing med student’s progress through notes on cancer patient
Health Tracing med student’s progress through notes on cancer patient Suzanne Koven’s memoir recalls how ‘florid’ narrative gave way to one told through fever charts, lab values Suzanne Koven October...
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Political spark that ignited firestorm across dry, divided land
“This book is the story of a crucible, a period bounded by two assaults on the country’s sense of itself: the attack on New York and Washington, on September 11, 2001, and the attack on the U.S....
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What happens to workers when factory shuts down?
Work & Economy What happens to workers when factory shuts down? Farah Stockman follows unraveling of three lives, examines who wins and loses amid ‘planned obsolescence of people’ October 26, 2021...
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The chosen one: Amy Coney Barrett
President Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett stand on the Blue Room Balcony after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the Constitutional Oath on Oct. 26, 2020. AP Photo/Alex Brandon...
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Civil War opera starring Walt Whitman? Really?
“When the team at the A.R.T. invited me, in 2012, to write an opera for the company’s 2014–15 season, which was to have a year-long focus on the American Civil War, I wasn’t sure I was the right...
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Rescuing MLK and his Children’s Crusade
On May 4, 1963, hundreds of children were led to jail following their arrest for protesting against racial discrimination near city hall in Birmingham, Alabama. AP File Photo/Bill Hudson Nation &...
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Rocky path to publication for ‘most dangerous book’
Arts & Culture Rocky path to publication for ‘most dangerous book’ Judged ‘vile’ and ‘obscene’ in 1922, Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ exploded old ways of thinking about fiction — and world itself Kevin...
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But my mother’s in China…
Weike WangPhoto by Amanda Peterson Arts & Culture But my mother’s in China… Weike Wang tails Harvard-educated ICU doc through surprise visit after her dad's death in witty look at family, culture,...
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How weight-loss industry profits on shame
Nation & World How weight-loss industry profits on shame Cathy O’Neil, author of award-winning ‘Weapons of Math Destruction,’ examines ways humiliation is weaponized — and why Cathy O’Neil March...
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When disaster strikes, what you don’t know might kill you
In excerpt from new book on our age of disasters, Kennedy School lecturer Juliette Kayyem ’91, J.D. ’95, examines how we take wrong lessons from history. Nation & World When disaster strikes, what...
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New breed of American leader
Black Lives Matter activists took to the streets following the federal prosecutors’ decision not to bring civil rights charges against a NYC police officer in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner....
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How America’s ageism hurts, shortens lives of elderly
Photo by Julia Gerace Health How America’s ageism hurts, shortens lives of elderly Becca Levy ‘92, Ph.D. ’95 examines hidden stereotypes of aging, their insidious effects in excerpt from her new book...
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The lesson of an ashtray
Courtesy of Jay Baruch Arts & Culture The lesson of an ashtray Former Bioethics Fellow Jay Baruch ’02 recalls impatient patient who pulled her own breathing tube (and lived to tell about it) in...
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Donald Trump, meme leader in chief
Rioters wave flags on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File Nation Donald Trump, meme leader in chief October 3, 2022 long read New book...
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When our cells turn against us
Health When our cells turn against us They’re building blocks of life, Siddhartha Mukherjee says in his new book, but their vulnerabilities are also our vulnerabilities November 2, 2022 long read...
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Heading South in search of the real heart of America
Photo courtesy of Imani Perry Nation & World Heading South in search of the real heart of America Imani Perry returns to Alabama to interview Angela Davis, another daughter of Birmingham, in...
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‘What kind of husband could stand by idly for four years while his wife’s...
Barrett RollinsCredit: Rick Wenner Health ‘What kind of husband could stand by idly for four years while his wife’s breast cancer grew?’ They were physicians, research stars at Dana-Farber, and all...
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You believe in climate change but drive a gas-guzzler, don’t recycle. Why?
Science & Tech You believe in climate change but drive a gas-guzzler, don’t recycle. Why? December 6, 2022 long read Neuroscientist Ann-Christine Duhaime’s new book blames it on weaknesses in how...
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Cars blaring? Boss nagging? Take a deep breath. Now another.
Health Cars blaring? Boss nagging? Take a deep breath. Now another. Daniel Goleman, Tsoknyi Rinpoche walk us through science, practice of why we should meditate January 10, 2023 long read Illustration...
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Doing medical rounds on streets, alleys of Boston
Jim O’Connell brings health care to the streets of Boston.Harvard file photo Health Doing medical rounds on streets, alleys of Boston January 20, 2023 long read In new book, Tracy Kidder follows ‘Dr....
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How did Americans come to trust markets more than government?
Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway.Photos by Silvia Mazzocchin and Andrea Donnellay Work & Economy How did Americans come to trust markets more than government? March 3, 2023 long read New book by...
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Feeling anxious? Stuck? Problem is psychological avoidance
HarperCollins Publishers Health Feeling anxious? Stuck? Problem is psychological avoidance Professor of psychiatry Luana Marques says in new book that too many mistake symptoms for underlying problem...
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How did E-ZPass help expectant mothers who live near toll booths?
Anupam B. Jena (left) and Christopher WorshamPhotos by Steven Lipofsky (left) and Darren-Pellegrino © Health How did E-ZPass help expectant mothers who live near toll booths? July 11, 2023 long read...
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Who was responsible for Jan. 6 attack? Try Timothy McVeigh
Photo by Shannon Greer Nation Who was responsible for Jan. 6 attack? Try Timothy McVeigh July 12, 2023 9 min read Jeffrey Toobin examines how Oklahoma City bomber’s beliefs about guns, Founding...
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‘What you can do for your country’
A detail from the cover of “Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury” by Drew Gilpin Faust. Nation ‘What you can do for your country’ August 23, 2023 long read Future Harvard president leaves...
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‘Living one’s life during and after the violation of one’s humanity’
Credit: Gittings Photography Arts & Culture ‘Living one’s life during and after the violation of one’s humanity’ Ruth Simmons’ memoir traces everyday natural beauty, mortal peril of growing up...
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When ‘The Boss’ is your therapist
Bruce Springsteen at the Los Angeles Coliseum, 1985.AP Photo/Michael Tweed Arts & Culture When ‘The Boss’ is your therapist September 29, 2023 7 min read New book by psychologist, sociologist...
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Deadly biography of AR-15
Nation Deadly biography of AR-15 October 6, 2023 7 min read Viewed as example of American ingenuity, prized military weapon exploded in popularity, best known now as tool to kill innocent people...
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Gender pay gap? Culprit is ‘greedy work’
Work & Economy Gender pay gap? Culprit is ‘greedy work’ In ‘Career and Family’ Claudia Goldin tracks evolution through 20th-century gains to today's era of hyper-competition, earning inequality...
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Well-meaning tyranny of identity politics
Photo by Steffen Jänicke Nation & World Well-meaning tyranny of identity politics December 19, 2023 long read Yascha Mounk chronicles how ideology took over, where it went wrong Excerpted from...
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You did it of your own free will? No such thing.
Photo by Thompson McClellan Photography Science & Tech You did it of your own free will? No such thing. Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky says every decision, action you make is result of chain of...
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Why are we unhappy?
Haemin Sunim, M.T.S. ’99.Photo by Myeonghak Jhang © Arts & Culture Why are we unhappy? Zen Buddhist teacher says it’s because we’re always struggling either to possess or avoid people, things, or...
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Was racism a factor in mother’s leukemia?
Dale Blackstock with her twin daughters.Photos courtesy of Uché Blackstock Health Was racism a factor in mother’s leukemia? Dale Blackstock grew up low-income, became a physician. Her death left...
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