Gift from Starr King School for the Ministry deepens Harvard Divinity School’s collection of early modern religious and Unitarian history.

Once a common schoolyard insult, the R-word had largely vanished from mainstream speech until recently. Donald Trump has helped its resurgence.

Two spoken word poets, Lailonie Johnson and Dakohai Matityahu, opened the show, immediately penetrating barriers between performers and the audience as well as between audience members themselves.