Articles By: Candice Kountz

Candice Kountz / October 30, 2010 10:22 pm

Oh, the Humanities

The struggle over curricular reform, at Harvard and beyond

Candice Kountz / December 20, 2009 11:14 pm

A Documented Campaign

Producers Alicia Sams and Amy Rice on filming their HBO documentary "By The People: The Election of Barack Obama"

Candice Kountz / December 20, 2009 8:13 pm

The Siren Call

Will Harvard’s graduates still flock to finance?

Candice Kountz and IKaplan / May 24, 2009 2:50 am

Ending the Shootout

The importance of community-based responses to gang violence Gang violence devastates American urban life. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, in 2000 there were over 24,000 gangs and over 700,000 gang members nationwide. The Child Trends Databank reports that almost three-quarters of teen deaths resulted from gang violence in 2002. These statistics bespeak the necessity of combating gang violence [...]

Candice Kountz and Robert Long / April 2, 2009 12:55 am

The Kurds: Nation Without a State

When identity binds and borders divide Since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, the relative peace of Iraqi Kurdistan has been a notable, if often overlooked, exception to the violent insurgency, sectarian feuding, and pervasive lawlessness that has racked Iraq. Yet this achievement has also made the area of one of America’s most significant long-term security concerns in the [...]

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