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Tony Saich on Sino-Russian relations and how Beijing views the invasion of Ukraine
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, Beijing views the unfolding events in Ukraine.
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Getting at the Root: Perspectives on Global Justice, Truth Telling and Accountability
The Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project and the Carr Center for Human Rights hosted a discussion with scholars studying processes and practices of global truth telling, repair, and justice from the fields of law, government, and political science.
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A one for one replacement: Breyer’s legacy and future of the Supreme Court
Maya Sen, an expert on the politics of the judiciary, comments on Breyer’s legacy, his likely replacement, and the Supreme Court’s rightward shift.
Media Release
Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project to Evaluate Interventions in Healthcare
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The future of the filibuster and voting rights in Congress
To discuss the filibuster and its impact on voting rights and the Senate, we sat down with Archon Fung, Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Democracy at Harvard Kennedy School and the director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation’s Democratic Governance Program.
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The State of Redistricting and the 2022 Elections
We are in the midst of one of the most rancorous redistricting sessions in our country’s history. Partisan officials – mostly but not only in conservative legislatures – are using the drawing of new congressional, state and local election districts to amass disproportionate power for themselves. How successfully can this be resisted? Meanwhile, the many independent/nonpartisan commissions established in states in recent years were meant to help avoid this problem. Are they working to do so? If so, which ones are, which ones aren’t, where and why?
Join the Ash Center and Equal Democracy Project at Harvard Law School to learn about the state of redistricting in this moment, litigation that is occurring under a dramatically weakened Voting Rights Act, and how different redistricting commissions are faring, with:
Ben Schneer, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School
Mitchell Brown, Counsel, Voting Rights, Southern Coalition for Social Justice
Colleen Mathis, former Chair of the Independent Redistricting Commission of Arizona
Cathy Duvall, Managing Consultant, Fair Representation in Redistricting
Moderated by: Nick Stephanopoulos, Harvard Law School
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From Words to Antiracist Action and Accountability
LaChaun Banks, Ash Center Director for Equity and Inclusion, sat down with Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and Director of the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability (IARA) Project, housed at the Ash Center, to discuss leading organizations to antiracist change and accountability.
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The Responsibility of Intellectuals to a Changing City
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.
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Speeding Up Social Assistance in South Bend
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.