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The local news crisis is more than a problem of shuttered newsrooms and laid-off journalists. It’s a democracy crisis. And public radio can help fix it. But it needs more money and staff to do that.
Research shows the key to changing your diet is focusing on changing eating habits and food behaviours, one at a time.
After 40 years living under a federal law that denied Maine’s Wabanaki Nations the ability to govern themselves, the tribes have been left out of the prosperity other tribes have attained.
House Speaker McCarthy wants to put the US on a path to a balanced budget as debt ceiling negotiations begin with President Biden. Here’s why it won’t be easy to repeat what Bill Clinton accomplished.
Evidence from Massachusetts suggests that a multistep process discourages enrollment. The findings could help policymakers stave off a sharp decline in coverage when COVID-19 policies change.
Llegados al ecuador del periodo que se consensuó para alcanzar los ODS de la Agenda 2030, nos enfrentamos a una confluencia de viejos y nuevos desafíos. El concepto de localización es clave para abordarlos y cumplir esos objetivos.
A new study looked at four teaching approaches that have been shown by academic research to help students learn.
Kita membutuhkan tabrakan besar antar-benda langit supaya satelit seperti Bulan bisa terbentuk.
Jiang oversaw China’s reemergence on the global stage, and sustained growth at home. But his policies also set the scene for excess and the growth of President Xi Jinping.
A German town needed to relocate a medieval graveyard to build a parking garage. A positive side effect: Scientists got to sequence the DNA of Ashkenazi Jews who lived more than 600 years ago.
Some countries, like Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and Nigeria, have been more proactive than others, but it is still hard for many to get PrEP.
A new study investigated whether ‘school connectedness’ prevents the onset of depression and anxiety in 14 to 24 year-olds.
Une victoire est possible, mais seulement en 2026 ou 2030 et seulement si les équipes africaines peuvent jouer plus régulièrement des matches internationaux de haut niveau.
Staging the spectacle in Qatar has raised rights issues and concerns about the heat. But away from the controversy, there will be the usual mix of sporting moments, supporters’ joy and heartache.
A win is possible - but only in 2026 or 2030 and only if African teams get to play more high level internationals more regularly.
There is a lot about Donald Trump that makes him attractive to the public, and alluring to the media. A scholar of political journalism has some suggestions about how to cover him.
Le recul démocratique de la Tunisie montre comment les autocrates peuvent utiliser la couverture constitutionnelle pour consolider l'autoritarisme.
Tunisia’s democratic backslide demonstrates how autocrats can use constitutional cover to entrench authoritarianism.
Voter demographics and policy priorities are two recurrent, big issues on Election Day – but shifts in election administration and voting laws are new challenges influencing the midterms.
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Research Affiliate with the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Visiting Scholar, Harvard University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
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Professor of Genetics and of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
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Astrophysics Researcher, Harvard University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Harvard University
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Director of Ash Center China Programs, Harvard Kennedy School
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Director of Research, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University
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Research fellow at the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Public Finance, Harvard Kennedy School
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Edward S. Mason Senior Lecturer in International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press, Harvard Kennedy School
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Lecturer, Harvard University
