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What Democracy Means to Us: Reflections on America 250
Exploring Ash Center perspectives on the meaning of democracy, democratic participation and citizenship, and how democratic life might evolve over the next 250 years.
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As Supreme Court Hands Down Decisions, New Polling Shows Divided Public on High-Profile Cases
New polling analysis released today shows that the American public is narrowly divided on a slew of ideologically charged issues before the Supreme Court such as abortion, gun control, immigration, and whether public funds can be used to pay for private religious education.
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Professor Archon Fung named faculty director of the Ash Center
Professor Archon Fung has been appointed faculty director of Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
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Decade-long study shows Supreme Court is now further to the ideological right than most Americans
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The Web3 Decentralization Debate Is Focused on the Wrong Question
Fixating on the degree—rather than the type—of decentralization is leading us astray.
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On Heels of Brown Jackson SCOTUS Nomination, Study Examines Defense Attorneys Appointed to Federal Bench
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Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project to Evaluate Interventions in Healthcare
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National Search Yields Six Innovative Native Programs For Harvard’s 2021 Honoring Nations Awards in Governance
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New Harvard Project Research Examines ARPA Distributions to Tribal Nations, Finds Funding to be “Grossly Inequitable”
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