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Danielle Allen’s Radical Duke Recasts the Origins of the Age of Revolution
A new book from Harvard scholar Danielle Allen revisits the forgotten British radical movement that helped shape modern democracy.
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Q+A
Acknowledging and Reckoning with History
Historical reckoning, truth-telling, and new traditions of memorialization acknowledging the legacy of slavery are all critical to moving towards restorative and reparative change says Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project Director Khalil Gibran Muhammad.
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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
Big Tech’s Rise to Political Power
An interview with Allison Stanger
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Decade-long study shows Supreme Court is now further to the ideological right than most Americans
Feature
Reckoning with past injustices with respect and responsibility
Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development’s Megan Minoka Hill delivers land acknowledgment at 2022 Kennedy School diploma ceremony
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Lessons from and for Indian Country
Joel Chastain MC/MPA 2022 is taking lessons learned from the Chickasaw Nation and Harvard Kennedy School to promote tribal economic development.
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In visit to Harvard Kennedy School, Vietnamese prime minister underscores multilateral ambitions
In a visit organized by the Ash Center’s Vietnam Program, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính outlined his country’s desire to remain politically and economically integrated.
Commentary
The Web3 Decentralization Debate Is Focused on the Wrong Question
Fixating on the degree—rather than the type—of decentralization is leading us astray.
Decentralized Society: Finding Web3’s Soul
Web3 today centers around expressing transferable, financialized assets, rather than encoding social relationships of trust.