Editorials
Whether Study-Ins Are Protests Doesn’t Matter. Whether They’re Disruptive Does.
Harvard has faced a host of genuinely difficult questions about how to navigate protest this past year. Responding to students and faculty silently studying in the library isn’t one of them.
Trump Is Coming for Higher Ed. Harvard Must Fight Back.
With Trump’s reascension to the presidency, higher education is staring down the barrel of a gun, and — despite its new institutional voice policies — our University cannot remain silent.
Fear, Tears, Rage, Reckoning: The Editors, on 4 More Years of Donald Trump
Yesterday, former President Donald Trump became future President Donald Trump, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. Today, our editors react.
If Harvard’s Endowment is Ethically Invested, It Should Show Us the Receipts
It’s time to pull back the curtain on the endowment.
A Trump Win Would Be Disastrous for Both Our Campus and Our Country
At a critical juncture for Harvard and America, a second Trump term would prove disastrous for both.
Vote ‘Yes’ on Ballot Question 1 To Open the State House Black Box
A “yes” vote on Ballot Question 1 could begin to change that by empowering the State Auditor to break open the black box and see what’s going wrong inside.
How to Vote on the 2024 Massachusetts Ballot Questions
This Election Day, Massachusetts voters have the opportunity to decide the direction the Bay State will take in five important areas of public policy. The below are The Crimson Editorial Board’s recommendations for how to vote in each. —Tommy Barone ’25 and Jacob M. Miller ’25
Dissent: Massachusetts has an Education Crisis. Let’s Not Take the Easy Way Out.
To close achievement gaps, we should help those who struggle, not eliminate basic standards. Despite what the Editorial Board suggests, Massachusetts should stay in the fight for quality education.
Vote ‘Yes’ on Ballot Question 2 for the Kids Who Slip Through the Cracks
Because we believe the state can maintain these distinctions without punishing individual students for systemic problems, we support a “yes” vote on Question 2.
Don’t Trip. Vote ‘Yes’ on Ballot Question 4.
Decriminalization will both destigmatize drug usage and, most importantly, provide safe, regulated avenues for those who choose to use them. Voting “yes” on Ballot Question 4 will help achieve these goals.
Here’s a Tip. Vote ‘No’ on Ballot Question 5.
When economics and common sense align, we should listen to those who know the industry best. Vote “no” on Ballot Question Five.
Vote ‘Yes’ on Ballot Question 3 to Allow Rideshare Workers to Drive Change.
Because all workers deserve a say in the terms of their employment, we call for a “yes” vote on Ballot Question 3.
We Don’t Need a Survey To Know Harvard Has a Sexual Violence Problem
These putatively positive results are hardly cause for celebration.
Once Again, Harvard is Trying to Ruin Our Fun.
Harvard-Yale is the one day a year that social hierarchies break down and parties abound. The DSO cannot take that away from us.
Harvard’s Financial Report Shows It Can Afford Independence
When Harvard refuses to cower before donors, we signal to other universities across the country that conceding our integrity is too costly, no matter the price.
California Banned Legacy Admissions. Massachusetts Must Follow.
For most Americans, the case has long been closed on legacy admissions. Time for our representatives to act like it.
Dissent: Time's up for Time Caps
Every single person on the Editorial Board benefits from the labor of academic workers. It’s a shame the Board refuses to reciprocate.
President Garber, Follow Your Own Policy
Five months ago, Harvard announced that the University and its leaders would refrain from weighing in on public controversies. Did anyone bother to tell University President Alan M. Garber ’76?
Harvard Has To Stop Pushing Out Its Best Teachers
When the best and brightest of the best and brightest come to Harvard, we shouldn’t let them walk away on a technicality.
Dissent: The Editorial Board is Scared to Say The Obvious
As we mourn, we continue to believe that maintaining the sanctity of all life — including all Jews and Palestinians — is not just a possibility but a moral duty. We only wish that our peers would too.
The Pro-Palestine Coalition Must Not Excuse a Massacre
The pro-Palestine coalition must find a way to engage over these issues with compassion. We all must.
The Harvard That TikTok Doesn’t See, According to Our Editors
Want to know what Harvard is really like? Hear from our editors.
Dissent: Classroom Comments Can’t Be Anonymous
Those who support the Chatham House Rule ignore the reality that the discussion of ideas must happen with the real world in view.
Harvard’s Open Inquiry Report Gets the Free Speech Problem Right
The report injects a needed dose of common sense and serious academic insight into the often-interminable discourse about discourse on college campuses. Now, the onus is on the University — and all of us — to put its proposals into practice.
Dissent: On General Education, the Editorial Board Can’t Have It Both Ways
If GenEds are to end, let them be abolished outright. And if Gen Eds are to remain, let’s at least commit to taking them seriously — starting with a letter grade.