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Terms of Engagement

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Is Trump’s higher education compact a bad deal but a good opportunity?

This week, Danielle Allen joins Archon Fung and Stephen Richer on Terms of Engagement.

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Researchers Release Proposal for Fair Distribution of Response Funds to Native Nations

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Researchers Release Proposal for Fair Distribution of Response Funds to Native Nations

Researchers from Harvard, the University of Arizona, and University of California, Los Angeles today released its proposal for fairly allocating the $8 billion of Title V CARES Act monies earmarked for the governments of federally recognized American Indian and Alaskan Native nations.

Voting In the Time of COVID-19: Can We Make It Work?

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Voting In the Time of COVID-19: Can We Make It Work?

Speakers included:

  • Kristen Clarke, President, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Joshua Kleinfeld
  • Professor of Law, Northwestern University
  • Rachel Kleinfeld, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment
  • Charles Stewart, Professor at MIT and Director of the MIT Election Science Laboratory
  • Miles Rapoport, Harvard Kennedy School (Moderator)

Mobilizing Voters On and Off-Line

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Mobilizing Voters On and Off-Line

2019-20 Technology and Democracy Fellow Laura Miller on connecting with new voters  

 

Fighting for Social Justice in a Pandemic

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Fighting for Social Justice in a Pandemic

The Ash Center hosted a dynamic discussion on how organizing and social movement tactics and methods are changing in the COVID-19 era of physical distancing.

Book Talk — Governance for Urban Services: Access, Participation, Accountability and Transparency

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Book Talk — Governance for Urban Services: Access, Participation, Accountability and Transparency

The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation hosted a virtual book talk with Shabbir Cheema, Senior Fellow, Ash Center – and the principal author and editor of “Governance for Urban Services: Access, Participation, Accountability and Transparency” (Springer 2020). The Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Faculty Director, Jorrit de Jong, moderated.

COVID-19’s Impact on Democracies around the World
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COVID-19’s Impact on Democracies around the World

With coronavirus touching every corner of the globe, the Ash Center hosted a discussion with academics from Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States to compare the relationship between democratic governance and COVID-19 in different countries.

Running and Winning Down Ballot Races: Workshop with Run for Something
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Running and Winning Down Ballot Races: Workshop with Run for Something

Ross Morales Rocketto and Manuel Espitia from Run for Something spoke at a workshop, hosted by Harvard’s Ash Center and Institute of Politics, on the nuts and bolts of running for down-ballot office.