David Gergen, a trusted adviser to four U.S. presidents who went on to play a pivotal role in shaping leadership education at Harvard Kennedy School, has died at the age of 83. Gergen was a dedicated ...
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in a 6-3 vote. Almost half a century ago, the Roe v. Wade ruling was the basis for establishing a constitutional right to ...
Protest movements often rely on young people. If a nonviolent campaign has extensive youth participation, it’s over twice as likely to succeed than campaigns with limited youth participation, ...
“Authoritarianism is new to many Americans,” said Steven Levitsky late last month. “And Americans have responded in a couple different ways—but we see a couple of misperceptions that concern us.” ...
June 17, 2020, Paper, "We build a publicly available platform that tracks economic activity at a granular level in real time using anonymized data from private companies. We report weekly statistics ...
Concluding a two-year investigation, researchers at Harvard Kennedy School’s Growth Lab have issued a stark diagnosis of the “collapsing state capacity” in South Africa after decades of policy ...
A “center of resilience” in Ukraine during the winter providing Wi-Fi to citizens. Prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine was already advancing a vision of digital governance designed to ...
Between the government shutdown and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called Food Stamps) is undergoing significant cuts. This 60-year ...
Veterans and active-duty military members form an important part of the Kennedy School community. Over the past ten years, more than 500 U.S. active duty service members, reservists, and veterans have ...
A little-used federal law is getting quite a bit of attention in the Trump administration. The Insurrection Act, first enacted in 1807, allows the president to deploy the United States military and ...
In back-to-back John F. Kennedy Jr. Forums at the Harvard Kennedy School, the Institute of Politics (IOP) focused on the future of national security and conservatism in America with two prominent ...
In this publication, Technology and Human Rights Fellow Anna Romandash examines Russia’s use of hybrid warfare against Ukraine, which blended cyberattacks, disinformation, economic coercion, and ...