Contributing opinion writer
Steven Levitsky
Latest Content
To the Student Protesters Barred From Graduating on Time
The Ad Board’s bad-faith actions have damaged something that is essential for our great University to fulfill its mission: trust among faculty, students, and administrators.
Suspending Student Protesters Would Be a Palestine Exception to Free Speech
A good case can be made that the latest generation of student protesters have been unusually restrained. And yet only today’s student protesters face a mass suspension.
Enough Outside Bullying: Penslar Is the Right Choice To Lead the Antisemitism Task Force
It’s time to say enough. The attacks on professor Derek J. Penslar — and by extension on President Garber for appointing him to this role — exemplify two profoundly worrying trends that threaten Harvard’s very mission.
Don’t Bully Students With Dissenting Views. Protect Them.
We believe the students made a poor choice. But those of us with powerful positions and years of experience should use a mistake as a teachable moment, not an opportunity to intimidate.
Letter to the Editor: Government Faculty Oppose Trump’s Partial Ban
International exchanges are essential to good scholarship, and an important way for people of different cultures and political systems to engage constructively with one another.
