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Cropped photography of an unrecognizable mature man calculating and going over his finances at home.

There’s a racial gap in the economic security of Americans nearing retirement

Featuring Karen Dynan, and Douglas Elmendorf

June 13, 2024

Greyscale images of Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Danielle Allen, Sarah Wald and Arthur Applbaum headshots with a red bar over half of the graphic.

At Harvard Kennedy School, experts debated diversity policies, academic freedom and free speech

Featuring Danielle Allen, Arthur Applbaum, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, and Sarah Wald

May 15, 2024

Empty courtroom jury box.

Want a jury to be fair, impartial, and engaged in higher-quality deliberations? Diversify the jury pool, Harvard researchers say.

Featuring Sandra Susan Smith, Katy Naples-Mitchell, and Haruka Margaret Braun

August 17, 2023

Boston Police officers gathered on the street at night in Dorchester.

Three years after police reforms, Black Bostonians report harassment and lack of trust at higher rates than other groups

Featuring Sandra Susan Smith

June 26, 2024

People march with protest signs and one large banner that states, “Red, White, and Reparations.”

Harvard professors’ newly published research reveals existing U.S. non-racial “reparatory compensation” programs demonstrate the feasibility of reparations for racial harms

Featuring Linda Bilmes, and Cornell William Brooks

June 18, 2024

Black and white image of handcuffs silhouetted layered between a decreasing bar graph.

Developing a rehabilitation program that works for incarcerated people

Featuring Marcella Alsan

June 14, 2024

Transit-oriented development near the Raymond Avenue Station on the METRO Green Line in St. Paul, Minnesota.

A new initiative gives young people a voice in shaping public safety

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June 05, 2024

Doctor talking with staff members in the hallway of a hospital.

Study: Ratings bias declined for young doctors after new review system was adopted

Featuring Marcella Alsan

January 15, 2024

Tammie Townsend holds a collage of photographs of her eldest son, Willie Jones Jr., 21

Students put scholarship and policy expertise at the service of advocacy as they help seek justice in modern-day lynchings.

Featuring Cornell William Brooks, Jill Cohen Jefferson, and Chuck Meire MPP 2023

June 15, 2023

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