Following recent victories in San Francisco and New York City, Boston advocates are looking to expand the franchise to all residents with legal status for local elections.
In 2020, President Joe Biden won the state of Georgia with a slender margin of fewer than 13,000 votes. Many attribute his victory, in part, to Georgia’s 185,000 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters.
On Monday, April 4th, at Harvard Kennedy School, the Institute of Politics and the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation’s Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project and Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development convened an expert panel to highlight the link between racial justice and climate justice.
As Europe charts a new course following the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, we sat down with Quinton Mayne, Ford Foundation Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School, and the co-author of a recent paper in the European Journal of Political Research examining the shifting political geography of mass Euroscepticism.
As local governments around the country continue to grapple with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, Stephen Goldsmith, Derek Bok Professor of the Practice of Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, recently released a new book along with Kate Markin Coleman.
Saich, an expert on the political economy of China, sat down with the Ash Center to explore the evolution of China and Russia's relationship and how now, the ties between the two countries could impact unfolding events in Ukraine.
We spoke to Kennedy School's Maya Sen about the impact of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement, what the future of the court holds, and how Americans view an increasingly polarized judiciary.
With landmark voting rights legislation stalled in Congress, calls for eliminating or modifying the filibuster have increased as some states work to tighten restrictions on voting ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
Throughout the year, the Ash Center works with experts from around the world to publish research and writing on the day's most pressing issues. Touching on topics as varied as relief funding for tribal nations, intelligent infrastructure, and the role of local election officials, the work of our scholars has an important impact on the field of public policy.
The Chinese Communist Party is at a climate change crossroads, and how they choose to navigate it will shed light on their true priorities, says Director of the Asia Energy and Sustainability Initiative Edward Cunningham.
South Bend, Indiana CIO Denise Linn Riedl MPP '15 knows you can’t always code your way into a solution. With help from Juliahna Green MPP '22, Riedl is expediting aid to residents in need by balancing people and process.
George R. Greenidge. Jr. HGSE ‘96, Ash Center Democracy Visiting Fellow, doesn’t draw a line between scholarship and community advocacy, using both to combat gentrification and racial injustice.
The Chinese Communist Party's recruitment trends show that it is attracting fewer young people, but state employment continues to entice young Chinese, says China Public Policy Postdoctoral Fellow Jérôme Doyon.
LaChaun Banks, Ash Center Director for Equity and Inclusion, sat down withProfessor Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Director of the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability (IARA) Project, housed at the Ash Center, to discuss leading organizations to antiracist change and accountability.
Ash Fellow and Former Hong Kong Legislator Dennis Kwok shares why he believes China’s crackdown on political rights in the special administrative region is a warning to the international community.
As support for the CCP endures into a new century, Chinese citizens call into question the value of democracy details former China Public Policy Postdoctoral Fellow Yinxian Zhang.
Though philanthropy and select NGOs are growing, other players in China’s civil society are coming under increased scrutiny and repression, outlines former Ash Center Fellow Elizabeth Plantan.
