Harvard Student Magazine Paused After Controversial Language

The Harvard Salient is a student magazine at Harvard University. The magazine's board of directors paused the magazine's operations on Oct 26, 2025 after it published material the board called 'reprehensible, abusive, and demeaning.' The board said it will review the group's culture and take action.

A September article in the Salient included the line 'Germany belongs to the Germans, France to the French, Britain to the British, America to the Americans,' a phrase that closely matched words Adolf Hitler used in 1939. The article's author, David F.X. Army, and the editors said they did not intend to quote Hitler. Many students and faculty said the line was offensive and harmful.