Commentary
How Maduro’s Dictatorship Plans to Survive
Even with Nicolás Maduro gone, the fight for Venezuela’s future is far from over. Freddy Guevara warns that Maduro’s successors are more interested in regime survival than democratic reform.
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Q+A
Arcade Fire’s Will Bulter on Voting & Civic Participation
In Boston for a performance with Arcade Fire, the Montréal-based rock band he helped found, the Ash Center sat down Will Butler, a 2017 graduate of Harvard Kennedy School’s mid-career MPA program for a conversation on the intersection of public policy, the arts, and his efforts to strengthen a culture of public engagement and participation in government and elections.
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Ash Alumna Sparks Community Organizing in Jordan
Nisreen Haj Ahmad MC/MPA ’08 is building capacity for community organizing and supporting teachers advocating for higher wages
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Maya Sen on Anthony Kennedy’s Retirement
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Community Engagement through Filmmaking
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Getting to 80%, Ash Sets a Challenge for Increased Voter Participation
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Young Americans & Increasing Voter Participation
Roy & Lila Ash Fellow Ashley Spillane is passionate about fostering youth advocacy and engaging the American electorate
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Former Labor Secretary Perez Says Everyone Should Have a Seat at the Table
The Fight for a Working Democracy
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