Commentary
California Writes Public Deliberation Into Law
Engaged California is the nation’s first state-run deliberation program, and a new law aims to make it last.
News and Analysis
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Media Release
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
Media Release
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
Feature
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.
Feature
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.
Q+A
Is an emboldened conservative majority taking the Supreme Court in an unpopular new direction?
HKS Professor Maya Sen analyzes the new balance of power on the Supreme Court and how the conservative majority aligns with the beliefs of Americans.