Politics

At this event, the Rev. Dr. Deborah Johnson explored the theme of depolarizing our politics and bridging our world. She invited us to move beyond societal binaries and to embrace a more inclusive and compassionate future. Rev. Dr. Deborah Johnson (she/her...

Full title: LGBTQ+ Rights Under Attack - Session 2: Protecting Against Violence and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: A Global Perspective This is the second event in the three-part series “LGBTQ+ Rights Under Attack: The...

Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones—one of two lawmakers expelled from the state legislature last spring by Tennessee’s House Republicans for involvement in a gun control protest on the House floor—discussed his experiences as an activist, legislator, and...

"U.S. advocacy for religious freedom must be conflict-sensitive, so as not to render already vulnerable communities more vulnerable nor exacerbate religious dimensions of conflict," Susan Hayward, associate director of the Religious Literacy and the...

“There is a significant difference between the eighteenth century and the present. The white Christian nationalists who supported the American Revolution were tainted by their racism and their refusal to extend political rights to women, but they defended...

Rep. Greg J. Landsman (D-Ohio), MTS '04, is among the newly elected Harvard University alumni, joining 77 other freshman members of Congress who took office in 2023.

Congressman Greg Landsman, MTS '04, is one of the new Jewish members of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 118th Congress.

“Worse still, on some issues it’s very hard to see any difference between Macron and Le Pen, especially on the visibility of Muslims. Some of Macron’s ministers have been even more excessive than she has on this matter," says HDS Visiting Professor...

"Throughout his presidency, he has had an uncanny ability to exploit the worst features of America's racist history for his own advancement, and on some level, he seems to have understood that the Bible has been used not only to defend the principles of...

The Rev. Willie Bodrick II, MDiv '14, senior pastor at the Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury, stood at the pulpit Sunday and recalled the first time he met Michelle Wu a decade ago. The two were graduate students at Harvard—Wu in law school and Bodrick at...