Harvard University

A resounding win for the university in court still leaves the Trump Administration with plenty of ways to force schools into submission.

The world’s richest man and its most powerful leader channel their inner middle schooler in a breakup for the ages.

The university’s $53.2-billion endowment has positioned it to resist the bullying tactics of an increasingly authoritarian President.

Universities are accustomed to acquiescing to the government, but Trump made Harvard an offer it couldn’t not refuse.

For years, universities have been less inclined to protect speech and quicker to sanction it. After this spring’s protests, it will be difficult to turn back.

As the Israel-Hamas war provokes claims about unacceptable speech, the ability to debate difficult subjects is in renewed peril.

A political-science professor wrestles with his role in the drama surrounding the former Harvard president.

Students issued a statement blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks. Then a doxing campaign tested the courage of their conviction.

After the fall of affirmative action, liberals and conservatives want to eliminate benefits for children of alumni. Could their logic lead to reparations?

The original concept in pursuit of diversity was vital and righteous. The way it was practiced was hard to defend.

A federal official wrote a parody of Harvard’s attitude toward Asian Americans and shared it with the dean of admissions. Why did a judge try to hide that from the public?

It’s clear that what’s at stake isn’t a vision of social and racial justice that would ameliorate inequalities for a broad swath of people but, rather, a fight for spots in the élite ranks of society.

The selection of Greg Epstein, a humanist rabbi, as the president of Harvard’s chaplains led to a small uproar among the school’s other religious leaders. Will it inspire a come-to-Jesus moment of the secular variety?

Why The New Yorker translated its recent report on a battle over history, accountability, and the legacy of the Second World War.

How a Harvard professor’s dubious scholarship reignited a history of mistrust between South Korea and Japan.

As democracy hangs in the balance, activists are drawing lessons from the study of civil resistance.

The contentious writer, who liked to say that, after fifty, litigation replaces sex, had very specific plans for his burial.

It was revealed in court that Asian students in underrepresented parts of the country have to score higher on standardized tests than their white counterparts do in order to receive a recruitment letter from Harvard.

Edward Blum, the activist behind a suit alleging that Harvard discriminated against Asian-American applicants, is out to end affirmative action—and all considerations of race—in all circumstances.

With a lawsuit against Harvard, Asian-American activists have formed an alliance with a white conservative to change higher education.