By Joe Finn

Last March, homeless shelter providers in Massachusetts found themselves confronted by a dilemma. Recommendations from the Governor and state public health officials that called for the implementation of social distancing protocols were impossible to execute in shelter settings. Facing consistently overcrowded facilities, shelter providers recognized that they faced an impossible choice: should they deny shelter to individuals in need, subjecting them to the risks...

By Donna Marie Wing

Abstract

Many social entrepreneurs have a vision, a passion for social impact that often never gets off the ground. They may have the best of intentions and personal drive, but overwhelming distractors throw them off track. An energy manifestation model can help avoid the common pitfalls of losing sight of the original vision and changing...

By Sally Bagshaw

Two dear friends recently told me how often they are accosted with inane remarks and mean tweets as one goes about her day in a wheelchair and the other walks down the street with his guide dog....

By Mary Jo Meisner

Imari Paris Jeffries was named Executive Director of King Boston in June 2020. Paris Jeffries brings a wealth of experience from the non-profit management, racial equity,...

By Irvin L. Scott

Ecosystem: a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

A Sense of Urgency: Inequities in Stark Relief...

By Pedro Mariani

If the world continues to burn fossil fuels at current rates, earth average temperatures may rise to catastrophic levels. Climate change resulting from a world 3 to 8 degrees °C warmer than pre-...

By Peter Williams

January 6, 2021 will go down as one of the most disturbing dates in this nation's history. The attack on and destruction of our nation's U.S. Capitol were despicable acts by homegrown terrorists. They also provided a glimpse into the historical contradictions that have been part of this nation's...

By Michael Klarman

President Trump was the proximate cause of the violent assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. His words of incitement to a crowd of thousands of angry supporters -- including “[y]ou’ll never take back your country with weakness” -- may well qualify for criminal punishment notwithstanding the First Amendment. And those presidential words inciting...

On this cold January day, as the sun beamed through the grey clouds, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. took the oath of office as the 46th President of the United States, expressing infinite hope and representing strong winds of change blowing through a Washington, DC, locked down, yet still proud. American flags were dancing on the steps of the Capitol and all along the great stretch of the National Mall. Today, on the very Capitol steps where two...

By Julie M. Allen

McConnell and Pelosi are back on speaking terms discussing the stimulus package, and many are hoping they reach a deal before the looming December 11 deadline to avoid a government shutdown. Bipartisan support is growing for a compromise...

By Amit Kapoor, Michael Green, Mark Esposito and Chirag Yadav

It is being increasingly recognised that economic metrics like the gross domestic product (GDP) do not provide an accurate picture of human development. As a result of its widespread usage, economic growth has become an end in itself rather than a means to better development outcomes. The Indian...

“Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.” Matthew 19:24

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By Matt Nathan, M.D., and Susan Carney Lynch, Dr.PH

Dr. Howard K. Koh is one of the most influential healthcare leaders in the world today. He is the Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Kennedy School....

By Julie Allen

A conversation with Paul Reville, the Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is ...

By Mary Jo Meisner

Originally from the South Side of Chicago, Deval Patrick came to Massachusetts at 14, when he was awarded a scholarship to attend Milton Academy. After Harvard College & Law School, he clerked for a federal appellate judge and then launched a career as an attorney and business executive, becoming a staff attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, a partner at two Boston law firms and a senior executive at two Fortune 50 companies. In...

By Sally Bagshaw

Dr. Robert J. Blendon is currently the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Public Health and Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis, Emeritus, at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He holds appointments as a Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis at both the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health...

By Brian Rosenberg

The majority of American colleges and universities are caught between two powerful and opposing forces: the compelling need to change and the structural resistance to change. This is not a unique situation - we see a similar dynamic playing out in our healthcare system - but the forces are particularly strong and the tension between them especially evident in higher education.

Anyone who doubts the need for dramatic change should consider...

By Sally Bagshaw

This is an interview with EJ Dionne, a distinguished journalist and author, political commentator, and longtime op-ed columnist for the Washington Post. This semester Dionne teaches a class in the Harvard Divinity...

By Linda Dakin-Grimm

As a lawyer for more than thirty years, I represented financial institutions and corporations of one sort or another in disputes against other similar parties. I did this in courts all over the country. I live in a safe town with clean water, fresh air, and excellent local services. I have never had to run from a life and death situation or consider emigrating. I felt no hostility toward migrants, but in truth, I rarely thought...

By Vikram Mansharamani

Fundamentally, self-reliance in the twenty-first century is about thinking for yourself. And even though it was written in 1841, the wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay on this topic rings as true today as it did then. Consider the following quote, taken from “Self-Reliance”: “a man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of...

By Robin Strongin

The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the protests over the recent murders by police of people of color including George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor, have sparked outrage across the country. Summer 2020 bore witness to pent up frustration as anger spilled over and onto the streets - streets painted in neon yellow reminding the world that Black Lives Matter.

The reality of the seemingly endless pandemic...

By Doris Honold

“Every time I get up and challenge the status quo, it feels like an act of rebellion against the self-doubt I, and most women and girls, have been taught since childhood.”   Mandu Reid

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By Anne Montgomery and Sarah Slocum

As the peaks and valleys of COVID-19 cases and deaths create chaos in the health care sector and dominate news feeds across the globe, the pandemic is shining an intense spotlight on nursing homes - what they do and how well they do it. The highly infectious virus is fueling conversations among families about their elderly loved ones, and fostering policy debates about additional reforms, including calls for alternatives. The voices of nursing home residents - always hard to hear- have been effectively silenced by...

By Steven M. Rothstein and Veena Ramani

We are under siege. As climate-induced wildfires ravage the American West and hurricane after hurricane hit our Southern border, our lives, our livelihoods, and the stability and security of our markets are in danger. While the physical risks are worsening, the economic transition risks that accompany them are already...

By Marta Lucía Ramírez de Rincón, Vice President of the Republic of Colombia

National economies weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic must take measures that include comprehensive actions for women's economic empowerment, as a prerequisite for a sustainable recovery. This is an opportunity, albeit amid adversity, for economic growth and to redouble efforts to achieve the...

By Sally Bagshaw and Joe Azrack

For those who have just Awoken...

By Lisa Dreier

When the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading globally in early 2020, Victor Lopez-Carmen knew that it represented an existential threat to Indigenous communities. As one of the only Native American student currently at Harvard Medical School and Co-Chair of the ...

By Dr. Rosabeth Moss Kanter

At a time when our world desperately needs innovative solutions to big, pressing, intractable problems, Dr. Rosabeth Moss Kanter...

By Robin Mendelson

James Honan is Senior Lecturer on Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education and is also on faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School, an affiliate faculty member with the Center for Public Leadership, and a member of the Faculty Executive Committee of Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative. Honan's teaching and research interests include financial management of nonprofit organizations, organizational performance measurement and...

By Doris Honold

Reversing extinction can save more than trees…

An extinction crisis

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